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Apr 1, 2026, 8:47 PM

800 Million Down the Drain, Coalition Scores Again

Credit: Times of Israel website (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

On a night that should have been devoted to shoring up national resilience, the Knesset instead witnessed a transaction that exposed both the moral bankruptcy of the coalition and the feebleness of those tasked with combatting it. Some 800...

Aug 28, 2025, 11:19 AM

Ten million for Uman, but what about the rest of us?

Orthodox Jews pray at the tomb of Rabbi Nachman, the great grandson of the founder of Hasidic movement, in the town of Uman, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

This is not about religion, it’s about priorities, integrity, and the principles that underpin national solidarity

Jul 21, 2025, 5:47 PM

The dangerous theology behind Israel’s coalition partners

Chairman Aryeh Deri attends a meeting of the Shas party Council of Torah Sages in Jerusalem, July 16, 2025. (Flash90)

Haredi political parties are rooted in a worldview that views national tragedies such as October 7 as simply part of God's plan

Jun 23, 2025, 3:12 PM

Isaiah in a Bomb Shelter

Shas chairman MK Aryeh Deri interpreted Isaiah and got it wrong. Deri says that he sees a prophecy of Isaiah coming to fruition in the bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites. Just compare, he says, the devastation of October 7, 2023,...

Oct 31, 2024, 3:02 PM

To MK Aryeh Deri, a leader of the Haredim who do not serve in the IDF

Shas chairman Aryeh Deri and lawmakers attend a plenum session in the Knesset, September 9, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

I ask myself how a Jew can send Jews into combat while keeping himself and his constituency out of it. Could it really be that you don't see us fellow Jews?!

Oct 9, 2024, 4:09 PM

We need an adult in the room II

This week marked the one-year anniversary of the October 7th, 2023, Hamas attack on Israelis in the Gaza Envelope. It takes place at a particularly poignant time in the Jewish Year, the week between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur,...

Jan 17, 2024, 1:40 PM

Netanyahu will not be able to secure a deal for the hostages

Einav was murdered in the Nova party, Or was kidnneped to Gaza and Almog 2.5 their son is looking for his parents.
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The deal to release all the hostages has been on the table since October 8. All the Palestinian prisoners in exchange for all the hostages. Now Hamas has introduced two additional conditions - the cessation of hostilities (not a ceasefire)...

Nov 9, 2023, 3:13 PM

Where are the Haredi MK’s on release of hostages?

Let's talk about the Haredi coalition members from Shas, Yahadut Hatora. Where are they on the issue of 240 Israeli hostages, women, children, elderly being held for over a month in Gaza? The Haredi parties are fighting year round to...

Sep 27, 2023, 3:01 PM

I shouldn’t have to perceive Orthodox Jews as political opponents

As I’ve been staying in Hungary for a while now, I had the experience of seeing quite a lot of Israeli tourists on the streets of Budapest. It’s not surprising in the least, given that in Israel, at least...

Aug 17, 2023, 8:31 PM

Putting Judicial Overhaul Into Biblical Context

The rabbis of old have inspired me to view the judicial reforms led by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a rarified light. When his coalition tells us its members are the protectors of Israel's democracy, I think of...

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