Israel is not facing a single-sector draft crisis. The enlistment challenge now cuts across multiple parts of society, ...

A synagogue is a holy place, and one must conduct oneself within it with reverence • It is designated for sacred matters, for ...

Where do nonreligious people go to find community? Some might join a sports league or a film society or attend a local atheist meet-up. Some might hang out online. But in certain parts of the country, ...

Two new surveys were recently published, both showing the same thing: Religious people were more likely to be suspicious and unwelcoming of people who are different, while secular people were more ...

I have never accepted irrational religious beliefs. If something in my -- or any -- religion doesn't make sense, I don't accept it. That's why my five-volume commentary on the Torah (the first five ...

No discussion of the proper attitude towards atheism and its relation to faith would be complete without addressing the role of religion in public life. Earlier this week in the Guardian, I set out my ...

Essayist Richard Rodriguez argues that some American politicians and religious leaders have successfully shortened the separation between the political assembly and the pulpit and allowed America to ...

According to what is probably the standard account, secular modernity emerged from multiple developments chiefly in science and politics which, acting somewhat in unison, opened up some critical ...

Holidays that began literally as “holy days” have become shopping and vacation opportunities. Chairs at Sunday brunch tables fill up, while pews in Sunday church services get emptier. A fifth of ...