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More time to draft the orthodox ino the military

As a court-imposed deadline passed, the Israeli government told the High Court of Justice on Wednesday it needed more...

Bennett, with six seats in Knesset, calls to limit ultra-orthodox political power

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has generated a political storm in Israel calling to “limit the political sway” of the ultra-Orthodox in Israel.

On visible and invisible Jews

Ben Cohen: We all know that raw prejudice among Jews against those who are visibly Jewish—that they are loud, rude, unwashed, contemptuous towards outsiders and all the rest of that baggage—is our community’s dirty secret.

Who’s in the running for the next mayor of Jerusalem?

Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman: An assortment of names, faces and parties are in the race to head the holy city, home to approximately 1 million residents.

Haredim and the State: A Possible Turning Point

Isi Leibler contemplates a change of attitude between the Israeli state and the country's ultra-orthodox haredim.