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US President Donald Trump addresses the White House Religious Liberty Commission during an event at the Museum of the Bible, September 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
May 10, 2026, 3:50 am
Trump’s religious liberty commission hopes to do away with separation of church and state
17-member panel seeing eye-to-eye on most matters, with exception of one member who was ousted after defending Candace Owens at contentious antisemitism hearing
By Peter Smith
Ariel Tishby, curator of the exhbition 'Fact, Faith, and Fantasy - Maps of the Holy Land from the Chinn Collection,' which opened at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem in January 2026. (Rossella Tercatin/Times of Israel)
April 25, 2026, 9:11 am
As Iran tries to wipe Israel off the map, a museum charts those who first put it on
Now reopened with war on hold, Israel Museum exhibition explores maps produced from the 15th to 19th century that blended geography with biblical beliefs and contemporary politics
By Rossella Tercatin
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Evangelical community leaders in Florida on December 31, 2025. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
January 1, 2026, 8:31 am
PM tells Evangelical leaders Israel is part of effort to protect Christians worldwide
Netanyahu doesn’t name the countries involved; PM says fight for support among young conservatives in US amid increased antisemitism, anti-Israel sentiment is an 8th front in war
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Pedestrians walk past a mural depicting dark and shadowy Israeli soldiers on the International Wall on the Falls Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland, March 19, 2024. (Paul Ellis/AFP)
April 4, 2025, 4:27 pm
Antisemitism among Irish Christians at ‘Medieval’ levels, say researchers
New survey finds religious narratives play a ‘massive role’ in strong anti-Jewish and anti-Israel trends, with Catholics far less supportive of Israel than Protestants
By Zev Stub
Father Michael Assi after Sunday morning services at Mar Elias Church in Fassuta on March 23, 2025. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
March 31, 2025, 6:36 am
Christians in a northern Galilee village lean into their faith as they fear for the future
In times of peace or war, church bells sound in Fassuta every day, giving some residents a sense of hope while others worry about the next generation and a return to war
By Diana Bletter and Rossella Tercatin
Orthodox Christians walk in the Good Friday procession in the Old City of Jerusalem, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
March 28, 2025, 7:20 am
Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Attacks on Christians in Israel are national stain
ToI’s diplomatic reporter speaks about a shameful phenomenon in which mostly Haredi youth spit upon and denigrate visibly Christian Israelis or pilgrims – usually to little reprisal
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman
Christian worshipers at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City on May 4, 2024. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
March 27, 2025, 8:06 pm
Report shows rise in attacks on Christians in Israel, but a willingness to tackle issue
Second annual Rossing Center report documents 111 anti-Christian incidents in 2024. Accompanying survey finds almost half of Christians under 30 want to emigrate from Israel
By Rossella Tercatin
Craig Berko, director of membership at Temple Beth Sholom, prepares to hand out prayer books during a Shabbat service, September 27, 2024, in Miami Beach, Florida. (AP/Wilfredo Lee)
February 28, 2025, 11:18 am
Most American Jews say they rarely or never pray, up 29% from a decade ago
Pew poll finds percentage of Jews who say they don’t pray – 58% – is far higher than among those who identify as Muslims, Christians; 31% of US Jews say they lean Republican
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Canterbury Cathedral, the mother church of the Church of England. (Wikimedia Commons)
February 20, 2025, 2:00 am
Survey: 1/3 of UK Christians believe Jews ‘still talk too much’ about the Holocaust
Professor who conducted poll notes that unlike in US, those in UK with conservative religious attitudes are less sympathetic to Israel and ‘linked with more antisemitic attitudes’
By Zev Stub
Rachel Laser, the president and CEO of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, speaks at an event the organization held at St John's Episcopal Cathedral in Los Angeles on November 21, 2024. (Courtesy of Evan Clark, Atheists United)
January 4, 2025, 8:40 pm
The Jewish woman leading the fight against American Christian nationalism
Since 2018, Rachel Laser, the first Jew to lead Americans United for Separation of Church and State, has worked with Christian allies to keep religion from influencing US laws
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
A liquor store decorated for Christmas in the Christian Quarter of the Jerusalem Old City, December 24, 2024 (Gianluca Pacchiani/Times of Israel)
December 24, 2024, 10:42 pm
Jerusalem’s Christmas dimmed by war, but some Christians see a glimmer of hope
As conflict persists and tourist influx remains limited, public celebrations in the Old City are canceled for the second year in a row, but some refuse to give in to despair
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Girls pose for pictures on a platform as bubbles are sprayed at them near a lit up Christmas tree, Ramadan Lantern, and Hanukkah menorah displayed at the German Colony area in Israel's northern city of Haifa on December 21, 2024. (Ahmad Gharabli / AFP)
December 23, 2024, 9:56 am
After months of Hezbollah rocket attacks, Haifa’s Christians get ready for Christmas
Without the constant threat of war, residents say they can enjoy the reboot of the northern city’s annual Holiday of Holidays celebration, cancelled last year
By Diana Bletter
Hezbollah fighters attend the funeral of their commander Wissam al-Tawil, in the village of Khirbet Selm, south Lebanon, January 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
March 29, 2024, 4:21 pm
Lebanese nun’s call for students to pray for Hezbollah sparks furor, shows schisms
Terror group has alliances with figures from other religious groups, but base of its support lies in Shiite Muslim community; Christian leader: Hezollah destroying Lebanon
By BASSEM MROUE and MARIAM FAM
Donors and alumni of Passages tour Netiv Ha'asara on January 21, 2024. (Cade Chudy)
January 25, 2024, 1:49 am
Visiting Christian group donates $500,000 to Oct. 7 survivors’ post-trauma therapy
Passages had brought some 11,000 visitors to communities Kfar Aza and Netiv Ha’asara in the years leading up to the attack
By Canaan Lidor
A message in support of Gaza is displayed on a building next to the square of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on December 24, 2023. (HAZEM BADER / AFP)
December 25, 2023, 4:44 am
Faithful pray for Holy Land peace as Gaza fighting dampens Christmas spirit
Pope says his heart is with Bethlehem, where traditional celebrations are largely snuffed out; keffiyeh-clad Latin Patriarch tells Church of Nativity ‘ceasefire is not enough’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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