Aharon Barak

What gets you out of bed in the morning?A belief that what I’m doing, together with the people around me, is important for Israeli society, and for…

As the threats against Israel mount from all directions, the job of the IDF Chief of General Staff is becoming more challenging by the day. First on…

Does Israel have a written constitution today? Does former Supreme Court president Aharon Barak think there is a written constitution? What do some…

Corruption and sex scandals are not a new phenomenon for this region. The Bible records a colorful variety of examples, including the episode of King…

Despite his declared intention to the contrary, Safed’s Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliahu came to Jerusalem on Sunday for police questioning, the grounds…

Judge Steve Adler, who retired last month after serving for 13 years as president of the National Labor Court, is frequently cited as a model for the…

There was much justified outrage last week over a letter signed by dozens of rabbis employed by the state urging Jews not to rent or sell apartments…

Sunday’s highly publicized military court conviction of two Givati soldiers for using a Palestinian boy as a human shield should serve as an…

JUST AS the Australian Light Horse Brigade vanquished the Turks in the Battle of Beersheba at the end of October 1917, so too on September 23, 1918,…

Is Jewishness a function of religion, culture or nationality? According to the High Court, it is all of them at once. In a fascinating legal…

How can we achieve Vision Zero – no road deaths at train crossings? Seven members from three generations of the Bernstein family were killed on…

One of the fundamental principles of Jewish thought is that God relates to us according to our deeds – mida k’neged mida (measure for measure). That…

In 2004, then-attorney-general Menahem Mazuz issued a directive explicitly barring ministers from influencing civil service appointments and from…

Americans may be wondering why the opinions of a former president of Israel’s Supreme Court may be so relevant to the selection of Elena Kagan as a…

WASHINGTON – US Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan told US senators of the significance of the State of Israel to her during her confirmation…

WASHINGTON - President Obama's US Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan cracked a Jewish joke Tuesday after receiving some pointed questions during her…

WASHINGTON – Republican senators used US Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan’s regard for a former Israeli justice as a major line of attack in…

Horrifying statistics Sir, – What ever happened to our government’s policy of not releasing prisoners with blood on their hands? Now it wants to…

What could the High Court have been hoping to achieve by ordering 43 parents from Emmanuel jailed for contempt of court for sending their children to…

The Terkel Committee set up by the Israeli government to probe the Gaza flotilla raid would not have been established were it not for heavy…