Incentivizing better Orthodox schooling is less legally fraught, more politically appealing, and more likely to succeed in practice than forced regulation.
Toward a ḥaredi environmentalism.
The Jewish state’s COVID-19 doctrine.
Those who defend ḥasidic yeshivas against increasing state regulation have conjured up an unrecognizable fairy-tale world. But the arguments of the state’s defenders are even worse.
Visible and invisible Jews.
They may not be celebrities or social-media influencers, but they are helping the Jewish people in profound ways.
Sometimes politics do end at the water’s edge.
The lessons of powerlessness.
She hopes one day to represent Ḥaredim in the Knesset.
Why do Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jews so adamantly decline to serve in the military—and could that change? A communal leader walks us through the deliberations taking place.
What’s hidden behind politicians’ angry statements.
Ḥaredim need more party-poopers.
Even as there is plenty of blame to go around.
“We’ve seen your guys’ capability for learning new things.”
The most polished writing and
sharpest analysis in the Jewish world.