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Members of the new Israeli government, headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pose for a group photo at the president's residence in Jerusalem, on December 29, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Peta Jones Pellach

The High Court is not representative? Look in the mirror

This government has no non-Jews and few women. One thing it does have is the power to make diverse judicial appointments

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Edmund Case

What’s more important, being Jewish or doing Jewish?

Rabbinical students, including those with partners of other faiths, are deeply committed to Jewish life and Jewish community

Israelis take part in ongoing protests against controversial legal reforms being touted by the country's hard-right government, in Tel Aviv on February 25, 2023. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)

Dan Ben-David

The unsustainable path of the start-up nation

For years, the economy has been like an engine running on just a few of its cylinders. The coalition’s judicial overhaul risks exacerbating the strain

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich leads a Religious Zionism faction meeting in the Givat Harel settlement in the West Bank, February 14, 2023. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)

Bezalel Smotrich’s apology can be a turning point

With dialogue and good faith, a clear and distinct process can finally emerge for making constitutional law

Gil Steinlauf

When Judy Heumann schooled me about the truth

The mother of disability rights made me, a rabbi, see how traditional Judaism can be dehumanizing, in the guise of pity

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Dana Blander

The Levin-Rothman plan 101 (yes, this will be on the test)

Some actual facts for college and university students whose teachers are under attack for teaching actual facts

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Ahed al-Hindi

When an Israeli trained Syrians to clear landmines

A recent exchange of life-saving knowledge bypassed long-held hatreds and demonstrated the potential benefits of peace

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Mar 9, 2023, 3:08 PM

The Closeness of God (Ki Tissa, Covenant & Conversation)

The more I study the Torah, the more conscious I become of the immense mystery of Exodus 33. This is the chapter set in the middle of the Golden Calf narrative (between Exodus chapter 32 describing the sin and...

Rachel Tzvia Back

Mar 9, 2023, 3:08 PM

The Occupation and the Anti-Democratic Legislation in Israel

In November 2008, on what would turn out to be his last birthday, I brought my father a book gift: the first ever English language translation of Khirbet Khizeh. This canonic 1949 Hebrew novella by S. Yizhar tells the...

Mar 9, 2023, 3:05 PM

Deep Work, Modern Renaissance Person, Time Management and Grit

Launching a startup is not a walk in the park. From talking to VCs, closing deals, and intense time management, to research and development, every entrepreneur knows that starting a business from the ground up is like pushing a...

Mar 9, 2023, 3:05 PM

Sudden meetings point to action against Iran’s nuclear program.

There have been interesting top-level visitors that have not gained massive media attention, but are very significant. Following on the heels of the US Secretary of State to Israel came the Biden Administration National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, then the...

Mar 9, 2023, 3:04 PM

Some Random Thoughts on Israel’s Judicial Reforms

I’ve been just a tad obsessed with the issue of Israel’s proposed judicial reforms and have attended several demonstrations protesting them. Like most people in the country, I’m not opposed to some reasonable and necessary adjustments to the judicial...

Peta Jones Pellach

Mar 9, 2023, 3:02 PM

The High Court is not representative? Look in the mirror

Members of the new Israeli government, headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pose for a group photo at the president's residence in Jerusalem, on December 29, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

This government has no non-Jews and few women. One thing it does have is the power to make diverse judicial appointments

Mar 9, 2023, 2:49 PM

Time for Majority Rule

The first principle of Democracy is majority rule, but let’s face it, although it was elected fair and square, our current government doesn’t represent the majority of Israelis. It’s not even close. The majority of Israelis are political moderates whose...

Dorothea Shefer-Vanson

Mar 9, 2023, 2:48 PM

Jane Austen’s ‘Northanger Abbey’

When I was at high school and was required to read books by Jane Austen I did my best to find them interesting but failed dismally. The characters and situations she describes in her novels are very far removed...

Mar 9, 2023, 2:20 PM

What’s more important, being Jewish or doing Jewish?

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Rabbinical students, including those with partners of other faiths, are deeply committed to Jewish life and Jewish community

Mar 9, 2023, 1:16 PM

The unsustainable path of the start-up nation

Israelis take part in ongoing protests against controversial legal reforms being touted by the country's hard-right government, in Tel Aviv on February 25, 2023. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)

For years, the economy has been like an engine running on just a few of its cylinders. The coalition's judicial overhaul risks exacerbating the strain

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