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Matzo. If the government falls over chametz in hospitals, it won't be all that surprising.

From the Kotel to Chametz, How Religious Fights Upended Israel’s Government

Electric work being done on the light rail tracks in the Tel Aviv satellite town of Bat Yam in January.

Tel Aviv Light Rail Must Run on Shabbat

People wearing face masks at a Tel Aviv beach, in 2020.

What Remains of Israel's ‘Jewish Character’?

'Shabbat Unplugged' campaign, 2018.

Israelis Don't Need Preaching From the Missionary Ministry

Israel to Spend $6 Million to ‘Strengthen Shabbat Among Secular Public’

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The city of Givatayim, which met 76 percent of the criteria to put it just ahead of Tel Aviv.

Tel Aviv Loses Its Crown as Israel’s Most Religiously Tolerant City

Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli speaks at a Labor Party meeting, earlier this month.

Israeli Minister Moves Ahead With Shabbat Public Transport

Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli in Jerusalem, in November.

Israel's Transport Minister Vows to Advance Public Transport on Shabbat

The Allenby Street station of Tel Aviv's future light rail system.

Editorial Editorial |

Trains in Israel Should Run on Shabbat

The free bus operated by the Tel Aviv municipality on Shabbat, last month.

Opinion Opinion |

If Only All Israeli Buses Were Like This Public Bus of Dreams

Shoppers in a Tel Aviv grocery store

Tel Aviv to Let More Grocery Stores Open on Shabbat

ICYMI

U.S. Envoy: ‘If This Happened in Another Country, Wouldn’t We Call It Antisemitism?’

A Women's Rights Lawyer Felt She Didn't Belong in Israel. So She Moved to Morocco

Meet the Israeli Who Wants to Rename Ben & Jerry's Chunky Monkey ‘Judea and Samaria’

This Bedouin City Could Decide Who Is Israel's Next Prime Minister

'It Was Real Shock to Move From a Little Muslim Village, to a Big Open World'

'There Are Similarities Between the Hasidic Community and Pornography’

‘RRR’: If Cocaine Were a Movie, It Would Look Like This

Yair Lapid's Journey: From Late-night Host to Israel's Prime Minister

Lake Kinneret as You’ve Never Experienced It Before

Roe v. Wade: The Supreme Court Leaves a Barely United States

Yair Lapid Is the Most Israeli of All

How a Spanish Beach Town Became a Haven for Nazis

What's Ayelet Shaked's Next Move?

El Al to Stop Flying to Toronto, Warsaw and Brussels

Israel-Palestine Confederation: A Response to Eric Yoffie

Arab Voters Will Decide if Israel's Far-right Wins Power

Israel Is Heading for Its Most 'Jewish' Election Ever

American Judaism Is in Decline. That's Great News for American Jews