Category: Religion
What Rambam can teach us about the draft law crisis
Jerusalem Post Threats from the Chief Rabbinate that the hundreds of thousands of Torah mediocrities will leave Israel rather than be drafted are an abomination, especially during this war for Israel’s existence. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-794425
Read More1/4 of Americans now eschew religious affiliation; 1/3 of those raised Catholic no longer identity
Jerusalem Post A new study shows 26% increase in religiously unaffiliated Americans. Growing divide with politicians embracing Christian nationalism. https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/article-794462
Read MorePope leads Good Friday service ahead of Colosseum procession
Jerusalem Post In previous years, Francis would start it prostrating himself on the marble floor of the basilica, but his physical condition no longer allows him to do so. https://www.jpost.com/christianworld/article-794374
Read MoreWomen of the Wall’s Anat Hoffman, wired to fight pluralism
Jerusalem Post WoW board chairwoman Anat Hoffman has battled for 35 years for women’s right to pray and read the Torah at the Western Wall. At 70, she carries on the fight from her less stressful Haifa community. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-794175
Read MoreShabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and the US
Jerusalem Post See Shabbat times for your area. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-794331
Read MoreParashat Tzav: Thank you, thank you, and again, thank you
Jerusalem Post We live life in haste, in a hurry, chasing after money and dreaming that it will make us happy, and meanwhile, we miss out on the wonderful beauty that lies before our eyes in every corner. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/torah-portion/article-794327
Read MoreIt belongs in a museum: During a weapons search police discovered unregistered antiquities
Jerusalem Post “It deserves to be in the right hands, presented to the whole public, and not be the private property of one criminal or another,” Inspector Nidal Abdelhalim said. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-794311
Read MoreIn search of safe haven: Chazal’s prophecy on turmoil and distress
Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-794154
Read MoreAshkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau calls for slain Palestinian convert to be buried in Jewish grave
Jerusalem Post David Ben-Avraham (born Saamach Zeitoun) underwent a non-rabbinate conversion in Bnei Brak in 2019 and was mistakenly killed by IDF troops in March. https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-794087
Read MoreStudent discovers a unique 1,600-year-old oil lamp used by Roman soldiers
Jerusalem Post The lamp Yonatan found is identical to one discovered in the same place 90 years ago by the late Reform rabbi and archaeologist Dr. Nelson Glueck. https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-793943
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