Spirituality

Sukkot 2026: Faith and prayer can protect us, but Israel still needs a strong IDF - opinion

Even as our heads spin from a dizzying array of consecutive holidays, the parade of crises focusing on the IDF marches on and on.

FITTING BEAUTIFULLY in two worlds: Avraham Ravitz at the Knesset, 2008.
Head with Israeli flag kippa

I’m Jewish at a Christian high school, it’s taught me a lot about who I am - opinion

THE IDEA for this year’s global meditation grew out of an event Michal Lichtman organized in Jerusalem last year as part of her initiative, Migdalor – Growing Light.

Spiritual guide promotes worldwide meditation event to mark 25th anniversary of September 11 attack

Ishai Elisha.

Huvy Elisha and the enduring power of Biblical Art in Jerusalem


This is how much free time you need every day to be happy

Most of us believe that if we have lots of free time during the day to do what we want we’ll be happier. This study claims otherwise, and quantifies the amount of free time you need to be happier.

 Happy businessman

Becoming a Soulful Parent: A path to the wisdom within - book review

An excerpt from the new book about prayer and connecting to the need to yearn.

 WHAT IS the best way to parent today?

South African Chief Rabbi on searching for meaning

Moments of crisis provoke within us some of the deepest questions. We can try to ignore these gnawing questions; pretend they don’t exist, or seek truth.

 What is the essential difference between the vine and the olive tree?

Who are Israeli businesswomen Shari Arison and Nurit Eldar?

Arison is a businesswoman and philanthropist who focuses on the connection between spirit and matter in numerous and diverse fields.

 Israeli businesswomen Shari Arison and Nurit Eldar.

Can psychedelic drugs be healing? This Jewish rabbi thinks so

Dreaming of a world in which the trauma of the Jewish past can be healed through psychedelic experiences, where chemically assisted mystical encounters are a normative part of Jewish spirituality.

Rabbi Zac Kamenetz is one of the organizers of the landmark Jewish Psychedelic Summit.

Olam Qatan: Bridging Jewish, Sufi spiritual beliefs

Jewish Sufi seeker Ya’qub ibn Yusuf, born Joshua Heckelman in New York City, studied with great spiritual masters before opening Olam Qatan a generation ago.

YA’QUB IBN YUSUF, Jewish Sufi, at the First Station: Holding the door open for spiritual seekers in Jerusalem for 23 years.

Imeinu Doulas: Providing spiritual support to prospective, new Jewish mothers

Imeinu Doulas began modestly with a team of Jewish doulas, companions who are trained to care for and offer support to women in childbirth.

Pregnant woman (Illustrative)

Rapper Nissim Black opens up about creative process and COVID recovery

Nissim Black is in love with the creator of the universe, with whom he has an intimate and fierce connection.

Nissim Black in a field wearing traditional Hasidic garb. (Tziporah Litman/Courtesy of Black)

Jewish prayer - Alone and together in Jerusalem during the pandemic

Praying for an end to this the 21st century twilight zone where we are alone and together simultaneously.

‘Backyard prayer’ by Leah Raab

No business like shul business

Everything has changed now that synagogues reopened with small minyanim and no Kiddush served.

Joseph Scutts carries a new Torah at the Heichal Ephraim and Bertin Synagogue in Jerusalem’s Mea She’arim neighborhood