Despite repeated denials, Haaretz obtained an internal document confirming Israel's top religious institution maintains a list of approved rabbis whose certification of conversion and marriage makes the cut
If Reform Jewish leaders were really honest with themselves, this is what they would say – acknowledging they’ve elevated their opposition to Orthodoxy far above grappling with the critical problems in their own house
Is the secular Jewish socialism of a pre-war mass movement opposed to Zionism really coming back from oblivion? A small kernel of young, idealistic Jews think it’s the answer to today’s Jewish identity crisis. This is why they’re wrong
New study finds that 13 percent of Israeli-Jews self-identify as Conservative or Reform Jews, but less than one percent are dues-paying members. Still, the movements have grown, implying Orthodoxy is no longer seen as the only ‘authentic’ Judaism
As part of city council campaign, chairman of right-wing Habayit Hayehudi party vows to boost business of Jewish merchants in Talpiot produce market
First we get a classic private health system – bypassing the public health system but exploiting its resources. Then the rabbis step in
Orthodox Jews are the suspects in assaults that Palestinians say take place every year around the Jewish holidays. 'They hit me until I lost consciousness,' one of the victims says
An organization known as the Joint Committee for Preserving the Holiness of the Kotel has brought out large numbers of worshippers to the prayer space, in order to claim the territory as their own
For 51 years we've been sending our sons to control another people, to die and to kill, so the religious Zionists could adorn themselves with grains of the Whole Land of Israel. It's time to change course
The first-ever complete translation of the seminal work of Jewish mysticism grants access to English readers who were heretofore unable to grasp the brilliant stories rendered in its original Aramaic and medieval Hebrew versions