Jewish nation-state

Editor's Notes: Israel’s positive sociological changes since Oct. 7 

The unity in Israel, as well as among Jewish communities across the world, has been overwhelmingly positive.

 A MURAL IN the southern city of Ofakim illustrates how Israeli society has changed since the October 7 massacre.
 HUNDREDS OF thousands rally in solidarity with Israel, in Washington, Nov. 14

‘Widespread’ Jewish unity, but how do we make it last? - opinion

 SHACHAR FRIDMAN: ‘When you radiate happiness, a circle of joy will slowly form that will create a better world.’

The next generation of Israelis:  We need your tonal Zionism - opinion

A FAMILY gathers around the Shabbat candles

To Jewish women everywhere, it is time to pray - opinion


Most Israelis are willing to promote compromise on clauses in the judicial reforms

Left-wing Israelis feel less comfortable in Israel than they did a year ago

 DEMONSTRATORS BLOCK the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv during a protest against the planned judicial overhaul, on Saturday night. The world is mesmerized, says the writer

Israel's future pop stars coming back to the US after three-year hiatus

A source in the movement said that "the pent-up demand for this unique performance is incredible."

The Tzofim Friendship Caravan

Israel in search of identity: A Jewish state or a state of its citizens? -opinion

The Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People (2018) was a political response by the Likud government led by former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

 THEN-PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu attends the Knesset plenum session ahead of the vote on the Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People, 2018

The hard truths of being Jewish

Jews have learned the three hard truths from surviving tragedy: no one will stand up for us, we must never project weakness; and our responsibility towards our ancestral homeland, Israel.

'Long live the Intifada': Palestinians and pro-Palestinian supporters protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza amid days of conflict between the two sides, in Brooklyn, New York, US, May 15, 2021.

Parashat toldot: Every person is a whole world

One of the great Jewish philosophers of the 19th century was Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808-88), a German Orthodox rabbi.

PUPILS PRAY at the Kehilot Ya’acov Torah School for Boys in Jerusalem

Grapevine: A faux pas or a snub?

Lion acknowledged the presence of each as well as of city council members Hagit Moshe and Laura Wharton, who had been a thorn in the side of Lion’s predecessor, Nir Barkat.

MOSHE LION: The 2019 budget is the highest ever for Jerusalem.

No, Aharon Barak does not oppose Israel’s Nation-State Law

Aharon Barak.

Let the counterrevolution begin!

A constitutional amendment that aimed to assert Israel’s Jewishness has stirred up a political hornets’ nest while seeking to offset the Jewish state’s judicial revolution

druze leaders in protest

Preserving Israel’s Jewish character

The hoary two-state solution assumes that there will be a Muslim Arab state ethnically cleansed of Jews and then there will be another state but comprised of whom?

Aharon Barak.

My word: Not burned out but resilient

I could not identify last Saturday night with the 20,000 or so demonstrators in Tel Aviv who rallied against the Nation-State Law.

Tu Bishvat with Magav 370