Dialogue

No more secret Israeli-Palestinian meetings: Time for peace efforts in broad daylight - opinion

The road to that peace must be paved by Israelis and Palestinians who are courageous enough to stand up together.

THEN-PRIME minister Ehud Barak (R) jokingly pushes Palestinian president Yasser Arafat (L) into the Laurel cabin on the grounds of Camp David during peace talks in 2000.
Eldridge Street Synagogue, New York

When diplomacy falters, religious dialogue can still hold the line - opinion

Attendees at the Declaration Signing.

Manchester’s Jewish and Muslim leaders sign declaration of hope, respect

 President Isaac Herzog meets with Muslim leaders at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, July 7, 2025.

Reporter's Notebook: Herzog hosts European Muslim delegation


Amid Israeli judicial reform turmoil, Herzog paves way to compromise - editorial

Even though Herzog might not succeed in his mission, he is fulfilling the president’s essential role and we applaud him for it.

 OPPOSITION LEADER Yair Lapid has proposed that President Isaac Herzog set up a commission to examine the matter of judicial reform.

Over third of Israelis fear judicial reform will lead to civil war - poll

About 60% of Israelis from all backgrounds and political factions think the judicial system will lead to violence of any kind.

 Israelis protest against the proposed changes to the legal system, in Tel Aviv, on January 28, 2023

Can our brains be trained into respectful political dialogue? - study

Researchers built a unique synchrony-focused intervention and examined its effects on neural and hormonal responses among Jewish and Arab adolescents.

 Two young people demonstrating a lively conversation.

US, Israel to launch strategic technology dialogue

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Andrea Palm and Deputy Energy Secretary David Turk will participate, as well.

US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid sign a security pledge at Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Jerusalem, Israel July 14, 2022

Respectful dialogue is needed to resolve Roe v. Wade - opinion

In the case of Roe v. Wade, social media have served for people to vent their frustration, with calls to violence and threats against US Supreme Court justices.

 US REPRESENTATIVE Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) gestures outside the Supreme Court as it overturns the Roe v. Wade abortion decision, in Washington on Friday. Elected officials such as AOC are claiming the Supreme Court is ‘illegitimate,’ says the writer.

Program uniting Jewish and Arab Israelis celebrates 15 years of activity

Dialogue and Identity pairs Jewish and Arab schools and teaches students about tolerance through a series of meetings about Israel's different religions.

Jewish and Arab youth playing baseball together

We need to educate ourselves about sexual abuse - opinion

The more it comes to topics that are rife with shame, the more challenging it can be to say the words that need to be spoken aloud. 

A vendor sells #MeToo badges a protest march for survivors of sexual assault and their supporters in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California US

Jews across the world can only connect through dialogue - opinion

During Guardian of the Walls, a withering seam was indicated in the strong fabric between US Jewry and Israeli Jewry.

 THE WRITER at her synagogue in New York with visiting Orthodox rabbis from the Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Beit Midrash for Rabbinic Leadership in Israel.

IBM develops artificial intelligence system that can debate humans

Project Debater told its human counterpart, "I heard you hold the world record in debate competition wins against humans, but I suspect you've never debated a machine. Welcome to the future."

Dr. Ranit Aharonov (L) and Dr. Noam Slonim (R) with IBM's Project Debater – Speech by Crowd machine

Irena Veisaite, a Holocaust survivor, dedicated her life to human rights

Veisaite, who against the odds became a scholar of literature, theater, and the Holocaust, as well as a human rights activist, died on December 11 of COVID-19.

Irena Veisaite died of COVID-19 on Dec. 11, 2020.