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Apr 21, 2019, 12:19 PM

The Real Right and the “Deal of the Century”

Was written on April 7th , 2019 The elections for the 21st Knesset take place in two days, but it can be already said that any retrospective analysis will surely indicate "fear of the Left-wing" as one of the campaign's...

Apr 16, 2019, 11:53 AM

The Right has already won

Written March 2nd While Gantz and Lapid are aiming to gain right-wing votes, Gabbay is trailing behind with his social agenda and Livni is crashing, it seems the Israeli public has already accepted the fact the Left is headed for...

Nov 6, 2017, 3:39 AM

Human rights and wrongs

One of the movements operating within the framework of the Institute for Zionist Strategies that I head is the 'Blue and White' Human Rights Movement. The movement was founded by the Institute Chairman, Dr. Yoaz Hendel, out of a view...

Aug 13, 2017, 2:10 AM

Liberal is Right

My name is Miri Shalem. I am an Orthodox woman of Sephardic descent, married and mother of four children, living in Beit Shemesh, and I am the CEO of the Institute for Zionist Strategies – a research think-tank active...

Apr 6, 2016, 1:44 PM

Color does Matter: We don’t notice the Ethiopians

Anyone surreptitiously checking the number of children of Ethiopian origin in his or her child's school class, anyone certain that the Ethiopian employee standing next to him is naturally the cleaner and not the manager – is tainted with...

Mar 6, 2016, 12:35 PM

Will change come from the charedi politicians?

The government’s historical decision, announced this week, to establish an egalitarian area at the Western Wall, where all genders will be permitted to participate in liturgical practices, was orchestrated by Avihai Mandelblit, who is currently wrapping up his position...

Feb 2, 2016, 12:02 AM

Aladdin & Aryeh Deri

In the story of Aladdin and the magic lamp, we are told of a boy who had an ancient lamp. When he tried cleaning it off by gently rubbing off the dust, a genie came out and promised to...

Dec 29, 2015, 12:02 AM

The Opposite Right

What is it about President Rivlin that draws so many arrows of criticism? A right-winged president expressing sensitive approach towards "others" is probably an ideological threat to the majority of the public here. Recently we found out that ideas and...

Dec 8, 2015, 6:08 PM

Time to take responsibility

Based on Yair Lapid’s interview to the ultra-orthodox media, we can identify a severe problem in the dialogue between the ultra-orthodox and secular sectors: a narrow point of view which doesn’t take the entire nation under consideration. Beit Shemesh was...

Dec 1, 2015, 6:01 AM

Women in the Front Line: radical Islam’s version

Many of the recent terror attack executors are women, and many girls committed to Jihad fighting are joining ISIS. In response we should locate moderate Muslim women who understand that the sword of terror might turn in their direction...

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About Me

Miri Shalem is CEO of the Institute for Zionist Strategies and Blue & White Human Rights movement. The Institute is a Right winged, Zionist, Liberal Think and Do Tank that works in the Checkpoints and in East Jerusalem..Miri was for many years an activist for social change for women. Her activities in this field include organizing the national dance conference for Orthodox women and initiating a flashmob protest by Bet Shemesh women against gender segregation in the public space. She worked to establish a women's counseling center in Beit Shemesh, for which she won the Yaffa London Award in 2012. Prior to her current position, Miri was the Director of the Ramat Beit Shemesh Community Center where she was the founder and the chairperson of the city's Women's Council. on 2014, she was one of the heads of the campaign of Eli Cohen, a mayoral candidate in Bet Shemesh. Miri was a columnist for "Makor Rishon" and now she writes for "Yedioth Achronot" She has a BA in Economics and Political Science and an MA in Gender Studies. Miri has lived in Beit Shemesh for almost twenty years and, despite the city's difficulties, reaffirms daily her choice to stay there and continue her activism. She is married and a mother of 4.

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