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Judaism

People watch the Purim parade in Jerusalem, Monday, March 25, 2024. For the first time after 42 years and amid the Israel-Hamas war, Jerusalem holds a Purim parade on Monday. 
Israel-Hamas war
‘Our joy is limited’: A subdued Purim in Israel during wartime 
A main street on the edge of Mea She'arim, a Haredi (religious) neighborhood in Jerusalem.
Israel-Hamas war
Neturei Karta: an Orthodox Jewish sect that doesn’t believe in the concept of a Jewish state of Israel
A Virgin Mary statue in a public square in France
Sacred Nation
The state of religion in France
Benjamin Netanyahu sits with his hand covering his mouth.
Identity
What Israel’s new election reveals about the struggle over Jewishness
A close up of image of ancient Dead Sea scroll texts.
Religion
The Dead Sea Scrolls are a priceless link to the Bible’s past
Frimet Goldberger grew up in a Hasidic community in New York where women are forbidden to drive. She got her license at age 23, when she left the community.
Belief
I’m a woman in America, and I wasn’t allowed to drive
A sign at the entrance to Giv’at Oz veGa’on, a new outpost established by Israeli settlers in the West Bank in the name of three teenagers killed in June.
Conflict
Jewish settlers establish a new West Bank outpost in the name of the murdered Israeli teens
Merima Ključo
Lifestyle & Belief
This Bosnian War survivor has a musical interpretation of the Sarajevo Haggadah
Merima Ključo
Lifestyle & Belief
This Bosnian War survivor has a musical interpretation of the Sarajevo Haggadah
Members of the Women of the Wall group take part in their monthly prayer session at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City.
Lifestyle & Belief
‘Separate but equal’ will work for Jewish women who want to pray at the Western Wall
Global Politics
American evangelical collectors buy up Dead Sea Scroll fragments
Lifestyle & Belief
Jerusalem shopping mall at center of culture war in Israel
Egyptian-American man sends a message while running last week’s Jerusalem marathon
Arts, Culture & Media
Jonathan Safran Foer and Nathan Englander on their ‘New American Haggadah’
Conflict & Justice
Conservative LA Synagogue to Perform Gay Marriages Angering Some Congregation Members
Lifestyle & Belief
Shopping Mall at Center of Culture War in Israel
Arts, Culture & Media
A New Sex Manual Gives Ultra-Orthodox Jews the Facts of Life
Violence and Abuse in Insular Communities
Global Hit
Sexy Yiddish Trip-Hop By French Group Kabbalah
Conflict & Justice
Israel to Put More Liberal Rabbis on State Payroll
Tensions Between Ultra-Orthodox and the Rest of Beit Shemesh Run High
Conflict & Justice
Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest girls’ school in Israeli town
Lifestyle & Belief
Passover diet causes problems for Israeli animals
EARTH PROTECTION: AT THE CORE OF JUDAISM
Seeking Essence
Lifestyle & Belief
The virtual Seder table