Jewish nation-state

Editor's Notes: Israel’s positive sociological changes since Oct. 7 

The unity in Israel, as well as among Jewish communities across the world, has been overwhelmingly positive.

 A MURAL IN the southern city of Ofakim illustrates how Israeli society has changed since the October 7 massacre.
 HUNDREDS OF thousands rally in solidarity with Israel, in Washington, Nov. 14

‘Widespread’ Jewish unity, but how do we make it last? - opinion

 SHACHAR FRIDMAN: ‘When you radiate happiness, a circle of joy will slowly form that will create a better world.’

The next generation of Israelis:  We need your tonal Zionism - opinion

A FAMILY gathers around the Shabbat candles

To Jewish women everywhere, it is time to pray - opinion


Most Israelis are willing to promote compromise on clauses in the judicial reforms

Left-wing Israelis feel less comfortable in Israel than they did a year ago

 DEMONSTRATORS BLOCK the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv during a protest against the planned judicial overhaul, on Saturday night. The world is mesmerized, says the writer

Israel's future pop stars coming back to the US after three-year hiatus

A source in the movement said that "the pent-up demand for this unique performance is incredible."

The Tzofim Friendship Caravan

Israel in search of identity: A Jewish state or a state of its citizens? -opinion

The Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People (2018) was a political response by the Likud government led by former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

 THEN-PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu attends the Knesset plenum session ahead of the vote on the Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People, 2018

The hard truths of being Jewish

Jews have learned the three hard truths from surviving tragedy: no one will stand up for us, we must never project weakness; and our responsibility towards our ancestral homeland, Israel.

'Long live the Intifada': Palestinians and pro-Palestinian supporters protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza amid days of conflict between the two sides, in Brooklyn, New York, US, May 15, 2021.

Parashat toldot: Every person is a whole world

One of the great Jewish philosophers of the 19th century was Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808-88), a German Orthodox rabbi.

PUPILS PRAY at the Kehilot Ya’acov Torah School for Boys in Jerusalem

Grapevine: A faux pas or a snub?

Lion acknowledged the presence of each as well as of city council members Hagit Moshe and Laura Wharton, who had been a thorn in the side of Lion’s predecessor, Nir Barkat.

MOSHE LION: The 2019 budget is the highest ever for Jerusalem.

No, Aharon Barak does not oppose Israel’s Nation-State Law

Aharon Barak.

Let the counterrevolution begin!

A constitutional amendment that aimed to assert Israel’s Jewishness has stirred up a political hornets’ nest while seeking to offset the Jewish state’s judicial revolution

druze leaders in protest

Preserving Israel’s Jewish character

The hoary two-state solution assumes that there will be a Muslim Arab state ethnically cleansed of Jews and then there will be another state but comprised of whom?

Aharon Barak.

My word: Not burned out but resilient

I could not identify last Saturday night with the 20,000 or so demonstrators in Tel Aviv who rallied against the Nation-State Law.

Tu Bishvat with Magav 370

Israel’s Nation-State Law: Not unnecessary but defective

The Israeli Nation-State Law is not unnecessary, but it is defective. It ignores the value of equality for every newborn, for every human being.

MK Ahmad Tibi (Joint List)  at the Knesset during a discussion on the Nation-State Law August 8, 2018.