מאמרים

Will the IDF strike in Doha kickstart a hostage deal?

Did the strikes in Qatar move the country closer toward ending the war and bringing the hostages home, or did it push both goals further away?
Will the IDF strike in Doha kickstart a hostage deal?
President Donald Trump, along with the emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, is in the background on a computer screen. Photo by Shutterstock
Geopolitics

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
Geopolitics
Haredim

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?
Haredim
יהודי ארה"ב

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.
יהודי ארה"ב
Haredim

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.
Haredim
Identity

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).
Identity
Religion and State

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.
Religion and State
התפוצות

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.
התפוצות
Religion and State

Rosh Hashanah or January 1st?

When does the year start for Israelis – the first of January or the first of Tishrei? Most of us conduct our daily lives according to the Gregorian (non-Hebrew) calendar and are not aware of the Hebrew date on any given day.
Religion and State
התפוצות

Herzl and the First Zionist Congress: Then and now

We need a new Herzl and a new Zionist Congress, not for the purpose of establishing a state or defining identity, but to breathe the spirit of solidarity and Jewish brotherhood into an era of strife
התפוצות