Jewish democracy
Michigan Democrat El-Sayed challenged by 250 rabbis on Israel in nationwide push by liberal Jews
Student organizer Jacob Reich, who is involved in various Democratic Party initiatives on and off campus, told JTA: “I felt torn between both my Jewish identity and my identity as a Democrat.”
J Street defends College Democrats co-sponsorship amid backlash over Hasan Piker speech
Our future rests on prioritizing the common good, not the elections - opinion
Lag Ba’omer reminds us to choose respect over division among Jews - opinion
Israel Democracy Institute: Jewish Nation-State Law ‘not a game changer’
IDI President Yohanan Plesner said the practical impact of the bill was currently merely “symbolic and educational.”
The holographic Nation-State Law
This law is a nothingburger without a bun, or a patty, a plate or a pickle. It does nothing new and it says nothing new.
Know Comment: Hypocrisy and hysteria
The Jewish nation-state law is upright, reasonable and required. It should be passed by the Knesset.
Conference on Israeli economy to kick off Tuesday
The conference will be broadcast in Hebrew on the Israel Democracy Institute website.
Knesset refuses to put bill rejecting Jewish, democratic Israel to a vote
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein said the bill is “absurd” and should be blocked - the first time in five years as speaker that Edelstein has recommended such a thing.
Arab press laments Israeli superiority in education, innovation, justice
The articles cited Israel's education, innovation, democratic values, the country's ability to prosecute corrupt officials and its political stability as the source of its success.
IN CHARTS: A snapshot of Israeli democracy
From the 2017 Israeli Democracy Index and The Guttman Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research.
Israel’s pre-charge detention law is undemocratic
The Israeli Supreme Court must follow in the footsteps of other Western democracies by finding the pre-charge detention law illegal.
US Jewish community needs more democracy
An encouraging exception in the world of Jewish office-hunters is the World Union of Jewish Students. Its recent conference featured a genuinely democratic election
Taking responsibility in Israel's Jewish democracy
Rivlin touched tangentially on three concepts that keep eluding our politicians and, with them as role models, have also escaped too many Israelis: responsibility, accountability and transparency.