Jewish democracy

Our future rests on prioritizing the common good, not the elections - opinion

Democracy’s greatest strength has always rested upon something deeper: the belief that despite our disagreements, there exists a common good that is worth pursuing together.

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 Rabbi Elimelech Biderman with his followers celebrate the jewish holiday of Lag Ba'Omer, in Meron. May 9, 2023

Lag Ba’omer reminds us to choose respect over division among Jews - opinion

EXPRESSING SUPPORT for separation of church and state.

Parashat Vayechi: Keeping Israel Jewish – without coercion

 EDUCATION MINISTER Yoav Kisch visits a classroom on the first day of school, in Jerusalem, last September.

Yoav Kisch's new education plans fails to define Israel's democratic values - opinion


Shaked, Levin threaten High Court not to nix Jewish Nation-State Law

Opposition leader Tzipi Livni: Government "has a real problem with equality."

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked speaks at Kohelet Conference in Jerusalem, October 9, 2018

U.S. Jewish activist detained at airport over previous West Bank visits

Weinberg-Connors arrived in Israel with the intention of making aliyah at a later stage. A-1 visas are only granted to those who are eligible to make aliyah according to the Law of Return.

Julie Weinberg-Connors

Israelis want American Jewish help in promoting religious pluralism

As it does every year, the survey found that Jewish Israelis are far more liberal on religious issues than their government.

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The Nation-State Law, a constitutional showdown with postmodernism

It’s a painful ritual that we’ve experienced many times before. Or is this time different?

MK Ahmad Tibi (Joint List)  at the Knesset during a discussion on the Nation-State Law August 8, 2018.

The Nation-State bill: Yes or no?

We seem to have become a country on strike.

Special committee to pass the Basic Law: Israel, the Nation-State of the Jewish People committee chairman Amir Ohana (Likud) , Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked and Tourism Minister Yariv Levin

Sayed Kashua’s hypocrisy regarding Israel’s Nationality Law

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Bereaved Druze families to the 'Post': They stabbed us in the back

Nevertheless if there were to be a war tomorrow, “even with this law I’d be the first to the frontlines. It’s not for the country, it’s for my land and my family,” Mourad said.

The Druze who lost their lives fighting for the State of Israel, 3 August 2018.

Stick to the facts

There are legitimate positions on all sides of these issues.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the cabinet meeting July 29, 2018

Israel Democracy Institute: Jewish Nation-State Law ‘not a game changer’

IDI President Yohanan Plesner said the practical impact of the bill was currently merely “symbolic and educational.”

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The holographic Nation-State Law

This law is a nothingburger without a bun, or a patty, a plate or a pickle. It does nothing new and it says nothing new.

Special committee to pass the Basic Law: Israel, the Nation-State of the Jewish People committee chairman Amir Ohana (Likud) , Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked and Tourism Minister Yariv Levin