The basic facts are that the majority of non-Orthodox American Jews are liberal supporters of the Democratic Party and its values

Many people, including those who voted for the current government, are starting to ask themselves what it is that they really support, and their answer is some form of liberal democracy.

President Xi rebuked Israel in a statement co-signed by Iran’s president. That has never happened before

Beneath the sound and fury of the conflict between contending sides for or against the “reform” of the justice system, Israeli politics and society may be undergoing a tectonic shift.

Compromise is necessary to preserve solidarity between us.

“My heart is broken.” The scribbled letters, red marker on white burlap, cried out to me amid the more polished signs decrying the “end of democracy” and proclaiming “the duty to resist” in gleaming black and white.

The voices in the world calling on Israel to halt the proposed judicial reform are not asking Israel to refrain from rectifying or adjusting the current balance of power

Although the legislative process is well on its way, it is still not too late to seek dialogue and reach a compromise to prevent a schism in Israeli society and preserve our solidarity

There’s one thing such a law most likely won’t do, and that’s keeping chametz from being brought into hospitals