Reflections on the founder of Israel’s chief rabbinate.

A leading Modern Orthodox rabbi is being forced out.

It was about living Judaism to its fullest.

Narrowing horizons for his religious Zionist base?

“For him, moderation is born of a burning and lifelong desire.”

Contrary to public portrayal, settler’s aren’t just fanatics. In fact, many aren’t even religious.

For most of Israel’s history, religious soldiers were a minority in the IDF. Haredim (ultra-Orthodox Jews) did not serve at all, a large number of. . .

Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, who served as the first Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Palestine, is generally regarded as the intellectual progenitor of religious Zionism. Born. . .

Rachelle Fraenkel, whose son Naftali was murdered by Hamas this past summer, has become a living symbol of Israel’s collective feelings during the recent war.. . .

In an effort to expand its voter base, Israel’s leading religious-Zionist party will now welcome non-religious members and support their candidacy for national office.

Despite its zealously secular curatorial culture, the Israel Museum attracts large numbers of Religious Zionists, secure in their values and principles.

Religious-Zionist attitudes toward sex are fair game for scholarship, but scholarship should reflect fidelity to a complex reality. A new book fails the test.

Simon bar Kokhba, a figure celebrated by secular Zionists, is often denigrated in rabbinic literature. But was he as devoted to Judaism as to. . .

The election of David Lau and Yitzhak Yosef as Israel’s next chief rabbis represents a political victory for the ultra-Orthodox—and also for the prime minister.