Israel Interior Minister Attacks Mayoral Candidate: ‘The Devil Wants to Make Jerusalem Secular’
Ahead of Tuesday’s mayoral election, Shas leader Arye Dery says ‘entire left’ is supporting Berkovitch
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Opinion The Distance Between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Has Never Been Greater
Anyone who wants to understand just how poisonous the mix of religious fanaticism and brutal occupation is should look at Jerusalem ahead of the upcoming runoff election for mayor
Analysis Israel Stalls on Monitoring ultra-Orthodox Charities, Exposing Them to U.S. Sanctions
Ultra-Orthodox charities are considered high-risk for money laundering, as all their operations are in cash and they lack all monitoring
Israeli ultra-Orthodox Women's 'Slave Market': Lower Wages, More Exploitation
The state encourages Haredi women to join the workforce, taking pride in the surge in their numbers, but doesn’t monitor or regulate the working conditions of many of them
Genius, Sex Symbol, ultra-Orthodox: Revisiting an Israeli Icon
Uri Zohar, one of the most prominent Israeli directors of the 1960s and 1970s and once a symbol of wild Tel Aviv, has returned to the screen – after decades as an ultra-Orthodox rabbi
Israeli City Divided Over Religion Makes History With First Woman Mayor
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
Editorial Women on Every List
Ultra-Orthodox support for Haifa’s new mayor demonstrates that the exclusion of women is not a decree from heaven or holy concept in Jewish law, but is primarily derived from power struggles
As Religious Candidates Battle It Out in Israel's Beit Shemesh, Religion Takes a Back Seat
For mayor it’s a religious-Zionist woman versus an ultra-Orthodox man, but don’t expect the voting to run entirely along sectarian lines
Editorial Berkovitch for a Tolerant Jerusalem
A victory in Tuesday’s mayoral race by 35-year-old Ofer Berkovitch would be a victory for an open and modern Jerusalem
Opinion The TV Series That Offers a Possible Solution to Israel’s Problems
'Autonomies,' an acclaimed dystopian drama about the formation of two entities – the Haredi Autonomy in Jerusalem and a secular State of Israel in Tel Aviv – shows how Israel’s various cultures could live better with each other separately