Republikud & Labocrats?
Should Israelâs election system be rejiggered to do away with all the pesky, small parties? Most Israeli say yes.
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Iâm Not Your Toy (Nix the Joy)!
Netta Barzilai wins the frigginâ Eurovision Song Contest, and many leftist Israelisâ reaction is a mirthless, bah-humbug! Does the left have a problem with national pride and just-plain happiness?
Tel Aviv is to Jerusalem as Freedom is to Decency?
Jerusalem bans a right-wing billboard for incitement, while the same billboard is plastered all over Tel Aviv. Which should we prefer: Free expression, Tel Aviv style, or decency in the public square, Jerusalem style?
Sixty-One Dead
What sense can we make of sixty-one people shot to death at the Gaza border: What should we think? What should we do?
Boots on the Ground
What do we think about âtiyulâ culture, and does it partake of, and advance, a politics that is not our own? What is to be done with the âtiyulâ?
The Long Arm of Israeli (Rabbinic) Law
Is the âRabbinic Courts Bill (Marriage and Divorce)â as risible as its critics make it seem? After all, it is meant to ameliorate the terrible suffering of thousands of women. If it can do that, doesnât it perhaps justify a little expansion of Israeli Rabbinic authority?
The Age of Uncertainty
What thoughts, fears, and hopes stem from Trumpâs decision to leave the Iran nuclear deal and the escalation in Northern Israel in those of us who are watching with worry as we open and prepare bomb-shelters up north?
Darwin on the Down Low
The Jerusalem Museum of Natural History cover up exhibits on evolution when ultra-Orthodox kids come to visit: Respectful pluralism or despicable cravenness?
Israel First!
Three leading industrialists say the way to make Israel great again is to put âIsrael First,â and flip the bird to economic globalism. Are they right?
Not THAT Jewish Agency
Is the most important unseen force in Israeli politics the great divide between those who think that Israelis have it in our power to bring peace, and those fatalists who think, in the end, it just ainât up to us?
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Should Israelâs election system be rejiggered to do away with all the pesky, small parties? Most Israeli say yes https://t.co/I2twmyntIH
Dr Adam Mendelson discusses his trailblazing study that seeks to map out the attitudes and perceptions of Black South Africans towards Jewish people in three major urban areas in the country. #TelAvivReview @Gilad_Halpern https://t.co/pPdh2sViko
We discuss 1) why Israelis favor 2-4 political parties instead of today's 11, 2) whether we are sorting ourselves according to political beliefs, and 3) why the promotion of a gay IDF officer to Major-General is a concern to some radical LGBTQ activists https://t.co/dduyuPiRFm