Society

Jerusalem daycare tragedy: When ideology blocks oversight, babies pay the price - opinion

Two infants died in an unregulated Jerusalem daycare, exposing failed law enforcement, budget cuts, and deep cultural divides over accountability and prevention.

An Israeli police officer holds a bag containing food items that are suspected to have poisoned dozens of toddlers in Jerusalem. January 19, 2026.
Amanda Seyfried attends the fifth annual Academy Museum Gala in Los Angeles, California, October 18, 2025; illustrative.

Amanda Seyfried learns about Shaker founder for film ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’

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The guide to new connections after 60: how to make friends in later life

Site BP 784, relics of a hut with an annex from the Middle Ages.

Ancient Sudan burial site reveals 4,000-year-old funeral ritual in forgotten Nubian kingdom


Tand’if Cleaning Cooperative: The Arabic cleaning group promoting social change

The Tand’if Cleaning Cooperative promotes social change and fights to offer an alternative to the exploitation of contractor companies.

 SHIRA MIZRAHI, co-director of the Jerusalem branch of Tand’if: ‘Jerusalem will continue to be complex for years to come, but civil society organizations generate hope and make a real and sustainable change.’

Arab-Israeli CEO: October 7 led to radicalization, tension in Israeli society

Passover perspectives: Israeli executives answer the Four Questions

 Maisam Jaljuli

Israeli attacks bus driver after ‘bumpy ride’ woke him up

Multiple instances of assaults against bus drivers have been reported in recent years – a concerning trend as bus accidents have the capacity to injure many people.

Electra Afikim's lineup of electric buses; Israel's first wireless charging electric bus depot.

Step-siblings become spouses: How do their parents react?

Step-siblings Matilda and Smalley's love story defies social norms as they navigate criticism and judgment to be together.

 Matilda and Samoli, brothers who became husband and wife

Spitting at Christians is wrong and dangerous - comment

Spitting at people – at their feet, their places of worship, on their clothes, in their faces – is bad and repulsive and unkind and disgusting and wrong.

 GREEK ORTHODOX Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III leads the ‘Washing of the Feet’ ceremony outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City in April.

Conformity hinders task performance in groups - study

The study’s findings reveal that while conformity does not influence group performance in stable environments, it hinders it in temporally variable settings.

 Group of diverse people having a business meeting.

From high-tech workers to tourists, Meir Panim draws volunteers from all walks of life

 Monday.com employees visited Meir Panim as a part of a team-building retreat

Grapevine September 10, 2023: Short-term posting

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 US AMBASSADOR Jack Lew speaks in Washington in 2016, when he was secretary of the Treasury.

Social cohesion is not an impossible dream - opinion

The basic yearning for social cohesion requires a reevaluation of the educational system.

 FIRST-GRADE students walk to a school in Tel Aviv, on the first day of classes, last September 1. How does one promote social cohesion when children are currently educated in completely separate streams?

How 'Barbie' earworm 'I'm Just Ken' brings toxic masculinity to its knees

In just over 5 minutes, “I’m Just Ken” resolves the narrative and emotional arc of Ken, transforming him from a petty, vengeful villain into a man who got caught up in society’s toxic masculinity.

 KINGSLEY BEN-ADIR (from left), Ryan Gosling, and Ncuti Gatwa prepare for the ‘beach-off’ in ‘Barbie.’