The Jerusalem Report

Youth United Against Racism brings Israeli Jewish, Arab youth together

The program takes teens – specifically ninth graders – from six Jewish schools and six Arab schools, located in three regional councils.

 Left: Gil Ramon films students on the move

Judicial reform would weaken Israel's 'crown jewel' courts - Irwin Cotler

 Prof. Irwin Cotler

Judicial reform makes Israel more like Hungary than the US - legal expert

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confers with former interior and health minister Arye Deri at the weekly cabinet meeting on January 8.

Steve Forbes discusses his new book – and Israel

 Writer Joseph Scutts with Steve Forbes in Manhattan

14 Days: Jerusalem terror

Israeli news highlights from the past two weeks.

 The seven victims in the Neveh Ya'acov Jerusalem terrorist attack that took place on January 27, 2023.

3 ways Holocaust education can help with social, emotional learning

Research in social-emotional learning (SEL) provides guidance that can be used by those responsible for Holocaust education.

 Visitors attend an event commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day in which a 16th-century Torah scroll that survived the Holocaust was officially unveiled at Crossroad of Civilizations Museum, in Dubai, on January 28.

Vivid study of Jewish art icon Samuel Hirszenberg shown in new book

The book is an appreciation of the artist as a painter of both Jewish and general subjects, as well as the story of an iconic figure in an environment undergoing rapid shifts in the Jewish world.

 ‘Self-portrait with Wife’ (1906)

Haifa art exhibit shows new life for traditional art techniques

Herman Struck's work portrays rural settings, urban communal space, and houses of worship, showing the impact of human activity on the environment.

 The exterior of Beit Struck in Haifa

Judicial reform: Israel needs a Zionist constitutional convention

We appeal to President Herzog to convene the Zionist constitutional convention of our time, to wrest true democracy from the liberal theocracy of which we hypocritically boast in vain.

 David Ben-Gurion declares Israel’s independence in Tel Aviv on May 14, 1948, underneath a portrait of Zionist visionary Theodor Herzl.

City of David has Israel's new ancient attractions - but visiting is hard

While a cable car today suffices to bring tourists to Masada, it will likely fail miserably at moving the throngs coming to the Old City and the adjoining City of David.

 The steps now visible at the Pool of Siloam in the City of David.

Israeli hi-tech sector opposes judicial reform

Many sectors of Israeli society have spoken out against the proposed reforms, but one sector might have the most impact: business. 

 Israelis working in the hi-tech sector hold aloft the Israeli flag and a banner with the Hebrew words ‘The hi-tech protest’ as they demonstrate against proposed judicial reforms on January 24.

Does Israel really need judicial reform? 5 better ways to fix judiciary

5 other ideas for upgrading Israel's judicial system – without destroying democracy, doing away with the mechanisms for oversight of the government or harming our basic rights.

 Israel's Justice Minister Yariv Levin holds a press conference at the Knesset, the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem, on January 4, 2023.

Judicial reform will give Israeli gov't limitless power to abuse citizens

If Israel passes the judicial reform, the majority’s ability to trample human rights and abuse Israeli citizens will have no effective limit.

 Justice Minister Yariv Levin

Azerbaijan is a true friend of Israel and the Jewish people

Azerbaijan isn’t just a friend of Israel’s. It is also a friend of its Jews. Locals tout the country as a model of interfaith harmony

 The Red Village street corner in Azerbaijan.