Jewish democracy

Parashat Vayechi: Keeping Israel Jewish – without coercion

We should value democracy, safeguard it within Israeli society, and participate actively wherever we reside, cherishing the liberties and dignity it secures.

|ByMOSHE TARAGIN
EXPRESSING SUPPORT for separation of church and state.
EDUCATION MINISTER Yoav Kisch visits a classroom on the first day of school, in Jerusalem, last September.

Yoav Kisch's new education plans fails to define Israel's democratic values - opinion

Before the current government takes it upon itself to reformulate the identities of our children, perhaps they ought to get their facts straight.

|BySUSAN HATTIS ROLEF
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House grounds, in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 25, 2024.

Jewish Democrats rally for Kamala Harris, highlighting her strong support for Israel

At a recent virtual event, the Jewish Democratic Council of America (JDCA) rallied support for Kamala Harris, underscoring her dedication to Israel and her ties to the Jewish community.

|ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
AT A demonstration in Tel Aviv, earlier this month, against the government’s plan for judicial change, signs read ‘The student protest’ and ‘Without democracy, there is no academia.’

Israel no longer 'liberal democracy' for first time in 50 years, research institute says

Liberal democracies include the above, as well as "judicial and legislative constraints on the executive along with the protection of civil liberties and equality before the law."

|ByELIAV BREUER

Knesset refuses to put bill rejecting Jewish, democratic Israel to a vote

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein said the bill is “absurd” and should be blocked - the first time in five years as speaker that Edelstein has recommended such a thing.

JUNE 4, 2018ByLAHAV HARKOV
MK Ahmad Tibi (Joint List) was removed from the Knesset after shouting out that the Nation-State bill is racist.

Arab press laments Israeli superiority in education, innovation, justice

The articles cited Israel's education, innovation, democratic values, the country's ability to prosecute corrupt officials and its political stability as the source of its success.

APRIL 30, 2018ByJULIANE HELMHOLD
Media screens from Israeli media show Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

IN CHARTS: A snapshot of Israeli democracy

From the 2017 Israeli Democracy Index and The Guttman Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research.

MARCH 14, 2018ByISRAEL DEMOCRACY INSTITUTE
Charts (Illustrative)

Israel’s pre-charge detention law is undemocratic

The Israeli Supreme Court must follow in the footsteps of other Western democracies by finding the pre-charge detention law illegal.

MARCH 13, 2018BySHOULA ROMANO HORING
The Supreme Court, Jerusalem

US Jewish community needs more democracy

An encouraging exception in the world of Jewish office-hunters is the World Union of Jewish Students. Its recent conference featured a genuinely democratic election

JANUARY 10, 2018ByRAFAEL MEDOFF
The World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS) picture taken at the Leonardo Hotel in Jerusalem Credit: Dana Levinson Steiner

Taking responsibility in Israel's Jewish democracy

Rivlin touched tangentially on three concepts that keep eluding our politicians and, with them as role models, have also escaped too many Israelis: responsibility, accountability and transparency.

DECEMBER 27, 2017ByJPOST EDITORIAL
sraeli lawmakers attend a vote on a bill at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem February 6, 2017