The prevailing approach of Zionism makes the Palestinians hostages in the intra-Jewish debate over the country’s borders. It also makes Israel a criminal state. But there’s a way to justify the Jews’ settlement in Israel, based on political morality rather than history
Ultra-orthodox yeshiva study isn't about parsing the bible or even studying Oral Law, but an attempt to peer into God's mind
It's long been conventional wisdom that women identify as more religious than men. But our surveys show Israeli Jewish men turn that assumption upside down. Why do Jewish men in Israel seem more observant than Jewish women?
'The secular option is virtually nonexistent,' says one parent who is letting his son skip 'heritage' classes promoted by the Education Ministry
With the counting of the final 1,300 ballots – from soldiers, the disabled and of a few dozen prisoners – Aliza Bloch is confirmed as mayor, ousting incumbent Moshe Abutbul
Why people who were considered white in every respect are poking around in the family cellars to find elements that might connect them to an oppressed group
The new nation-state law might mean the prevention of immigration by anyone not Jewish based on Jewish law – something that reflects the influence of evangelical Christianity
Most of the 125 skeletons belonged to women and children from the Jewish Pharisee sect, who were likely massacred by king Alexander Yannai of the rival Sadducees, archaeologists say
A new documentary about Shalom Shabazi doesn’t try to discover the absolute truth about Yemenite Jewry’s greatest poet. Instead, it offers a host of captivating, scholarly perspectives. The result is a concentrated Yemenite experience never before seen on the Israeli screen
‘Doesn’t such an act grant legitimacy to the occupation? On the other hand, whichever route I take won’t alter reality’