Religious Zionists

Peter Beinart, Elliot Cosgrove and other Jewish leaders face off over the future of liberal Zionism

On Tuesday night in Manhattan, a group of prominent rabbis and Jewish thinkers gathered to ask whether liberal Zionism is now collapsing.

Peter Beinart speaks at a panel on "The Jewish Tent at a Crossroads" in the sanctuary of  B'nai Jeshurun in Manhattan, Jan. 6, 2026. Others on the panel were, from left, moderator Rabbi Irwin Kula, Esther Sperber, Rabbi Jill Jacobs and Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove.
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How orthodoxy is redefining modern Zionism - opinion

NATIONAL SECURITY Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir is seen wearing a gold pin of a noose, on December 8, 2025.

A golden noose around Israel’s soul: Ben-Gvir’s theology of death strangles society - opinion

Roman Gofman, military secretary to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, waits before a joint press conference of US President Donald Trump and Netanyahu in the State Dining Room at the White House, in Washington, DC, US, September 29, 2025

Editor's Notes: What the next Mossad chief tells us about Israel’s new elite - comment


Protest leader: 'Netanyahu built Hamas, Sinwar doesn't want elections'

Huge protests outside the Knesset on Sunday called for elections. A protest leader told 103FM that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu built Hamas.

 Protestors demonstrating for the return of the hostages in Jerusalem, April 3, 2024.

Some religious-Zionists see Gaza as a holy war

It’s a vision starkly at odds with Israel’s mainstream, even as the country’s political center has shifted discernibly to the Right in recent years.

 ISRAELIS MARCH near the southern town of Sderot, near the northern Gaza Strip as they take part in the Harel march in support of re-settling the Gaza Strip, on February 29.

Jerusalem municipal elections: Who won? What happens next?

Jerusalem barely turned out to the polls for the municipal elections. What happens next?

 Jerusalemites cast their ballots for the 2024 municipal elections, on February 27, 2024.

Rest of Israel's population cannot be ultra-Orthodox's flak jackets regarding IDF service - opinion

Until now, the discussion on recruiting the ultra-Orthodox centered on the question of “equal burden sharing.” This is an even more significant value today.

 PROTESTERS AT a demonstration in Jerusalem on Monday call for the enlistment of haredim into the military. The placards carry such slogans as ‘Equal service for all.’

Rabbi Haim Pear: The Anglo Jerusalemite fighting municipal inefficiency

Jerusalemite of the Week: Ahead of the municipal elections, In Jerusalem sat with Rabbi Pear to discuss his entry into politics, as well as what he hopes to advance on the city council.

 Rabbi Haim Pear, founder of Shir Hadash.

The great divide of Jewish thought on the essence of Zionism - opinion

To satisfy the needs of those who require rabbinic guidelines, Israel urgently needs interpreters between the Jewish approaches.

 HOUSING MINISTER Yitzchak Goldknopf of United Torah Judaism, and Tourism Minister Haim Katz of Likud were among those attending the Victory Conference in Jerusalem, last week.

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Why are so many of Israel's fallen soldiers from religious Zionist camp? - editorial

Of the 11 IDF soldiers who fell in Gaza from Monday through Wednesday, eight came from the religious Zionist camp.

 An Israeli soldier with a prayer shawl seen during a morning prayer near his tank near the border with Lebanon, northern Israel, October 25, 2023

Remembering David Ellenson, a Reform rabbi and Religious Zionist - opinion

The Reform world and the entire Jewish world are robbed ideologically because our friend, teacher, mentor, trailblazer, Rabbi David Ellenson, won’t be with us to make the old-new paradigms we need.

 RABBI DAVID ELLENSON understood how central Israel is to modern Jewish identity, says the writer.

Religious Zionist rabbis, anti-judicial reform protest leaders meet to talk unity

National Unity Party MK Matan Kahana initiated and organized the meeting between religious Zionist leaders and protest leaders.

 Religious Zionist rabbis meet with Brothers in Arms activists. December 3, 2023