The chairman of Tzohar explores the complex relationship between secular and religious Jews in Israel, discussing key issues like marriage laws, Shabbat observance, and military service ...

The vast majority of respondents condemned the attacks, with 85% or more saying the attacks were not justified, that the ...

While the majority of Americans reject antisemitism, 24% justified three violent attacks that occurred this year, a new ADL ...

The modern State of Israel, often tied to Jewish identity, has become the "exemplum primum" of Jewish exceptionalism.The post Jews are exceptional, not superior appeared first on JNS.org.

But, in post-biblical Judaism, Jews taught that the dead would reside with God in olam haba, “the world to come,” or in a heavenly Gan Eden, Garden of Eden. This becomes standard Jewish belief.

Other charismatic Jewish teachers or miracle workers were active in Judea around the same time, approximately 2,000 years ago. What set Jesus apart was his followers’ belief in his resurrection.

Only 38% of American Jews believe in an afterlife, far fewer than in Israel, according to a new study of spiritual practices around the world. That share was lower than the 83% of U.S. Christians ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Frieda Vizel left an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect in New York in a crisis of faith at 25. But instead of cutting ties, she became a successful online personality and guide to the ...