Binyamin Lachkar, at The Blogs

Aug 15, 2018, 8:58 PM

Israeli democracy is under assault – from the left

In his latest op-ed, David Horovitz, the chief editor of the platform I am writing on now, claims that the Israeli democracy is under assault from illiberal forces, threatening the Supreme Court, minorities and freedom of speech. "There's a...

Jul 14, 2015, 2:27 PM

Are Israelis opting out of the Rabbinate ?

Two years ago, Naftali Bennet claimed in his first speech as a Knesset Member that 25% of Jewish Israeli couples preferred not to get married through the Rabbinate. This was a misquote from different media articles claiming that the...

Jul 12, 2015, 10:10 PM

Why Israelis do not really care about pluralism in the Rabbinate

Here is an apparent paradox: almost everybody in Israel dislikes the State Rabbinate. Seculars, traditionalists, even religious people. Haredim despise it and care only about the jobs it provides. In the same time, most Israelis would not lift a...

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Former Spokesman for MK Sharren Haskel, former Advisor to Mayor of Jerusalem, Binyamin is currently a consultant for public and private organisms. He made Aliyah from France in 1996.