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Mar 28, 2023, 2:36 PM
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A miraculous display of civil heroism
The political center is taking to the streets to fight for values and interests that transcend identity group politics
Mar 19, 2023, 3:04 PM
The People’s Framework or civil war
As we stand at the edge of the abyss – a constitutional crisis literally embodying the idea that “might is right” – the president of Israel decided, this past Wednesday, to place the People’s Framework on the national table....
Feb 12, 2023, 2:02 PM
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Dialogue should prevent Israel’s slide into civil war
If legal experts with differing opinions could just hash everything out, we might see real, consensus-based reform
Sep 25, 2022, 4:39 PM
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Rosh Hashanah or January 1?
This season of Jewish holidays goes a long way to preserve our Jewish identity, protecting us from the pervasive divisiveness and assimilation in Israeli society
Jan 5, 2022, 3:43 PM
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The Haredi leadership: Crime and its punishment
The ultra-Orthodox self-segregate from Israeli society, but the Walder affair is revealing major cracks in the 'wall of holiness.' A day of reckoning is coming
Sep 1, 2021, 3:48 PM
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The (non-)draft law for Haredim
Lowering the draft age for the ultra-Orthodox to let them leave the army at the usual age sounds like a good idea, but it might just bring down this people's army
Aug 8, 2021, 3:50 PM
Artem – brother or other?
Israel must find a way to allow marriage for all and the best option is to set up a civil union track that doesn't undercut the Rabbinate's halachic authority
Jul 19, 2021, 2:06 PM
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High Court gender segregation ruling provides for ‘A Room of Their Own’
In agreeing to limited separation in academia, the Court rejected the extreme positions of both the Haredim and those who oppose them
Jun 6, 2021, 3:31 PM
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American Jews, how ‘Jewish’ are you?
Jewish pride has replaced the humiliated Jew of history, but where Israelis are entrenched in the trappings of Jewish identity, American Jews must choose
Oct 30, 2020, 1:37 AM
Yitzhak’s blood cries out to us from the ground
Twenty-five years have passed since Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was murdered. Today, half of all Israelis cannot remember that terrible day. But the other half, those over age 30, certainly cannot forget it. But is the memory of that...
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Yedida Stern is the President of the Jewish People Policy Institute and is Professor Emeritus at Bar-Ilan University.