Tehila Friedman

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Oct 11, 2024, 3:00 PM

Between October 7 and Yom Kippur

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Some beat their chests in guilt and some prefer praise of the good, but they both reverse course regarding the public arena. I'd like to know why

Aug 29, 2024, 1:42 PM

Four questions for religious Zionists, and the answers that can save Israel

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at the 'victory conference' at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem on January 28, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

An Israel that is not Jewish and democratic will come apart – the religious mainstream's moderation can be the glue that holds it together

Mar 26, 2021, 9:11 AM

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I understand that according to the current vote count, one seat of RAAM will probably be transferred to Meretz. I have no personal acquaintance with Mosi Raz, who is due to enter this government, but the understanding that Iman Khatib...

Jun 3, 2016, 11:32 AM

Jerusalem Day Family Parade: Jerusalem is not ours; we are hers

This year, again, I will participate in the alternative Jerusalem Day Family Parade that we, in the Yerusalmit Movement, began three years ago. This year, again, it will be bittersweet. I grew up in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area and,...

Apr 7, 2016, 1:29 PM

Baby steps towards mutual understanding

When Jews and Arabs share moments of daily life, they conquer the extremist both imagine behind the other's ID card

Mar 22, 2016, 5:21 PM

The religious feminist revolution

Women with halachic and humanist values are leading the charge against the Rabbinate's bid to control mikveh

Mar 10, 2016, 8:52 AM

Women changing Jerusalem

A campaign against erasuring female faces from public life turned into a face-to-face secular-Haredi partnership

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About Me

Tehila Friedman is the Head of the Libba Center's One Hundred Initiative (Yozmat Hamea). She was a member of the 24th Knesset in the Blue and White alliance, chair of Ne’emanei Torah va’Avodah, a modern Orthodox movement promoting pluralism and democracy, and the founding chair of the Yerushalmit Movement, which sought to promote tolerance, cooperation and social and cultural engagement between Jerusalem’s diverse communities.