Will the return of the ultra-Orthodox parties to the government curb the integration of the ultra-Orthodox in workforce? Many believe that the election results closed the door on attempts to integrate the ultra-Orthodox into Israeli society.
When the government believes its own slogans the country’s in trouble Too many of our future ministers will likely be unwilling to test their assumptions or leave room for doubt – that's a recipe for disaster
It’s time to promote advancement of ultra-Orthodox working women The government encourages Haredi men who are absent from the employment pool to join it, but what if it offered incentives for training to the women instead?
A narrow government with Ben Gvir and Smotrich threatens US-Israel ties Shared values are a cornerstone of the relationship – appointing senior ministers that incite against Arabs would be a gift to anti-Israel progressives.
Pin a Medal on Goldknopf In some of the office parks scattered between Herzliya Pituah and Rothschild Boulevard, here and there in high-tech companies and in general – one increasingly sees Haredim.
In a contentious election season, Israelis should look to our shared covenant A lovely piyyut sung during the Yom Kippur evening service beseeches the Creator to “look to the brit (covenant) and not to the yetzer (evil inclination).
A Public Yom Kippur Yom Kippur is a bubble in time; the holiest day of the year; the most meaningful day of all. It is a special, unique, untouched envelope of time, in which the din of urgency gives way to the essential and the profound.
Minister Nachman Shai: It is time for a new paradigm in Israeli-Diaspora It is time we change the paradigm between Israeli-Diaspora relations. This week in Basel we celebrated the 125th anniversary since the first Zionist Congress, led by Theodor Herzl.
Germany Offers a Special Fund of 12 Million Euros for Ukrainian Holocaust Survivors Ambassador ( Ret.) Stuart E. Eizenstat: "This is the first time in recorded history that a defeated nation in a war has voluntarily paid compensation to individual civilian victims."
