IDI: Religious Israeli men overrepresented in IDF reserves, haredim absent
National-religious men have become increasingly overrepresented in IDF reserve service during the Israel-Hamas War, while secular participation has…
Three West Bank Palestinians arrested by IDF for settler group hike attack
The IDF arrested three Palestinian suspects related to an attack on Friday against a haredi (ultra-Orthodox) settler group…
What does ‘right-wing’ actually mean in Israeli politics anymore?
Something peculiar has happened to Israeli politics: almost everyone’s supposedly “right-wing.” Politicians who fervently oppose Prime Minister Benjamin…
‘Cannibalizing the Camp’: The Petty Politics Destroying Israel’s Opposition
Naftali Bennett and Avigdor Lieberman woke up last Friday, separately, to a maddening Haaretz Hebrew headline: If the…
A fork in the hareidi road
Rabbi Yehuda L. Oppenheimer served for approximately twenty years as a congregational rabbi in the United States, most…
When Israel’s Right feels mocked, Likud gains votes
People vote in elections for a variety of reasons. Foremost, they wish to have their voices heard, and…
Can we all agree on zero tolerance for all political violence?
Fighting violence selectively is like fighting pollution on only one side of a border; artificial distinctions cannot contain…
Israel’s Economy Looks Healthy, but Is It Really?
Amid the wreckage that has built up over the Netanyahu government’s nearly four years in power – the…
Katz and Naftali Bennett expose the contradictions of Israeli politics
If you have not yet seen Defense Minister Israel Katz’s “boom, boom, boom” primaries video, you should. You…
Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community feels misunderstood. Here’s why
Over the last few years, the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) community has become the subject of every front page, television…
Israeli elections: Ex-mayor of Beit Shemesh Aliza Bloch joins Erdan, Edelstein
Dr. Aliza Bloch, former mayor of Beit Shemesh, announced on Monday that she is joining the new party…
Gerrer Rebbe, anti-Zionist Satmar billionaire discuss ICJ action against Israel
One of the United Torah Judaism spiritual leaders, Gerrer Admor Rabbi Yaakov Aryeh Alter, met Joel Landau, a…