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Chief Sephardi rabbi Yitzhak Yosef speaks in the city of Tiberias, northern Israel, May 24, 2018. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90

Israelis should emulate American Jewish attempts at unity

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The great divide between the ultra-Orthodox minority and the non-Orthodox majority in the American Jewish community was hard to miss lately. The march against anti-Semitism from Lower Manhattan over the Brooklyn Bridge was almost...
IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi speaks during an event honoring outstanding reservists, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on July 1, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

IDF chief: ‘The number of Israel’s enemies is greater than the number of fronts’

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Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi said on Monday that Israel faces a growing number of enemies, as well as expanding fronts. Speaking at an awards ceremony in central Israel, Kochavi said...
Israeli soldiers in the Neztah Yehuda (“Nahal Haredi”) Battalion complete the final stages of a 40-kilometer march, Feb. 16, 2010. Photo by Abir Sultan/Flash90.

IDF denies cover-up over ultra-Orthodox recruitment numbers

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Senior Israeli military officials involved with the army’s haredi (ultra-Orthodox) recruitment program denied on Wednesday that data was falsified to make it appear that recruitment quotas had been met, Ynet reported. The statement came in response to a report...
Likud Knesset Member Ofir Akunis speaks at the Knesset on May 20, 2019. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

Israeli science minister: ‘Likud will not turn Israel into a state run by Jewish...

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Speaking to Israel Radio on Tuesday, Israel’s Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis said that the Likud Party under Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would not lend a hand to turning Israel into a state...
Israeli Prime Minister and Likud Party head Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the media at the Knesset on May 27, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Negotiations over Israeli government go down to wire as fresh elections loom

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Negotiations over forming Israel’s next governing coalition are appearing to go down to the wire as a Wednesday-night deadline and potential elections loom. “Until midnight tomorrow, the mandate for forming the government is in the...