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SOCIAL EQUALITY and Women’s Advancement Minister May Golan attends a meeting of the Knesset plenum earlier this year. Recently, she delivered an address in which she sought to defend Michael Ben-Ari, an avowed Meir Kahane supporter who was disqualified from running for the Knesset.

'Enough': How we must stand against Kahanism in the Israeli Knesset

A CONFRONTATION takes place between haredim and police at a protest against drafting the ultra-Orthodox into the military, outside the IDF Recruitment Center at Tel Hashomer.

How are ultra-Orthodox Jews protesting IDF service if they're too busy studying Torah? - opinion

Every episode is an opportunity to discover a new perspective.

TUNE IN: A Fresh Perspective

By TERRY NEWMAN

AIMING FOR the strengthening of Israeli unity, people gather with Israeli flags at one of some 100 locations around the country, in Hispin, Golan Heights, in August.

Religious introspection in Israel comes with political challenges

By RENEE GARFINKEL

CHAIM SASSI.

Grapevine October 6, 2024: Heavy week for Israelis, Diaspora communities

By GREER FAY CASHMAN

A SOLDIER walks past paintings of hostages who have been held by Hamas and of those who are still captive in Gaza since the October 7 massacre, in Tel Aviv.

While 101 hostages remain in Gaza, the honey this Rosh Hashanah will taste bitter

By TAMAR URIEL-BEERI

INSTALLATION AT Reichman University: ‘Anemones before the Rain.’

Grapevine October 2, 2024: Dancing into the next decade

By GREER FAY CASHMAN

SMOKE RISES over Beirut’s southern suburbs, early Tuesday morning. This is the Israel of power and precision, an Israel that reclaims its strength and strikes fear into its enemies, the writer argues.

Looking at the two Israels, this October and 12 months ago

Depressed woman (Illustrative).

Domestic violence in Israel: One-in-10 suffers from intimate partner violence

PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG, 64 years young.

Grapevine September 22, 2024: Happy birthday, Mr. President!

By GREER FAY CASHMAN

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu is surrounded as he stands near the entrance to the Knesset plenum, last week. The Knesset is composed of parties that amplify differences and disputes, the writer asserts.

The next political big bang in Israel will be its civil society

By PAZ COHEN

Matisyahu

Grapevine September 11, 2024: News headliners

By GREER FAY CASHMAN

President Isaac Herzog speaks at the Israel Bar Association's Justice Conference in Tel Aviv, September 3, 2024

Herzog: Now is not time to bring back the judicial reform

A HOUSING CONSTRUCTION project in Israel.

Safe and stable renting: Housing Ministry launches new plan for public housing

Ten Israeli couples with a member serving in the IDF taking part in a mass wedding ceremony part of Chabad of Savyon’s “Marrying the Warriors”, in Tel Aviv Port, March 5, 2024.

In light of Tu B'Av: Israelis want civil marriage, to break rabbinic monopoly

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

THE MASSES gather at the Western Wall, toward the conclusion of Tisha B’Av, on Tuesday. We face the risk of another destruction today if we fail to pull back from the brink, the writers warn.

Our future is at risk if level of hatred among us is not reduced

By Dr. Netanel Fisher , Dr. Adar Cohen

IN A normal world, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would fire Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, or Gallant would quit, the writer asserts.

Israelis deserve better than the in-fighting of PM Netanyahu and Defense Minister Gallant

AN EXTERNAL VIEW of the Desert Iris Hotel in Yeroham.

Yeroham: A hidden desert gem in the Negev Desert

By Maya Gur Arieh