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


France’s moderate imam sees Israel as a dream, Europe as in peril

On his latest visit, Iman Hassen Chalghoumi hails Israel’s ‘magnificent mosaic,’ accusing indifferent social media platforms of failing to prevent the radicalization of young Muslims.

 Imam Hassen Chalghoumi, center, meeting with officials from Israel's Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem. Dec. 28, 2022.

What do we do with this reality? We need to talk - opinion

Islam and Judaism lived together in peace in the past, it is possible for them to live in peaceful coexistence in the future.

 PALESTINIAN AMBASSADOR to the UN, Riyad Mansour, sits in the General Assembly. The State of Palestine is recognized by more than 130 countries, but not by most of the countries of the OECD, says the writer.

Israeli TikTok influencers hit the road on a trip up north

The Jewish Nation Fund USA paid for a group of Israeli TikTok influencers to go on a trip to northern Israel.

 It's completely unrealistic to prevent our youth from using TikTok.

The long and winding road in search of faithful faith partners - opinion

Guided by Wiesenthal’s call to action, we turned to interfaith dialogue. Along the way, we learned some important lessons.

 POPE JOHN Paul II places a written prayer into a crevice in the stones of the Western Wall, in 2000

Basketball star Enes Kanter Freedom talks peace with sport in Jerusalem

The basketball star known for playing for the Boston Celtics and other teams is in Jerusalem for his Enes Freedom basketball camp promoting coexistence.

 Enes Kanter Freedom is seen meeting with kids at his basketball camp at the YMCA in Jerusalem.

Coexistence: What the world can learn from Albania - opinion

Albania is a small country, sometimes far from the global political agenda. Nevertheless, it has a lot to teach.

 ALBANIA’S PRIME Minister Edi Rama and US President Joe Biden speak at the NATO summit in Madrid, last month.

Coexistence: What the worlds can learn from Albania - opinion

Albania is a small country, sometimes far from the global political agenda. Nevertheless, it has a lot to teach.

 ALBANIA’S PRIME Minister Edi Rama and US President Joe Biden speak at the NATO summit in Madrid, last month.

Jerusalem: City of heart and soul - comment

Jerusalem: a city in which polar opposites, diversity and change are all fused with each other

An orthodox Jewish man walks next to a vendor at one of the entrances to Jerusalem's Old City March 9, 2020

Shavuot reminds us of community and coexistence - opinion

The Ten Commandments – central to the theme of the holiday – are prevalent in all the Abrahamic religions and are perhaps one of the most obvious expressions of coexistence.

 THE WRITER poses with a Torah scroll that Jared Kushner, senior aide to former president Donald Trump, commissioned in honor of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and which is currently in the House of Ten Commandments synagogue.

The Jerusalem of 2022: an anthropological evaluation - opinion

When I look out the window of my house in the neighborhood, I see everyone: ultra-Orthodox, secular, religious and traditional, sons and daughters of different cultures, identities and ethnicities.

 A GET-TOGETHER of ‘Moving and Learning’ takes place during COVID-19 at Kiryat Hayovel.