From the Editor
One could argue that Israel is the country where non-Orthodox Jews have the least religious freedom: They can’t marry, divorce or convert according to their...
Ask the Rabbis // How Should Jews Treat Their Arab Neighbors?
Independent
Although we need to take every precaution against fanatical Muslim Arab terrorism in and outside our homeland, we need to cease forcibly displacing peaceful Arabs...
Letty Cottin Pogrebin: Why Can’t We Show Empathy for the Palestinians?
The American Jewish thought police are quick to label sympathy a betrayal of Israel.
Robert Satloff: Will 2013 Be an Unlucky Year for Israel?
The many dangers lurking in the Middle East are likely to spell conflict, not peace.
Aluf Benn: Tel Aviv and Jerusalem Drift Further Apart
How can the next Israeli government bridge the growing secular-religious divide?
Yagil Levy: Israel’s New Hierarchy of Death
Ashkenazi, Sephardi, Mizrahi, Israeli, Gazan: Whose life is least valuable?
South African Government Adopts BDS Measures
The African National Congress, the ruling party in South Africa and the party of anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela, has voted in its annual conference to...
Eetta Prince-Gibson: The Trouble with Drafting the Ultra-Orthodox
Conscripting Haredi men hurts women, the military and Israeli democracy
Book Review // The Invention of the Land of Israel: From Holy Land to Homeland
Pillars of Sand
The Invention of the Land of Israel: From Holy Land to Homeland
Shlomo Sand
Verso Books
2012, $26.95, pp. 304
Shlomo Sand’s latest critique of Jewish identity...
The New Normal
Swift acceptance of gays by the Israeli Defense Forces in 1993 helped transform Israel into one of the most gay-friendly countries in the world. Moment looks at the history—and the future—of the gay rights movement in Israel, from the rainbow flag-strewn streets of Tel Aviv to the more traditional enclave of Jerusalem.