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Jul 16, 2025, 4:19 PM

Does Haredi leadership prefer being in the opposition?

Illustrative. The rabbinic leader of the Gur Hasidic movement Yaakov Aryeh Alter, right, and Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky attend a United Torah Judaism Party campaign rally in Jerusalem, on September 15, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/File)

If the draft exemption law that drew Haredi parties into government isn't happening, then politics does nothing but sully the 'authentic Jews'

Ilana Sober Elzufon

Jul 13, 2025, 6:13 PM

Keep Ayman Odeh in the Knesset

Yes, his tweet upset some people, but that's no reason to expel an MK, especially when his constituency (of which I am a part) has no other voice

Chaim Frankenhuis

Jul 2, 2025, 9:56 PM

Call to Return to Joseph’s Tomb

Senior Government Officials Support Move to Restore Israeli Sovereignty in Shechem At a special conference held in the Knesset, attended by ministers, members of Knesset, senior security officials, rabbis, representatives and activists of Joseph’s Tomb, practical plans were presented to...

Chaim Frankenhuis

Jun 16, 2025, 12:13 AM

Historic Knesset meeting to reclaim Josephs Tomb

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Historic Knesset Meeting: Ending Oslo Betrayal and Reclaiming Joseph’s Tomb for the Jewish People June 12, 2025 — After decades of disgraceful surrender and government failure, the Knesset finally held a crucial session on Thursday demanding the full, permanent restoration...

Jun 12, 2025, 9:18 AM

Not My Enemy: Responding to Galit Distel Atbaryan

This week, a disturbing moment unfolded in the Knesset. During a committee session, Likud MK Galit Distel Atbaryan interrupted Reform Rabbi and Knesset member Gilad Kariv, telling him: "Remove the Reformist, the Jews here want to continue." The implication...

Michael Zoosman

Jun 2, 2025, 1:52 AM

Jewish Opposition to Execution of DC Israeli Embassy Shooter

We, the nearly 4,000 members of “L’chaim! Jews Against the Death Penalty,” call upon U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi not to pursue the death penalty for 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez for his murder...

Gabriel Strenger

May 25, 2025, 2:42 PM

A Call to Action Following Yair Golan’s Remarks

Yair Golan’s defense against the widespread criticism of his recent claim that Israel “kills babies as a hobby” is that his remarks were not directed at IDF soldiers, but rather at ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir. Disturbingly, nobody...

Daniel Orenstein

May 17, 2025, 11:09 PM

Fragmented Truths: Israel, Gaza, and Responsibility

I used to get angry when people abroad – actors, professors, politicians – condemned Israel’s military actions. I saw hypocrisy, selective outrage, and a refusal to acknowledge Palestinian culpability. I believed they ignored the complex truths Israelis face every...

Apr 9, 2025, 11:35 PM

Obey the High Court

The High Court's interim injunction freezing the dismissal of Ronen Bar, head of the Shin Bet, is balanced and moderate. But regardless of the ultimate outcome, the government, even with gnashed teeth and vocal criticism, must comply with the...

Whimsy Anderson

Mar 30, 2025, 4:09 PM

Israel’s Fractured Heartbeat Demands Unity

A Nation’s Wounded Soul Israel hums like a fractured heartbeat, its once-steady rhythm stumbling beneath a shroud of division that cloaks a nation I’ve seen united, now a discordant chorus aching for harmony. Britain mastered "divide and conquer" during the...

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