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Paul Mendlowitz

Oct 27, 2026, 6:56 PM

All Haredi Political Parties Must Lose for All Haredi Life to Become Meaningful

An Indictment of Political Dependency, Rabbinic Power, and the Betrayal of a Community's Future The greatest danger confronting Haredi Jewry in Israel may not come from secular Israelis, hostile governments, or even the enemies surrounding the Jewish state. It may...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Oct 25, 2026, 1:03 PM

Christians Butchered in Jordan. The West is Quiet

Moral accountability in modern diplomacy relies entirely on a perverse hierarchy of victimhood. Minor, localized provocations by radical Jews in Jerusalem trigger immediate, synchronized international condemnation across every social media ecosystem. Conversely, a wall of institutional indifference meets catastrophic...

Oct 25, 2026, 12:48 PM

When Belonging Becomes Confinement

Seeking change without leaving: the internal struggles of ultra-Orthodox life In December 2014, Rabbi Yonason Herschlag described what a different school had meant for his son, Yochanan. At a new Hasidic academy in Beitar Illit, religious instruction shared the day...

Mihran Kalaydjian

Oct 24, 2026, 9:09 AM

France Has a Jewish Problem And It Isn’t the Jews

French Jews at the memorial march for Jewish murder victim Mireille Knoll in Paris, March 28, 2018 (Cnaan Liphshiz)

Imagine hundreds of thousands of French Jews pouring into the streets. Imagine them smashing storefronts, setting fires, attacking police officers and turning neighborhoods into battlegrounds. Imagine Jewish demonstrators torching government buildings because they no longer felt safe in their...

Oct 23, 2026, 2:37 PM

New Hareidim Must Offer More Than “Integration”

A new Hareidi political movement can do more than negotiate its place in Israel. Project Crown offers a starting point for rethinking citizenship, service and the country’s future. Just over three years ago, I sat with a Hareidi person who...

Gershon Blumstein

Oct 23, 2026, 3:07 AM

When Conservative Jews Seek Outside Authority

The question is not whether our movement is always right. It is whether we still trust it enough to ask why. A few months ago, at kiddush after services, someone raised a question about Jewish practice. Another congregant mentioned what...

Oct 22, 2026, 9:25 PM

Zionist political leaders married to Haredim

I am a citizen of Israel who has voted in Israeli elections since 1993. I have learned that it is not enough to read the platforms of political parties. Nor is it enough to research who is on a...

Yehuda L. Oppenheimer

Oct 21, 2026, 9:36 AM

Fear is silencing the Charedi Public’s attempts at discussion

Party head Moti Leitner greets supporters at an election campaign rally of the Charedi Public party at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, ahead of Israel’s upcoming general elections, October 17, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)

I'm running for Knesset and want to explain my passion for the new Haredi party, but it's inviting threats. That's coercion, not the Torah's model of dispute

Bracha Bennett Garland

Oct 20, 2026, 6:09 PM

When Charedi leadership declares ‘I am my brother’s keeper.’

Our people have a problem. We have issues with hubris and a lack of gratitude. No, not issues, a subscription; we are repeating the mistakes made by past generations as if we have learned nothing. We are currently living...

Oct 20, 2026, 12:31 PM

Vote right, if you wish. Just don’t vote for Bibi

An election campaign billboard for the Likud party is displayed along a roadside in the northern Israeli city of Nahariya, ahead of Israel’s upcoming general elections, October 16, 2026. (Sharon Leibel/Flash90)

Make no mistake, this election is not about right versus left. It’s about right versus wrong

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