Public service

The bureaucracy whisperer working to secure a more accessible Israel

Our determination to dig in our heels is what stands between us and an inclusive future for people with disabilities, says Monik Konfino, CEO of the Shalem Foundation.

|ByRONNIE ROSENMAN, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SHALEM FOUNDATION
Shalem Foundation CEO Monik Konfino
A CEREMONY marking the rebuilding of Kibbutz Nir Oz, after the October 7 massacre, takes place earlier this month. The challenge is not just to bring residents back but to return them to thriving communities, the writer asserts.

Why Israel’s civil service needs urgent reform - opinion

Victory in the next war will be determined not only in the skies over Iran but also in government offices, in local authorities, and wherever the civil service shoulders the burden of the nation. 

|ByOMER WEINBERG
Israeli State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman attends a State Control Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on May 12, 2025.

Psychological-educational service alarmingly lacking, even in wake of war, State Comptroller finds

Between October 2023 and January 2024, 53% of students in grades seven-to-12 in the locations surveyed by the Comptroller reported daily psychosomatic symptoms. 

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
The Knesset building, home of Israel's legislature, in Jerusalem, on November 14, 2022 (Illustrative).

Now is the time to replace the 'deep state' with an appreciation of deep service - opinion

At the end of the day, the success of the state depends not only on the success of politicians but on the success of the entire system – politicians and professionals, together.

|ByNETANEL RUBINSTEIN

Josh Nass: PR maven for the Jewish community and beyond

Meet a born-and-bred New Yorker, whose first of five languages was Russian.

OCTOBER 11, 2019ByJEREMY FRANKEL
Dr. Henry Kissinger, Dr. Herb London and Nass

Atudot Le’Israel: Rebuilding Israel’s public civil service

How one program is trying to rebuild Israel's public civil service.

MAY 20, 2019BySHLOMO MAITAL
Isaac Devash, founder of Atudot Le’Israel, a national talent management program for the Israeli public sector