Secular

Goldy’s Deli: Where tradition, innovation, and kindness meet - restaurant review

From inventive takes on classic Jewish dishes to large-scale Passover preparations, the beloved Jerusalem eatery blends culinary creativity with community spirit.

Goldy's boasts a wide assortment of salads and dips.
Over 100 Jewish-Israelis participate in the Kesher Yehudi Shabbaton in Jerusalem, Israel

Beyond the Headlines: What do people say after keeping Shabbat for the first time? - opinion

Deborah Danan speaks about the White City Shabbat Guinness Record-breaking dinner before it began in Tel Aviv, June 13, 2014.

Planning first Guinness record-breaking Shabbat dinner, and not bitter about being beaten - opinion

Dr. Tomer Persico

Tomer Persico: The evolution of individualism and collective identity in Judaism


Easy to be Jewish, but easier to decrease observance - opinion

Israel has yet to become the place of the ingathering of exiles

A CHABADNIK helps a man put on tefillin in Safed.

As a non-religious woman, do I not have a voice? - opinion

“Anyone can be observant, but a truly religious person is kind, thoughtful, inclusive and caring.”

A secular woman cycles in downtown Jerusalem, alongside ultra-Orthodox pedestrians

Three ladies, three lattes: Betrayal

Three ladies, three lattes looks at percolating issues in Israel's complicated social and religious fabric. Secular Pam, modern Orthodox Tzippi and haredi Danit answer your questions.

 WHEN LEADERS decree it ‘lashon hara’ to speak of Chaim Walder, this is tantamount to keeping a terrible secret.

There is so much that separates us – but a lot that unites, too

A chance encounter shows the unified nature of the Jewish people

 THE LONELINESS of the Covid bus passenger.

For Jews in Israel, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Israeli girl Yaeli Amir’s secular Jewish parents embrace Christmas, not for religious reasons but as an occasion for celebration. The same holds for Halloween. 

 YMCA's lit-up Christmas tree in Jerusalem.

NYC’s next comptroller to push Orthodox yeshivas to teach secular subjects

Supporters of “substantial equivalence” say Orthodox children have a right to a secular education.

 Students and their teacher wear protective gear to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in a classroom at Al-Mahdi School in Tehran

It's time to bury Iran's religious state in favor of a secular state - opinion

In the long run, Iran has every necessary historical precondition to becoming a culturally and economically fully developed modern nation-state.

 PEOPLE PASS a mural of Iran's late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran

The fall of universalism and the religion of secularism's rise

The European “secular religion” is missionary, aggressive and exclusive and “mono-atheistic.” It also doesn't work.

 GIVAT HAMATOS residents argue with left-wing activists during a protest of EU  representatives’ visit near Peace Now activities in the neighborhood, in Jerusalem,  November 16.

From tribalism to cohesion, and the Israeli cultural war

The current discord relates to various aspects of Israeli daily life, but at its root is the disagreement between the tribes regarding the state’s overarching goals and what Zionism means.

A secular and religious Jew walk arm in arm as a celebration of Jewish unity

Religious freedom NGOs: IDF soldiers should not be forced to eat kosher

In a letter to the IDF Chief of Staff, two organizations argued that the army rabbinate is overstepping its authority and violating the rights of secular soldiers.

IDF soldiers eat matzah