Avinoam Bar-Yosef

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Jan 12, 2020, 12:51 PM

Watch: Israeliness IS Jewishness

In Israel, the more traditional Jews are, the more right wing they are, says pollster Prof. Camil Fuchs. But the Jews who are not traditional still feel very Jewish. Their Israeliness connects them with their Jewishness in ways that...

Dec 26, 2019, 10:50 AM

Why I Don’t Take Jewish Sovereignty for Granted

I believe that a connection between Jews is a phenomenon that still exists everywhere. A connection between individuals who belong to a “people” – the Jewish people. This sense of nationhood, or peoplehood, is one of the things I discuss...

Dec 15, 2019, 10:29 PM

WATCH: Micah Goodman on why US Jews must learn Hebrew

Goodman discusses his new book, which proposes that the path to a 'Judaism of inspiration' goes through Hebrew culture

Dec 1, 2019, 3:14 PM

Watch: Israel’s melting pot is huge success

We cannot forget that half of Jewish Israelis descend from Arab countries. “Of course it has impact, of course it is part of our lives,” says columnist and author Ben Dror Yemini. He is “optimistic about the future of...

Nov 4, 2019, 9:57 PM

WATCH: A Reform Jew can be right-wing

A conversation with Israeli psycholinguist, Prof. Tsvia Walden. who says tagging people undermines free choice

Oct 25, 2019, 11:22 AM

Watch: ‘Thou Shalt be Right Wing!’

Being right wing is the most important commandment for Israel’s Religious-Zionists, says Dr. Moshe Hellinger of Bar Ilan University. Unlike past generations of religious-Zionist Israelis, today’s are right wing not just when talking and thinking about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,...

Oct 15, 2019, 10:15 AM

WATCH: Israel, the most tolerant nation ever

Jewish Israeli or Israeli Jew? What it means to be a secular Israeli Jew with so much Judaism in the national culture

Oct 3, 2019, 6:09 PM

WATCH: ‘Israel will separate state and religion’

Historian Aviad Kleinberg says most secular Israelis aren't detached from Judaism: Even most atheists still circumcise their sons

Sep 19, 2019, 6:47 PM

WATCH: Are Haredi Israelis ‘Zionist’?

Most Israelis believe the ultra-Orthodox contribute little to Israel’s success. This, says Daniel Goldman, hurts Haredi Israelis (Video)

Sep 12, 2019, 10:19 AM

Are Jews in Israel more Jewish or more Israeli?

Most Jewish Israelis believe that to be a real Israeli you must be Jewish; according to Ruth Gavison, that creates 'many complications'

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Avinoam Bar-Yosef is the President and the Founding Director of the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute.