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RABBI OURY CHERKI: The State of Israel should not be regarded as a foreign entity imposing itself on the Muslim world.

A rabbinical message: Islam must recognize Israel

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a vote on the state budget at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, March 13, 2024.

Our self-serving leader is taking us down a dark path

By ANDREA SAMUELS

Israelis holding Israeli flags as they make their way to the funeral of Israeli soldier Sergeant major Ilay David Garfinkel, near Moshav Sitria, on March 24, 2024.

Israelis and Diaspora Jews must work to understand one another

A FAMILY gathers around the Shabbat candles

To Jewish women everywhere, it is time to pray - opinion

By WARREN GOLDSTEIN , GINA GOLDSTEIN

Personal belongings including a child's pram are seen on the road next to a car days after a mass infiltration by Hamas terrorists from the Gaza Strip, near Kibbutz Kfar Aza, in southern Israel, October 10, 2023

Is this the end of the Zionist dream? - comment

THEN-US ENVOY Dennis Ross meets with PLO leader Yasser Arafat in Nablus, 1988.

'75 Perspectives': Israel as a Jewish state - excerpt

By DENNIS A. ROSS

ACTIVISTS OPPOSED to the judicial overhaul demonstrate in Tel Aviv, earlier this month.

Israel's diverse protesters can't be labeled as anti-Jewish state - opinion

By COOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN

A PROTEST against judicial reform takes place in Tel Aviv, this past Saturday night. It has become increasingly clear that for those demonstrating against judicial reform, the real issue is an existential, not a political one, says the writer.

We must make Israel a Jewish state – we owe it to our ancestors - opinion

By DOUGLAS ALTABEF

Thousands of Jews wave Israeli flags as they celebrate Jerusalem Day by dancing at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, during Jerusalem Day, May 29, 2022

We must recognize internalized anti-Jewishness - opinion

By BEN M. FREEMAN

THE MASSES gather at the Western Wall on Jerusalem Day, last month. This is the Jewish homeland, not the new Denmark, or the 51st US state, says the writer.

Israel as a Jewish state must be what all Israelis agree on - opinion

By DOUGLAS ALTABEF

A MARCH from Ramat Gan to Bnei Brak in protest of the haredi community’s monetary demands for the upcoming budget, last month.

'Being a Nation State': Evolution of Israel's Jewish, democratic balance - review

By GLENN C. ALTSCHULER

NOW, 75 years after Israel was founded, it clearly keeps Jews safe, but even more clearly, it keeps the Jewish people’s identity safe, says the writer.

Being a Jew is easier now, but still difficult outside Israel - opinion

By GAEL GRUNEWALD

The 74th anniversary Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem on May 04, 2022.

The miracle of the Jewish state's fruition - opinion

By MICAH HALPERN

THERE IS a Zionist awakening in Israel. Let’s leverage it

There is a patriotic awakening in Israel right now, we need to make the most of it - opinion

DEMONSTRATORS BLOCK the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv during a protest against the planned judicial overhaul, on Saturday night. The world is mesmerized, says the writer

Most Israelis are willing to promote compromise on clauses in the judicial reforms

LEFT TO right: Then-prime minister Menachem Begin sits in the Knesset plenum alongside cabinet ministers Yosef Burg and David Levy, in 1983. The Right’s stunning victory in 1977 caused immense fear and alarm on the Left

Raising the question of the character of the state - opinion

By OMER DOSTRI

Rabbi Moshe Hauer

OU leader: Jewish character of Israel should be a value of all Jews

Israeli flag

Reform Jews protest reform with letters to Israeli embassies, Netanyahu