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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 593

religious pluralism

A poster memorializing Nirel Zini and Niv Raviv hangs outside the house where they lived in a neighborhood for young families at Kibbutz Kfar Aza, February 2025. (Bernard Dichek)
March 19, 2025, 4:34 am
Killed on Oct. 7, a modern-day Israeli Romeo and Juliet unite their families — and nation
The new Niv Nirel Center realizes the vision of Nirel Zini and Niv Raviv, who came from families on the opposite sides of the religious spectrum and together wanted to help society
By Bernard Dichek
Christian students enrolled in the master's program for Jewish studies at Yeshiva University read a piece of text from the book of Shemot, or Exodus, while on a tour of the campus guided by Jewish educators. (Courtesy Yeshiva University via JTA)
August 17, 2023, 3:35 am
Yeshiva University launches master’s program for Christian students
The 2-year track at the Modern Orthodox flagship is being called an ‘experiment,’ but what’s certain is that it reflects a growing Evangelical interest in Jewish practices
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Protesters at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City for a prayer session ahead of an anti-government demonstration, February 13, 2023 (Arie Leib Abrams/FLASH90)
June 14, 2023, 1:13 am
‘The more religious, the more support’: Analyzing attitudes to the judicial overhaul
Israel has grappled with religious tensions since its establishment, but a series of recent surveys show divide over the overhaul is more intense than anything we’ve seen in years
By Itamar Yakir
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A High Court of Justice hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on May 4, 2020. (Abir Sultan/Pool/AFP)
March 10, 2021, 10:41 am
Is Israel’s Orthodox Monopoly Ending?
The Supreme Court decision recognizing Reform and Conservative conversions performed in Israel has reignited attention to the issue.
Israelis enjoy the Tel Aviv beach on Election Day, September 17, 2019. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
December 23, 2019, 10:37 am
Tel Aviv leads ranking of Israel’s ‘freest’ cities, Bnei Brak is last
Report by religious pluralism group criticizes Haredi city for failing to offer secular funerals or restrict separate-gender events; Ramat Gan wins most-improved
By ToI Staff
Biblical scholar and author of 'The Forgotten Books of the Bible,' Robert Williamson Jr. (Courtesy)
September 27, 2018, 1:30 am
A Christian pastor bridges faiths while teaching ‘forgotten books’ of the Bible
As a minister to people on society’s margins, Robert Williamson Jr. finds contemporary themes of immigration, mindfulness in the texts of Ruth and Ecclesiastes
By Rich Tenorio
Conservative Jews praying at Robinson’s Arch in Jerusalem, July 30, 2014. (Robert Swift/ Flash90/ via JTA/ File)
September 7, 2018, 4:31 pm
Israelis want American Jewish help in promoting religious pluralism, study finds
Overwhelming numbers of Israelis want a reduction in religious restrictions imposed by the Orthodox state rabbinate, even as most prefer Orthodox practice
By Ben Sales
The Kehilat Yonatan progressive congregation at prayer in the central Israeli city of Hod Hasharon. (Kehilat Yonatan website)
August 26, 2018, 11:12 pm
Reform congregation wins right to build synagogue in central Israeli town
Kehilat Yonatan in Tel Aviv suburb of Hod Hasharon first asked for land for its building 15 years ago, but faced excessive red tape from municipality
By JTA
Rabbi Daniel Lehmann will be the first rabbi to lead the Graduate Theological Union based in Northern California. (Daniel Kates/Hebrew College/via JTA)
July 8, 2018, 11:37 am
Orthodox-trained rabbi makes history as head of mostly Christian theology center
Daniel Lehmann says a historic American hegemony is being transformed just in time for a concerted religious effort to combat global threats
By Rob Gloster
Noah Libson
June 13, 2018, 2:09 pm
Noah Libson
How dare Israel deny a Ugandan Jew citizenship!
When your community has been practicing Judaism for 100 years, nobody should question your right to make aliyah
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the American Jewish Committee (AJC) Global Forum in Jerusalem, June 10, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 10, 2018, 11:52 pm
PM urges Diaspora Jews to visit Western Wall pluralistic prayer platform
The Jewish people’s unity is ‘not always amenable to daily politics,’ Netanyahu tells AJC Global Forum, indicating he won’t implement 2016 deal
By Raphael Ahren
Yonatan Gher
May 30, 2018, 3:14 pm
Yonatan Gher
When is freedom of religion hypocrisy?
Had the airport tefillin-wearer been female, she’d have been taken to task for being a ‘provocateur’
US President Donald Trump visits the Western Wall, May 22, 2017, in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
January 5, 2018, 11:08 pm
Trump officials advised Israel to expand Jewish prayer at Western Wall
But, State Department shows, they also urged Jerusalem to rein in non-Muslim prayer on the Temple Mount amid rising tensions over holy site
By Ron Kampeas
Students on Hebrew University's Mount Scopus campus. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 2, 2018, 9:33 pm
Jewish students umbrella group resolves to boycott far-right Austria party
Resolutions passed by organization also reject attempts to deny the Armenian genocide, call for religious pluralism in Israel
By JTA
A Hanukkah menorah (Flash90)
December 12, 2017, 1:21 am
Vancouver school apologizes to students for banning Hanukkah
Sixth-grade girls Maya Sontz and Rebecca Weinberg spearhead — and win — fight for inclusivity in their Christmas-bedecked public school
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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