Liberal

Growing contradictions at the heart of Israel’s liberal camp - opinion

Israeli liberal leaders push policies that clash with democratic principles, showing differing ways of how they treat different communities.

An illustrative image of a reporter for Army Radio (Galei Tzahal) taken in 2019.
Palestinian port authority holds passports of passengers to show the press that they are leaving Gaza legally.

Liberal Zionist groups criticize Trump’s travel ban on those with Palestinian Authority passports

THE KNESSET plenum meets this week. Israel’s rules of the game are not anchored in a constitution and can be changed by a simple Knesset majority, the writer notes.

Thin constitution needed to stabilize the government amid political crisis - opinion

A PALESTINIAN FLAG is attached to a traffic light as a rally takes place to challenge the UK government’s banning of Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws, in Parliament Square, last month. Europe finds itself entangled with radical Islam, says the writer.

Israel advances coexistence while Europe ignores the clash of civilizations - opinion


Chikli: I’m the right person to promote dialogue with the liberal movements of Judaism

Minister of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Amichai Chikli said he was the right person to deal with antisemitism and promoting Jewish discussion.

 Israeli Diaspora Affairs and Combatting Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli speaks at the Federation of Local Authorities conference in Tel Aviv, December 7, 2022.

Political orientation can be predicted by brain activation, synchronization differences - study

The political sphere has become highly polarized in recent years. Would it be possible to identify the neural mechanisms underpinning such processes?

 MKs Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich (center right behind Arye Deri) applaud at a special session of the Knesset to swear in the new government on December 29, 2022.

There is no democracy without liberal values

A regime – no matter what its name –  that does not define human dignity as its supreme value is not just undemocratic and illiberal, it is also inhuman.

 Thousands of Israelis demonstrate for democracy and against the new government’s judicial reform plan, in Tel Aviv’s Habima Square on January 7.

Don't worry, diaspora Jewry is not suing for divorce from Israel - opinion

Liberal Jewish leaders need to stop claiming that relations with Diaspora Jewry are at risk.

 The flags of Israel and the US are seen at a table during a meeting between officials from the two countries.

Toss that word salad: Political correctness changed our words - opinion

That’s how “double mastectomy” becomes “top surgery” or a “chest-masculinization” procedure. It’s how what was once called a “sex change” is now a “gender-confirming” operation.

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Progressive Jewish group launches think tank to counter spread of right-wing ideas

The think tank will fund research, host events with scholars, and publish essays that draw on Jewish traditions.

Rabbi Rachel Kahn Troster, T’ruah’s director of programs (left) and Rabbi Jill Jacobs, Truah’s executive director (right) marching along 5th Avenue.

Netanyahu has finally removed 'liberal' from Likud's identity - opinion

It is time to remove “Liberal” from the party name. Today, the Likud stands for one thing and one thing only: how to keep its leader out of court and jail.

 Head of the Likud Party Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a conference at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Jerusalem this week.

Conspiracy theories don't align with political orientation - study

Belief in conspiracy theories is primarily dependent upon its content, a new study that examined 52 conspiracy theories in the US found.

 A woman wears a jacket with a QAnon logo while hundreds of vehicles including 18-wheeler trucks, RVs and other cars are parked as part of a rally at Hagerstown Speedway after some of them arrived as part of a convoy that traveled across the country headed to Washington D.C. to protest coronavirus d

Women are now leading three liberal-religious-Israeli movements

Yochi Rappaport said that she hoped one day a female director-general will be chosen in the Bnei Akiva movement she grew up in.

 NEW FACES of Judaism. From left, Yochi Rappaport, Anna Kislanski and Rakefet Ginsberg.

LGBTQ education and Israel’s illiberal Left - opinion

Tal Gilboa comes under fire for challenging Orwellian doublethink.

God reaching out to an LGBTQ person in the style of Michelangelo's "The Creation of Adam."