Society

While most Israelis now recognize the Russian Novy God holiday, over 70% still do not see it as part of Israeli culture.

It is up to each of us to develop and administer ‘societal vaccinations’ to cure escalating divisions between different sectors

Some initially ranked Israel’s handling of the crisis as among the best in the world, but then it went to being described as a debacle handled as badly as the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

We often see philanthropy in action in a crisis, such as donations following a hurricane or earthquake.

“By any rational analysis,” write the authors, “Israel should not exist at all, let alone be a thriving powerhouse of a country.

More than 70 years after the State of Israel’s independence, however, a considerable proportion of our original, shared language has been eroded.

"For a moment, in the midst of controversy and deep sorrow, Israeli society found a way to come together," Kochavi wrote in a letter that was distributed to IDF personnel.

It's not just the virus that's a threat: Israeli society is starting to fracture under the strain.

While society has thrown us onto the treadmill of more, with courage, thought and intention we have the power to slow it down.

If Israel’s national leaders could find a front-of-house way to practice niceness to people we would all feel better.