religious-secular divide

Demonstrators protest in Ashdod against the closure of businesses in the city on Shabbat, on January 20, 2018. (Flash90)

July 17, 2019, 4:07 am

Pew report: PA less restrictive on religion than Israel; Iran slightly worse

Israel is one of the top 22 most religiously restrictive countries in world, with sixth-highest level of ‘interreligious tension and violence’ — a worse score than Syria, says Pew

By Ben Sales

March 29, 2019, 3:32 am

After outsourcing kaddish, son faces a world of regret in new Englander novel

Fatherhood moved Nathan Englander to delve into his own soul — for his daughter, and new novel, ‘Kaddish.com,’ which takes readers on a journey into the secular-religious divide

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Avi Arieli at home in Kfar Adumim in the West Bank settlement on October 21, 2018. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)

November 19, 2018, 6:19 am

How to prevent Jewish and Arab terror, from a Shin Bet commander who fought both

In a rare interview after 30 years in the agency, Avi Arieli reveals much of its workings, shares his doctrine for combating extremism, which relies more on education than defense

By Jacob Magid

President of the Union for Reform Judaism Rabbi Rick Jacobs at the JFNA's General Assembly in Tel Aviv, on October 24, 2018. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)

October 26, 2018, 6:10 am

To mend Israel-Diaspora gulf, Reform Jewry intends to ‘double down’ on Israel

On the heels of the JFNA GA, Rabbi Rick Jacobs voices frustration at the lack of recognition for his movement — but is determinedly optimistic the status quo will soon shift

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Illustrative. Young American Jews participating in a Birthright event in Jerusalem. (Dudi Vaknin/ Flash90)

August 30, 2018, 1:47 am

Nearly half of US Jews don’t identify with organized religion, study finds

Jews are the only religious group in America found to have substantial contingents on both the very religious and not at all religious ends of the spectrum

By JTA

June 26, 2018, 8:51 am

Amanda B. Dan

The day a ‘hand vagina’ made this bride blush

Or how an Orthodox rebbetzin made this secular Israeli bride blush

June 12, 2018, 3:21 pm

Judith Colp Rubin

I can’t let my family history repeat itself

My son’s yeshiva education contradicts everything I know, except my desire for his happiness

Illustrative photo of a swimming pool (AP/Hassan Ammar)

April 30, 2018, 11:37 pm

Secular settlers win legal battle for co-ed open swim time

After High Court judge slams Kiryat Arba’s neglect of minority that makes up 30% of southern West Bank town, local council agrees to allow mix-gendered swim

By Jacob Magid

Religious boys playing basketball, June 13, 2016. (Gershon Elinson/FLASH90)

April 23, 2018, 4:59 pm

Half of Tel Aviv school principals to boycott gender-separated games event

After Education Ministry rules that religious sensitivities should be considered, deputy mayor says decision ‘unacceptable’ in secular city that has ‘championed equality’

By Sue Surkes

March 11, 2018, 1:07 pm

Aryeh Ben David

Your rebellious, insolent, disrespectful kid

When your child doesn’t follow in your footsteps, don’t make it about you

February 8, 2018, 3:18 pm

Moshe Simkovich

Who’s afraid of Tova Mirvis?

Should her memoir about leaving Modern Orthodoxy be required study material for day school students?

January 11, 2018, 2:08 pm

Avraham Edelstein

The ripples of a stone in Beit Shemesh

A Haredi response to extremism: Judaism is soft and gentle and kind, let’s join hands and begin to talk

Entrance to Migdalim settlement. (Courtesy)

December 2, 2017, 3:12 pm

Deadly Qusra clash exacerbates secular-religious divide at West Bank settlement

Some Migdalim residents say community is being taken over by a group of ‘religious extremists’ who try to provoke their Palestinian neighbors

By Jacob Magid

November 8, 2017, 3:25 pm

Shayna Goldberg

The Israeli kids are all right

We adults need to talk openly about the many values we hold dear, and the ones we find non-negotiable.

September 20, 2017, 3:37 pm

Ori Weisberg

Will Israel be a light unto the Rohingya?

May 5778 see religious and secular Jews stand together against the aiding and abetting of crimes against humanity.