Ultra-Orthodox party leader Moshe Gafni defends controversial election campaign video, says 'I won't be in a coalition with people who will stab Judaism in the back'
Facebook takes down video as Israel's election campaign turns vile in wake of top court's ruling on Jewish conversions
Hundreds of graduates of affiliated youth movement 'implore' Hadassah's Jewish National Fund representative to reconsider position on funds to purchase West Bank plots, after she abstained in a board of directors vote
Though the country’s borders are supposed to be ‘hermetically sealed,’ a TV news report alleges that ultra-Orthodox citizens can more easily obtain special permission to fly back from abroad ahead of the March 23 election
Despite the vote by the board of the Jewish National Fund, which is separate from JNF USA, the organization has not decided whether to actually engage in purchasing West Bank land for Israeli settlements
Vaccinated and immune theatergoers are in high spirits at the opening night of ‘Blithe Spirit’ at Jerusalem’s Khan Theater. ‘Better a comedy than a tragedy,’ one audience member tells Haaretz, summing up the mood
During the Trump years, the National Council of Young Israel became so political, it found itself entangled in the president's impeachment trial. Last week, grassroots activists forced the organization to change course.
‘We didn’t want to be stuck in any of the political mud that all the national institutions in Israel are stuck in,’ explains CEO Russell Robinson, who also shrugs off dire predictions about future JNF fundraising following recent settlements controversy
Mercaz Olami, the Zionist organization of the Conservative-Masorti movement, is the latest Diaspora group to voice opposition of the move
Rift in the organization over policy to expand remit into West Bank intensified after deputy chair Alon Tal spoke to Defense Minister Benny Gantz, whose Kahol Lavan party opposes the move
When Benjamin Netanyahu talks in English, he’s keen to embrace the LGBTQ community. As he strikes deals ahead of the election with far-right extremists who blame gay people for ‘destroying family life,’ it looks like it was shameless pinkwashing
Excitement at the special clinic in south Tel Aviv contrasts with other Israeli vaccine centers right now, where younger citizens are proving reluctant to receive the two shots
Ahead of a crucial election that will determine his own legal future, Netanyahu pressured Israel's smaller right-wing parties to accept far-right elements that were once shunned by the mainstream
Former Breitbart reporter Aaron Klein has been dubbed ‘the Bibi whisperer’ by the Israeli media and has been working full-time for the PM as a strategic adviser since June 2020
Three parties on the left or center of Israeli politics are now headed by former television stars who all learned their craft on live TV – and it’s no coincidence
Ayelet Zurer, Lihi Kornowski and creator Sigal Avin reveal all about their Apple TV show ‘Losing Alice’ – and which of them shaved off their hair for nothing at the start of lockdown last year
Victims of coronavirus made up five percent of the 17,000 Holocaust survivors who died during the year, Israel’s Holocaust Survivors’ Rights Authority says ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day
The NGO Israel Hofsheet finds that Arab and secular towns received more fines for breaking coronavirus regulations than ultra-Orthodox ones, even when they had far fewer infections
Like many of my fellow immigrants to Israel from the United States, I am consumed by worry, frustration and anger at how easily I was able to get the vaccine while my elderly parents in the U.S. must sit and wait
Donald Trump's four years in office were some of the most dramatic in U.S. Jewish history. From Pittsburgh to Jerusalem, from Charlottesville to COVID, over a dozen American Jews reflect on the moments, memories and stories that defined this era
Diaspora Affairs Minister Omer Yankelevich envisages using international corps of young Jewish volunteers to distribute the vaccines, blindsiding the Agency that co-owns the corps with the ministry
Miriam Adelson was often credited with increasing the late Sheldon Adelson's interest in Israel. Right-wing politicians will be watching to see what happens next
Canada-based Return Ministries is being asked to leave the education center after its social media posts implied it was proselytizing new immigrants
A surge was predicted when it appeared that Israel was managing COVID-19 infection rates more effectively than other Western countries, but it never materialized
Government tightens restrictions after it made numerous exceptions to its official policy to bar the entry of non-Israelis to the country over the course of the coronavirus pandemic
Actor Michael Aloni (aka Akiva Shtisel) reflects on the surprise success of the show set in Jerusalem’s ultra-Orthodox community, while producer Dikla Barkai reveals whether there’ll be a fourth season
Do strongly worded condemnations of the execution of an Iranian journalist suggest a firmer U.S. stance against Tehran than during the Obama years, or will human rights violations be compartmentalized in order to strike a deal with the Iranian regime?
‘It’s incredible to reach this point after so many years,’ Nicole Meyer tells Haaretz as ex-headmistress Leifer is set to stand trial for 74 alleged sex offenses
Coronavirus played a central role in the discourse this year, with controversies over how lockdowns were enforced when it came to religious worship and the opening of religious schools
Ukrainian immigrant Yuri Logvinenko says Yochananof chain never made any attempt to examine supervisor’s claim that he was ‘just pretending’ to be Jewish