Cities of Sanctity, Cities of Sin
In a recent speech, President Reuven Rivlin suggested that each city, town, or neighborhood decide for themselves how much attention to pay to religion.
Read MoreIn a recent speech, President Reuven Rivlin suggested that each city, town, or neighborhood decide for themselves how much attention to pay to religion.
Read MoreA golden statue of PM Netanyahu displayed for Tel Aviv’s public illuminates the so-called war between Netanyahu’s government and the world of artistic and political expression.
Read MoreProfessor of philosophy and outgoing director of the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Gabriel Motzkin discusses the link between scientific and religious production.
Read MorePopular Arab chanteuse and diva hit Shefita is a character created by herself, Jewish Israeli singer Rotem Shefy.
Read MoreA widely discussed NYT Op-Ed argues that Democratic America lost the 2016 election because it fights for the equality of marginalized identity groups under the overarching goal of diversity, but never offered a unified vision for the country.
Read MoreTel Aviv Professor and University chair of the School of Social and Policy Studies Itai Sened discusses obstacles to Israeli leadership in the field of renewable energy.
Read MoreIsraeli politicians responded erratically to the 630 fires that burned throughout Israel last week.
Read MorePrinceton University Professor of English Ester Schor discusses the dream of universal language and Esperanto, one of the most ambitious social experiments of modern history.
Read MoreParents of Omri Shahar, a captain in the Israeli Navy who was killed in 2012, just gained the right to create a child from their son’s posthumously-retrieved sperm via a surrogate and raise the child themselves.
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Two Jewish communities separated by a common affinity for Israel
Daniel Goldman, the chairman of Israeli civil society organization Gesher, offers a comparative view on the changing patterns of affinity for Israel among American and British Jews.
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