מאמרים

Thin constitution needed to stabilize the government amid political crisis

Israel’s political future depends on adopting a thin constitution that prioritizes stability, fairness, and compromise, ensuring democratic governance amid internal divisions.
Thin constitution needed to stabilize the government amid political crisis
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Israel’s chance for a reset with American Jewry and Democrats

The Bennett government is configured for warmer ties, with none of Netanyahu's stake in exaggerating the divide with progressive Jews and the US left.
Geopolitics

Should Israel be apprehensive following the US abandonment of Afghanistan?

Following the recent round of fighting between Israel and Hamas, Harvard Prof. Stephen Walt penned an article entitled: “It’s Time to End the ‘Special Relationship’ With Israel.”
Geopolitics
Religion and State

Artem – Brother or Other?

The State of Israel should recognize two parallel paths for the creation of family units: religious marriage and secular civil unions. Thus, Artem would become an equal citizen without tearing the fabric of our shared Israeli society.
Religion and State
Religion and State

What Israelis Want: Kosher Food at Affordable Prices

The new minister of religious affairs has a plan to provide more reliable supervision and lower food prices -- all without harming the Chief Rabbinate.
Religion and State
Israel-Diaspora Relations

Is the Future of European Jewry in Danger?

Is the continent where most of world Jewry has roots – and where such concepts as liberalism, human rights, nationalism, and even Zionism were born – crumbling beneath us?
Israel-Diaspora Relations
Jews in Germany

Is the Future of European Jewry in Danger?

Is the continent where most of world Jewry has roots – and where such concepts as liberalism, human rights, nationalism, and even Zionism were born – crumbling beneath us?
Jews in Germany
Education

The missed potential of Tisha B’Av

Tisha B’Av can become a more significant day for every Israeli — a day that unites the religious with the national and the historical for the Jews living in Israel and for the Zionist enterprise.
Education
Education

High Court gender segregation ruling provides for ‘A Room of Their Own’

In agreeing to limited separation in academia, the Court rejected the extreme positions of both the Haredim and those who oppose them
Education
Israel Relations

How can Israel convince gentiles if it can’t convince Jews?

Israel’s hasbara problem is, of course, only a symptom of much more serious phenomena, among them: the threat to our relations with the US and its Jews.
Israel Relations