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Dina-Perla Portnaar

Aug 30, 2026, 4:19 AM

Accept that another voice can exist beside our own

For those who have missed it: I exchanged the Netherlands for Cyprus permanently. Truly, the best decision of my life. I’m full of life again. But the start here was insanely difficult for many reasons. After a difficult period, I...

Aug 27, 2026, 5:51 AM

The Legal Theory Orthodox Jews May Come to Regret

A developing application of federal forced-labor law raises a question Orthodox Jewish institutions should take seriously: When can the powerful influence of a religious leader or close-knit community be treated by the government as evidence of psychological coercion? The question...

Aug 26, 2026, 12:48 PM

‘I have chosen the way of faith’

Shas party's election campaign kick-off event in Holon, central Israel, August 20, 2026. (Yaakov Cohen)

As President Rivlin's chief of staff, I came to understand Haredi resilience: Don't think you can frighten or embarrass the community into abandoning its principles

Aug 25, 2026, 3:03 AM

Is This The Kind Of Aliyah We Currently Need?

Jake Turx, senior White House correspondent for Mishpacha magazine, recently proposed on X what he called an “eight-billion-dollar idea”: build a development in Israel tailored to the needs, standards, and lifestyle of American Chareidim, then use it as a...

Aug 23, 2026, 10:54 PM

B’Yachad has done its homework on fixing our schools

MK Moshe Turpaz alongside former Prime Minister Yair Lapid at a Supreme Court hearing on the illegal transfer of 1 billion NIS to unregulated ultra-Orthodox educational institutions (credit: MK Turpaz's office)

It may be cliché to say that education is a cornerstone of Israel’s economy and security and the keystone for our future. But what makes any cliché a cliché is that it’s true. The fundamental problem with education in...

Aug 22, 2026, 5:29 PM

Redirect Haredi Subsidies Toward Employment

The next government should preserve equal social protection while redirecting part of sector-specific funding toward audited employment, training, and lasting economic independence. Public debate over government support for Israel's Haredi population has become trapped between two familiar positions. One side...

Aug 20, 2026, 3:02 PM

Book review – Between Torah and Derech Eretz

A few months ago, a collector from Israel went around with the attached tzedakah card. The card described an impoverished family whose children were sleeping on the floor. It then explained that the father learns Torah all day, resulting...

Aug 20, 2026, 2:35 PM

Israel’s Greatest Untapped Natural Resource

Young students in a classroom in the ultra-Orthodox Mea Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem, August 25, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

The Haredi community is not Israel’s burden – it is Israel’s greatest economic opportunity

Aug 13, 2026, 3:09 PM

7 questions to Haredi leaders on not drafting to the Israeli army

Ultra-Orthodox rabbis, including Degel HaTorah party spiritual leader Rabbi Dov Lando, attend a rally against the arrest of draft-dodging yeshiva students outside of the military prison at Beit Lid, August 14, 2025. (Sam Sokol/The Times of Israel)

Ultra-Orthodox rabbis relate to the IDF and to the possibility of their own drafting in ways that seem to undermine the very Torah they say they are protecting

Yakir Englander

Aug 12, 2026, 2:43 PM

What Mamdani offers young liberal Jews

New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani prays at the Ohel - the resting place of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, December 16, 2025 (Chabad Virginia Beach via Facebook)

People who are deeply attached to Judaism through values, prayer and practice can find a home in progressive politics. Don't dismiss them because of their views on Israel

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