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Aaron Leibowitz

Apr 26, 2026, 6:41 PM

Bennett’s support for civil marriage may finally align policy with practice

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You can already circumvent the chief rabbinate’s monopoly, but no couple should have to

Richard Diamond

Feb 11, 2026, 10:02 PM

From Fear to Fixes: Why Israel Needs a Tikun Party

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Israeli politics increasingly feels like a permanent emergency drill — not only because of rockets, hostages, or borders, but because our public arguments are built around a darker assumption: if the other side wins, Israel as we know it...

Jan 19, 2026, 8:21 PM

We’re good enough to die for our country – but not to marry in it

Speaking at the Knesset (credit: from the Knesset Channel)

Resisting this government’s radical agenda also means correcting long-standing injustices, starting with the denial of civil marriage

Oct 9, 2025, 10:42 PM

Sacred Law and Secular Courts: India and Israel’s Balancing Act

When a protester recently hurled a shoe at India’s Chief Justice B.R. Gavai, it was not just an act of outrage moreover it was a symbol of something far deeper. The incident, driven by anger over comments about Sanatan...

Peter Buchsbaum

Jul 19, 2025, 10:06 AM

Beware of the appointment process

Israelis who see the US as a model should take note of the harm the presidential nomination method is doing to America

May 20, 2025, 11:17 AM

Nobody Told Me Speed Dating Was 7-Minutes of Hell

Last week I made the bold, unhinged decision to attend a speed dating event in Haifa. I figured, why not? It was either that or spend another evening aggressively judging people on dating apps. Worst case scenario: I get...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Jan 8, 2023, 6:57 PM

Could it be that all the Commandments make sense?

It depends on who you'd ask Judaism prescribes a laborious lifestyle dictated by an interplay of the 613 main/root Biblical Commandments. They are typically divided into those that make sense and those that don't. Most of our Rabbis urge each...

Dec 14, 2022, 11:44 PM

Does Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef Believe in Jewish Unity?

Israel's Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef attends a rally against Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana conversion and kashrut reforms plan, at the International Convention Center, on February 1, 2022. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90 *** Local Caption ***
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הרב יצחק יוסף

The recent declaration by Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, Israel's Sephardic Chief Rabbi, that Conservative and Reform Judaism amount to “a new religion,” the central tenet of which is to “uproot our Torah,” is actually the perfect preparation for the upcoming...

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Jul 29, 2022, 9:23 AM

National Viability & Vitality: The Israeli Case (5) – The Activist State

In last week’s installment of this series on Israel’s future prospects in the coming decades, I discussed in-depth the third of seven factors – “Shared (Equal) Opportunity” – ( opportunity/). Here I will look in-depth at the fourth factor:...

Jun 24, 2022, 11:24 AM

The Last Frontier

As a general rule in dating and marriage selection, a glaring, unspoken age prejudice against women, is accepted within all cultures. As men age, their pool of age choices for dating and marriage increases and the pool of age...

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