Secular
Kosher certification in Israel: A commercial reality, not religious coercion - opinion
Dan Perry’s April 12 article is 'riddled with unsubstantiated, imagined, and inaccurate assertions.'
Time for Israel’s non-kosher public to push back - opinion
Goldy’s Deli: Where tradition, innovation, and kindness meet - restaurant review
Beyond the Headlines: What do people say after keeping Shabbat for the first time? - opinion
From tribalism to cohesion, and the Israeli cultural war
The current discord relates to various aspects of Israeli daily life, but at its root is the disagreement between the tribes regarding the state’s overarching goals and what Zionism means.
Religious freedom NGOs: IDF soldiers should not be forced to eat kosher
In a letter to the IDF Chief of Staff, two organizations argued that the army rabbinate is overstepping its authority and violating the rights of secular soldiers.
New documentary tackles secular education debate in New York City yeshivas
"When I learned a few years ago that there’s tens of thousands of people in Brooklyn who are illegally denied a basic education, I was just furious," said Joe Kolman, the film's director.
Maybe anti-haredi vitriol is the biggest threat to Israel - opinion
How on earth can haredim not feel an intense alienation from the state which has reduced them to penury. Why would they want to cooperate on any level?
Meron tragedy underscores dangerous divisions in Israel - opinion
Haredim cannot be expected to respect secular culture. Secular people, meanwhile, cannot be expected to respect the haredi way.
Ono Academic College expands, builds multicultural campus
As part of the development, a major metropolitan boulevard will connect the campuses.
Jewish studies just as important as secular studies - opinion
If yeshiva students are “functionally illiterate” in secular studies, many secular students in public schools have little knowledge of Judaism and are “functionally illiterate” in Jewish studies.
The ability to end the Haredi-secular conflict is within us - opinion
In a recent study commissioned by Gesher, the overwhelming majority (65%) of Israelis ranked the haredi-secular conflict as the most pressing facing us today.
Path bridging religious Zionists, secularists explored in new book
The Wondering Jew is an eloquent and urgent call for Israelis to find a way to bridge the current divide between its warring camps.
Orthodox and secular Israelis fight over Jewish conversion, but why?
A chief Haredi Orthodox ally of Benjamin Netanyahu called the decision “misguided [and] very troubling.”
