Religion has outsized role in Israel, yet most of its Jews aren’t really observant Over three-quarters of country’s Jews define themselves as secular or traditional; ultra-Orthodox birthrate ...

(RNS) — Pro-Israel evangelicals and some members of Congress want to use the biblical names Judea and Samaria for what is now known as the West Bank.

A lovesick young artist was on a hunger strike in Tel Aviv last week, and all Israel debated the consequences. The artist: Moshe Barak, 27, an Israeli of Rumanian parentage who was wounded four ...

Why? Because Israel is the repository of Jewish culture in the world. This brings us to one of the most spectacular institutions in Israel: the National Library of Israel.

Key takeaways from Pew Research Center's comprehensive study of religion in Israel, where there are major divisions not only between Jews and Arabs, but also within the major subgroups of Israeli Jews ...

Israel’s Christian population rose by about 2% last year. While Christian populations in the Middle East have dwindled, a minor revival seems to be taking place in the Holy Land.

The modern State of Israel turned 78 years old yesterday. And today, we had more ballistic missile attacks shot from the Houthis in Yemen today in the morning and afternoon. Because of course ...

Under way in Israel this week is a campaign to get Jewish children out of the Christian mission schools. "Our children are being severed from the faith of their fathers," proclaimed a poster ...

Religion plays a central role in Israeli society, shaping its identity as a Jewish state. However, the balance between religious freedom and state control is a topic of intense debate, revealing ...

Unlike another trail created by Israel's government, which avoids Arab villages, the Jesus Trail takes travelers though sites significant to various religions, including the town of Cana, where ...

In Israel, Religion Is Reduced To Simplistic Categories Not black or white: Israel must take care to not make assumptions that Judaism belongs to the minority of traditional religious communities.