Secular

Planning first Guinness record-breaking Shabbat dinner, and not bitter about being beaten - opinion

But the real difference wasn’t the finances, at least from what I can see from afar. It was in the overarching vibe.

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Deborah Danan speaks about the White City Shabbat Guinness Record-breaking dinner before it began in Tel Aviv, June 13, 2014.
Dr. Tomer Persico

Tomer Persico: The evolution of individualism and collective identity in Judaism

Dr. Tomer Persico explores how the biblical idea of humans created in God’s image shaped Western values like individualism and equality.

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Preparing for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, in the northern Israeli city of Safed, October 5, 2025

Days of Awe: Israel’s turn toward tradition - opinion

Increasingly, Israelis are forgoing the religious-secular binary. Instead, many are locating themselves along a continuum.

|BySHUKI FRIEDMAN
The Bukharan Market remains a vibrant and bustling place for locals to shop.

The Bukharan Quarter: A long way from the Silk Road

Neighborhood Corner: How a community of Central Asian Jews created one of Jerusalem’s most distinctive neighborhoods.

|ByALEX WINSTON

Religiosity and views on judicial reform are strongly correlated - study

According to the study, the reform and subsequent protests have brought long-standing religious and ethnic conflicts to the forefront.

JUNE 12, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
A person reacts during a march from Ramat Gan to the Ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood of Bnei Brak in protest against monetary demands by the Ultra-Orthodox community for the upcoming budget, in Bnei Brak east of Tel Aviv, Israel, May 17, 2023.

Three Ladies, Three Lattes: The shrinking secular

You ask the questions, the three latte ladies provide the answers!

JUNE 3, 2023ByTHREE LADIES, THREE LATTES
JERUSALEM STREET scene.

Secular, Orthodox Israelis open up about religious tensions in Israel - survey

Findings show that the secular public feels under attack from the other side in higher percentages than the ultra-orthodox sector does.

MAY 31, 2023ByYUVAL BAGNO/MAARIV
A Secular woman argues with an Ultra orthodox jewish man outside a memorial service for Rabbi Hayyim ben Jacob Abulafia in the northern Israeli city of Tiberias on February 17, 2019.

Haredi society is forcing poverty, deprivation on those that want to work - opinion

Many of us know little about this community, which has chosen to separate itself from the rest of Israeli society.

MAY 28, 2023ByCOOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN
BNEI BRAK: The thing that is unacceptable is forcing a life of poverty and deprivation upon those who want to work, says the writer.

Israel must overcome baseless hatred - opinion

I choose to believe that we only help ourselves by letting go of the all-too-easy resentment and approaching one another as brothers and sisters, however different we truly are.

MAY 23, 2023ByDOUGLAS ALTABEF
PROTESTERS STAND across from haredi boys in front of Kol Torah Yeshiva in Jerusalem, earlier this month.

Haredi, secular Israelis clash in northern Israel indoor playground

Police were called after reports that "dozens" of haredi men had broken into an indoor playground in the northern Israel city of Harish.

MAY 21, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
HAREDI PROTESTORS scuffle with police as the Women of the Wall movement holds Rosh Hodesh prayers at the Western Wall, in March.

The most important difference between secular and religious Zionism - opinion

God’s providence has provided the blessing to the Zionists that built this land - remembering this will ensure our people’s continued success.

MAY 14, 2023ByURI PILICHOWSKI
A MAN PRAYS in a cotton field at sunrise, at Kibbutz Hulda. Religious Zionists believe that while they must do their part, their actions will be successful only if they have God’s help.

Bus line in Ashdod doesn't allow women, drivers say it's line for 'only men'

Bus drivers on the Ashdod 80 line have barred women from riding the bus multiple times.

MAY 6, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Illustrative image of an Electra-Afikim bus.

Is Israel's secular nationalism how God preserves Judaism? - opinion

There are millions of Jews whose sole affiliation with Judaism is their love and commitment to the State of Israel. Their nationalistic loyalty is merely the hidden hand of God.

MAY 5, 2023ByMOSHE TARAGIN
FLOWERS, SIRENS and songs are all cross-cultural, international symbols.

Can we find a compromise between religious and secular Jews? - opinion

Statistics do not lie. The reality is that the haredi sector is expanding, and will likely eventually become the majority in Israel.

MAY 3, 2023ByMENACHEM BOMBACH
THE WRITER addresses the demonstration last Wednesday, outside the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, calling for a broad consensus.