Religion

After October 7, this haredi woman refuses to stand apart from Israeli society

Born into the heart of haredi Jerusalem, Sari Kroizer has built a religious and Israeli identity that refuses to stand apart.

|ByYONATAN VERSTANDIG
Sari Kroizer.
ARTWORK BY Gedaliah Gurfein and his bot Flash.

Divine intelligence meets artificial intelligence: When Technology and tradition meet - opinion

The contrast between artificial intelligence (AI) and divine intelligence (DI) is not a competition. It is a conversation.

|ByGEDALIAH GURFEIN
Ginat Rice in Jerusalem.

Jerusalem highlights: January 30-February 5

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

|ByHAGAY HACOHEN
Exclusive Interview with Bishop Thomas Paul Schirrmacher at the Conference of European Rabbis.

'Jews are hated because of Abraham's God': Bishop Schirrmacher against antisemitism - interview

For Schirrmacher, the connection to Israel was not merely theological.

|ByJOSH ARONSON

When diplomacy falters, religious dialogue can still hold the line - opinion

Now in its third decade, the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions hosted by Kazakhstan is a rare forum for dialogue across religious, ethnic, and geopolitical divides.

AUGUST 14, 2025ByAKAN RAKHMETULLIN
Eldridge Street Synagogue, New York

New on Rikers Island: a Jewish prayerbook designed with incarcerated congregants in mind

The one-of-a-kind siddur features bright colors, bold text and an amalgam of Hebrew, English, Russian and Ladino prayers, as well as meditations on healing and recovery and poems.

AUGUST 12, 2025ByMARLA BROWN FOGELMAN/JTA
"The Very Narrow Bridge" is a prayer book designed for people who are incarcerated on Rikers Island, New York City's jail that's accessible only by bridge.

Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US

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AUGUST 8, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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AUGUST 1, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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ChatGPT gave instructions for devil worship, self-harm, and murder - The Atlantic

The chatbot instructed The Atlantic journalists, who were investigating a tip, to carve sigils on their pubic bones and invoke Satan.

JULY 29, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
A burning pentagram is pictured during the "Misa Negra" (Black Mass), a ritual that has drawn controversy for its associations with black magic and Satanism-related practices, while also becoming a cultural and tourist attraction, in Catemaco, Veracruz state, Mexico, March 7, 2025.

Monks in Thailand dismissed after their darkest secret was revealed

A police operation at Thai temples uncovered a shocking affair when four monks were found positive for hard drugs. The monks admitted to using the illegal substances and claimed unusual reasons.

JULY 28, 2025ByNEWS AGENCIES/MAARIV
Thai monks

Tisha B'av, connection to Jerusalem, proves Jews are not 'settler-colonialists' - opinion

We cannot colonize a land that God promised to Abraham 3,800 years ago. We cannot colonize a land in which Jews have lived for four millennia.

JULY 26, 2025ByDAVID GOLINKIN
A DEPICTION OF Jews praying and mourn at the Western Wall on Tisha B’Av circa 1880.

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JULY 25, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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JULY 18, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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Don’t ban the burka in Denmark - opinion

Burka bans force the withdrawal of Muslim women from public life rather than helping them.

JULY 14, 2025ByMIRIAM HAART
PRIME MINISTER Mette Frederiksen takes part in a news conference on the occasion of Denmark taking over the EU presidency earlier this month. Niqabs ‘are used as mechanisms of oppression toward girls,’ she argues.