Meeting all of the desires of the ‘winning side’ would likely cause a sharp backlash once a different majority is in power – and have dire long-term consequences

Religious Zionism’s focus on rebranding Israeli society could test the Jewish state’s already fragile relationship with more liberal Diaspora Jewish communities

Many believe that the election results closed the door on attempts to integrate the ultra-Orthodox into Israeli society.

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

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?

Shared values are a cornerstone of the relationship – appointing senior ministers that incite against Arabs would be a gift to anti-Israel progressives.

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.

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).

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.