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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.

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.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
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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.

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A DEPICTION OF Jews praying and mourn at the Western Wall on Tisha B’Av circa 1880.

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.

|ByDAVID GOLINKIN

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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.

'Messianic’: A slur, or Jewish birthright? - opinion

Throwing the word “messianic” around reduces complex ideas to caricature and avoids the real questions those ideas raise.

JULY 13, 2025ByDEBORAH DANINO
FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich, chairman of the Religious Zionist Party, addresses his party’s faction in the Knesset last week. He is dismissed as ‘messianic’ not just for his policies, but also a worldview he represents, says the writer.

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Liturgical vestments and diaconal ministry: Role in the liturgy

JULY 10, 2025ByHANNAH SCHWARTZ

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JULY 4, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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Three cartoonists arrested in Turkey over alleged Prophet Muhammad drawing

LeMan, one of Turkey’s oldest satirical publications, has continued to operate despite a wave of shutdowns targeting media critical of Turkish President Erdogan.

JULY 1, 2025BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Placards are burned during a protest against the publications of a cartoon of Prophet Mohammad in France media and President Emmanuel Macron's comments, in Istanbul, Turkey October 30, 2020.

Dalai Lama set to reveal succession plan as China watches

The current Dalai Lama will turn 90 on Sunday and said he would consult senior monks to share possible clues on where his successor could be found.

JUNE 30, 2025ByREUTERS
Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, offers blessings to his followers at his Himalayan residence in the northern hill town of Dharamshala, India, December 20, 2024.

Finding God in the foxhole? Netanyahu reveals spiritual side in midst of Iran war - analysis

Some critics say Netanyahu's religiousness is tactical. However, if Netanyahu wanted to use faith for political gain, he has had many opportunities to do so, but he never did.

JUNE 23, 2025ByHERB KEINON
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a statement at the Weizmann Institute of Science, which was hit by an Iranian missile barrage, in the central city of Rehovot, Israel, June 20, 2025

Anger, hope, déjà vu and cold chicken soup: How Jerusalemites reacted to war with Iran

RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: Four Jerusalem residents share Shabbat experiences on the fateful weekend when Israel’s began its strikes on Iran.

JUNE 20, 2025BySARAH BEN-NUN
THE ‘POST’ gathered testimonies from Jerusalemites and documented their experiences of last weekend’s attack on Iran. Here, people gather to enter a bomb shelter last Friday in Jerusalem.