Yoel Cohen is Full Professor (Emeritus) in the School of Communication at Ariel University, Israel, as well as convenor of the Religion and Communication working group in the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR). His research interests include media and religion in Israel and Judaism, the city of Jerusalem, and foreign news. His publications include God, Jews and the Media: Religion and Israel's Media; Spiritual News: Reporting Religion Around the World; and The Handbook of Religion and Communication.

"Although it is cast as basically an academic work, the book is very far from dry or heavy-going. Cohen writes lucidly, not only as regards style but also in respect to content. He covers his field of study comprehensively, drawing his conclusions from the evidence-based results of his extensive research. The reader is left much more knowledgeable about the nature of the media in Israel, and the professional problems facing the journalists who staff it. The religious dimension to Israeli society is also covered clearly and comprehensively, and particular attention is directed at its relationship with the modern media in an increasingly digital-savvy nation. If issues such as these excite your interest, then this is a book for you."Neville Teller, The Jerusalem Post"I consider this book a landmark study that has been properly scaffolded by Yoel Cohen’s sustained research publications on matters related to the rabbis-media-public nexus. This book demonstrates his years of scholarly research and adept utilization of language. Regarding content, Cohen always justifies his remarks, suggestions, and insights through his gathered and analyzed data. Furthermore, the mindfulness toward concise explanations of Jewish terminologies and brief yet meaningful contextualization prove how the book caters even to readers unfamiliar with the complexities of Jewish media, religion, and culture."Carl Jayson D. Hernandez, Religion and Social Communication, Vol. 22 No. 2, 2024“Professor Yoel Cohen has a deep understanding of religious society in all its diversity, and his research clearly reflects the gaps between different religious movements, both in their relationship to the media and in their relationship to their status in Israeli society. Therefore, the book paints a rich portrait of a diverse religious society, which is debating which ways are appropriate for it to deal with the presence of Communication in the public sphere.”Ines Gabel, Media Frames, the Israel Communication Association"Cohen presents almost every­thing one would want to know about how and what Israeli rabbis and the public think, say, and write on the general ·subject of religion, especially as presented in the media. [This] book pro­vides a deep and quite interesting look into Israel's tectonic media developments regarding religion news, their purveyors, and consumers-with some of the data quite unexpected."Sam Lehman-Wilzig, Contemporary Jewry (2025) 45:7

• 1. The Media Setting 2. The Rabbinic Setting 3. Is Judaism News? 4. Gathering the News 5. Religion and the Israeli Journalist: A Theological Profile 6. The Public and Religion News 7. Rabbis' Exposure to Media 8. Rabbis, Jewish Values, and the Media 9. Rabbi Google, or, 'The Virtual Jewish Community'? 10. Religio-Cultural Walls in the 21st Century 11. The Unholy Jewish Triad: Rabbis, Journalists, and the Israeli Public

Yoel Cohen is Full Professor (Emeritus) in the School of Communication at Ariel University, Israel, as well as convenor of the Religion and Communication working group in the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR). His research interests include media and religion in Israel and Judaism, the city of Jerusalem, and foreign news. His publications include God, Jews and the Media: Religion and Israel's Media; Spiritual News: Reporting Religion Around the World; and The Handbook of Religion and Communication.

"Although it is cast as basically an academic work, the book is very far from dry or heavy-going. Cohen writes lucidly, not only as regards style but also in respect to content. He covers his field of study comprehensively, drawing his conclusions from the evidence-based results of his extensive research. The reader is left much more knowledgeable about the nature of the media in Israel, and the professional problems facing the journalists who staff it. The religious dimension to Israeli society is also covered clearly and comprehensively, and particular attention is directed at its relationship with the modern media in an increasingly digital-savvy nation. If issues such as these excite your interest, then this is a book for you."Neville Teller, The Jerusalem Post"I consider this book a landmark study that has been properly scaffolded by Yoel Cohen’s sustained research publications on matters related to the rabbis-media-public nexus. This book demonstrates his years of scholarly research and adept utilization of language. Regarding content, Cohen always justifies his remarks, suggestions, and insights through his gathered and analyzed data. Furthermore, the mindfulness toward concise explanations of Jewish terminologies and brief yet meaningful contextualization prove how the book caters even to readers unfamiliar with the complexities of Jewish media, religion, and culture."Carl Jayson D. Hernandez, Religion and Social Communication, Vol. 22 No. 2, 2024“Professor Yoel Cohen has a deep understanding of religious society in all its diversity, and his research clearly reflects the gaps between different religious movements, both in their relationship to the media and in their relationship to their status in Israeli society. Therefore, the book paints a rich portrait of a diverse religious society, which is debating which ways are appropriate for it to deal with the presence of Communication in the public sphere.”Ines Gabel, Media Frames, the Israel Communication Association"Cohen presents almost every­thing one would want to know about how and what Israeli rabbis and the public think, say, and write on the general ·subject of religion, especially as presented in the media. [This] book pro­vides a deep and quite interesting look into Israel's tectonic media developments regarding religion news, their purveyors, and consumers-with some of the data quite unexpected."Sam Lehman-Wilzig, Contemporary Jewry (2025) 45:7

• 1. The Media Setting 2. The Rabbinic Setting 3. Is Judaism News? 4. Gathering the News 5. Religion and the Israeli Journalist: A Theological Profile 6. The Public and Religion News 7. Rabbis' Exposure to Media 8. Rabbis, Jewish Values, and the Media 9. Rabbi Google, or, 'The Virtual Jewish Community'? 10. Religio-Cultural Walls in the 21st Century 11. The Unholy Jewish Triad: Rabbis, Journalists, and the Israeli Public

Yoel Cohen is Full Professor (Emeritus) in the School of Communication at Ariel University, Israel, as well as convenor of the Religion and Communication working group in the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR). His research interests include media and religion in Israel and Judaism, the city of Jerusalem, and foreign news. His publications include God, Jews and the Media: Religion and Israel's Media; Spiritual News: Reporting Religion Around the World; and The Handbook of Religion and Communication.

"Although it is cast as basically an academic work, the book is very far from dry or heavy-going. Cohen writes lucidly, not only as regards style but also in respect to content. He covers his field of study comprehensively, drawing his conclusions from the evidence-based results of his extensive research. The reader is left much more knowledgeable about the nature of the media in Israel, and the professional problems facing the journalists who staff it. The religious dimension to Israeli society is also covered clearly and comprehensively, and particular attention is directed at its relationship with the modern media in an increasingly digital-savvy nation. If issues such as these excite your interest, then this is a book for you."Neville Teller, The Jerusalem Post"I consider this book a landmark study that has been properly scaffolded by Yoel Cohen’s sustained research publications on matters related to the rabbis-media-public nexus. This book demonstrates his years of scholarly research and adept utilization of language. Regarding content, Cohen always justifies his remarks, suggestions, and insights through his gathered and analyzed data. Furthermore, the mindfulness toward concise explanations of Jewish terminologies and brief yet meaningful contextualization prove how the book caters even to readers unfamiliar with the complexities of Jewish media, religion, and culture."Carl Jayson D. Hernandez, Religion and Social Communication, Vol. 22 No. 2, 2024“Professor Yoel Cohen has a deep understanding of religious society in all its diversity, and his research clearly reflects the gaps between different religious movements, both in their relationship to the media and in their relationship to their status in Israeli society. Therefore, the book paints a rich portrait of a diverse religious society, which is debating which ways are appropriate for it to deal with the presence of Communication in the public sphere.”Ines Gabel, Media Frames, the Israel Communication Association"Cohen presents almost every­thing one would want to know about how and what Israeli rabbis and the public think, say, and write on the general ·subject of religion, especially as presented in the media. [This] book pro­vides a deep and quite interesting look into Israel's tectonic media developments regarding religion news, their purveyors, and consumers-with some of the data quite unexpected."Sam Lehman-Wilzig, Contemporary Jewry (2025) 45:7

• 1. The Media Setting 2. The Rabbinic Setting 3. Is Judaism News? 4. Gathering the News 5. Religion and the Israeli Journalist: A Theological Profile 6. The Public and Religion News 7. Rabbis' Exposure to Media 8. Rabbis, Jewish Values, and the Media 9. Rabbi Google, or, 'The Virtual Jewish Community'? 10. Religio-Cultural Walls in the 21st Century 11. The Unholy Jewish Triad: Rabbis, Journalists, and the Israeli Public