Coexistence

What to watch in Israel: Crime drama on Jewish-Arab life and a pop culture phenomenon

TV Time: More than just drama: "Jaffa" and "The Zaguris" dive into the heart of the Jewish-Arab conflict, bringing the friction of Israeli reality to the small screen.

NETA ROTH in ‘Jaffa.’
Christmas in the Old City on December 25, 2025

Israel’s mixed messaging on Christmas draws controversy - analysis

VIEW OF Independence Hall, the site of the signing of Israel’s Declaration of Independence. The document promises that democratic Israel would uphold full social and political equality of all its citizens, the writer says.

Israel won't be democratic without equality for all citizens, including Palestinians - opinion

HEALING ON display at an Army of Healers workshop in November 2025.

Violence, silence, and the need for healing - opinion


'My Israel': A work of love on the different faces of the Jewish state - review

In this book, 70 prominent Israelis put down into moving words what they see in their own special corners of the Land of Israel.

 The cover of ‘My Israel’  (Gefen Publishing House, May 2023)

My Word: Jerusalem’s contradictions and blessings

Jerusalem is the country’s heart and soul. Without it, there would be no Israel

 AN AERIAL view of the ever-growing Jerusalem, above the Yemin Moshe neighborhood.

Celebrate Jerusalem Day to promote peace, coexistence in Israel - editorial

With all eyes on Jerusalem during today’s events, let us redouble our efforts to bring peace, coexistence and equality to our beloved capital.

YOUTHS CELEBRATE Jerusalem Day outside the Old City walls of Jerusalem last year.

‘Jewish life goes on’: Djerba Jews and their supporters show resilience after deadly attack

Just a day after a shooting at the synagogue, worshippers gathered to celebrate a brit milah.

 Interior of La Ghriba Synagogue, Djerba, Tunisia

Israeli-Palestinian coexistence youth soccer season concludes after COVID hiatus

Despite heightened security tensions this week, the game included more than 60 children in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba. 

 Children participating in the Peres Center's sports project in Beersheba.

The House of Religions: From Hindu Temple to kosher kitchen - opinion

Eight religious groups share the communal spaces which comprise a restaurant, a library, meeting and conference rooms in Bern.

 RABBI MICHAEL KOHN and Sasikumar Tharmalingam – the two men, a rabbi and a Hindu priest, came together to work out a system of cooperation in precisely the manner and purpose for which the House of Religions was created.

Reformed Egyptian curriculum promotes coexistence, democracy

While the Egyptian curriculum up to 5th grade has been reformed, the rest of the education system still contains antisemitic content.

 An Egyptian teacher instructs students on the first day's class at Martyr Rami school, in Cairo, Egypt, October 2, 2022.

Sorry, BDS, Roger Waters: Music should promote coexistence, not racism - opinion

Music has the power to bring people together, regardless of their backgrounds. It is a universal language that transcends borders and cultures, and it should not be used to promote hatred.

 RADIOHEAD SINGER Thom Yorke performs at the Montreux Jazz Festival, in Switzerland, in 2019. Yorke has refused to cave in to Roger Waters’s demand not to play in Israel.

Israeli civic society is our 'north star,' Blinken tells grassroot organizers

Blinken sat down with leaders of grassroots organizations at the Israeli-Palestinian arts center Feel Beit, a cross point between Jerusalem's Jewish and Arab neighborhoods.

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken US ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides meet with Israeli emerging leaders at "Feel Beit", an Israeli-Palestinian art and culture collective in Jerusalem, January 31, 2023.

Healthcare can function as social catapult if we let it - opinion

An interesting situation has emerged in which the medical aspirations of the Jews of the Diaspora-of-old now resonate in the young Arab citizens of Israel today.

 ‘THE MEDICAL aspirations of the Jews of the Diaspora-of-old now resonate in the young Arab citizens of Israel today,’ says the writer.