Mizrahi

High Court of Justice strikes down police ID-check procedures due to racial profiling

The ruling cancels two sections of police procedure: Requiring ID based on generalized “concern” of an offense, and verifying a person’s details on the police computer without reasonable suspicion.

 The High Court of Justice in Jerusalem
 Ben-Gurion University campus in Beersheba, southern Israel. May 28, 2023.

Bereaved parents call on Ben-Gurion University to dismiss prof. who called IDF soldiers 'murderers'

 Jewish girls at a school performance in Benghazi, Lybia.

Zionism beyond Europe: Restoring the Mizrahi narrative in Jewish education - opinion

Democratic candidate for New York City Mayor, Zohran Mamdani, shakes the hand of a cab driver while campaigning in Manhattan's Upper East Side neighborhood during early voting, in New York City, U.S., October 27, 2025

Jews from the Middle East know Mamdani is a threat to Israel – opinion


‘The Hilula’ finds the laughs in ‘90s-era Israel - review

The film stars a Who’s Who of Israeli actors, including Shlomi Koriat, Orel Tsabari, Arik Mishali, Moris Cohen, Ofer Shechter, and Sharlin Haziza-Morai.

 A SCENE FROM ‘The Hilula.’

Right-wing NGO backs ousted anti-racism czar, calls to extend tenure

Btsalmo director Shai Glick said that Aweke Zena was a "tremendous asset" to the State of Israel, government service and the fight against racism. 

 AWEKE KOBE ZENA: Seizing the opportunity.

Grapevine: Greek to him

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 WEST JERUSALEM’S hotels lean toward the higher end: David Citadel Hotel, near the Mamilla Mall.

Rocker Dudu Tassa teams up with Radiohead leader

Tassa's great-uncle and grandfather were Kuwait-born musicians of Iraqi-Iranian ancestry, who became famous across the Arab world in the first half of the 20th century.

Dudu Tassa (left) and Jonny Greenwood.

No fear, more effort to build after the Djerba attack - opinion

Yes, Jewish life has its difficult, even tragic moments – but it is in the response to those tragedies that I can see how Jewish communities have thrived.

 THE GHRIBA synagogue in Djerba, Tunisia, where this month’s attack took place: There was a sense of loss, but also an undercurrent of grim determination that this community would carry on, says the writer.

Passover: Why the Exodus resonates with Jews from Arab countries

At this year’s Seder, Jews with roots in Arab and Muslim countries might be reflecting, in spite of all the hardships, that the exodus was a blessing and a liberation from persecution.

 Jews being airlifted from Iraq

If judicial reform doesn't pass, things will be worse than before - Kohelet head

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: Kohelet head Moshe Koppel was the mastermind of the judicial reform.

 MOSHE KOPPEL: It’s a process that needs to be done in a deliberate and thoughtful fashion.

The Mizrahi-Ashkenazi divide: The differences in Jewish cuisine

With a diasporic community spreading from Morocco to Iran, it is no surprise that the cuisine that developed in these countries reflects the food cultures around them.

 DOUGHY JACHNUN

Does Israel still discriminate against Mizrahi Jews?

Are there still gaps between Jews of Mizrahi and Ashkenazi descent in Israel today? And if so, where and how do they manifest themselves?

 SHAS CHAIRMAN Arye Deri and MK Yaacov Margi attend a Shas educational institution conference.

David Levy and Israel's incomplete Mizrahi revolution - opinion

If Golda Meir broke gender glass ceilings – as, more recently, Amir Ohana has done for gays – in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, Levy was a role model for aspiring Mizrahi politicians.

 THEN-EDUCATION minister Naftali Bennett presents David Levy with the Israel Prize for his ‘special contribution to society and the community,’ at a ceremony in Jerusalem, in 2018.