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Supreme Court Chief Justice Ester Hayut with outgoing Supreme Court judge George Kara, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on May 29, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 29, 2022, 7:02 pm
‘This wasn’t an easy time for me’: Arab Israeli Supreme Court justice Kara retires
Outgoing judge compares rampant crime to a contagious disease, urges increased enforcement; was among judges who convicted former president Katsav of rape
By Tobias Siegal
An official shows the signed document which proclaims the establishment of the new Jewish state of Israel declared by prime minister David Ben-Gurion, left, in Tel Aviv at midnight on May 14, 1948. (AP Photo)
May 5, 2022, 12:15 pm
Daily Briefing May 5: On Independence Day, digging up the roots of Israeli society
Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur takes time out from his family BBQ to elucidate what it was like for Jews the days before and after May 5, 1948
By ToI Staff
Cast members of "The Lesson" celebrate as they receive the Best Series award during the closing night of the 5th Cannes International Series Festival (Canneseries) in Cannes, southern France, April 6, 2022. (Valery HACHE / AFP)
April 7, 2022, 1:32 pm
Israeli drama ‘The Lesson’ win top prize at Canneseries film festival
Festival’s artistic director says show presents ‘a social phenomenon’ in Israel; Maya Landsmann, who plays the heroine, wins prize for best performance
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A young Israeli holds a tear gas gun he just bought in a Jerusalem store for self-protection (File photo: Hadas Parush/Flash90)
April 5, 2022, 12:54 am
After terror attacks, poll finds bleak security outlook among Israelis
83% of Arab Israelis and 64% of Jewish Israelis feel no personal security, Israel Democracy Institute poll finds; 31% of Jewish Israelis say most Arab Israelis support terrorism
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: An Israeli woman from the LGBT community demonstrates against gay conversion therapy, in southern Israel, on July 14, 2019. (Tsafrir Abayov/AP)
February 23, 2022, 5:43 pm
Report shows 10% increase in homophobic incidents in Israel in 2021
The highest number of cases, 35%, reported in Tel Aviv and central region; over 40% take place within the family
By ToI Staff
Former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot, right, is interviewed by Amos Yadlin at the Institute for National Security Studies annual conference in Tel Aviv on January 27, 2019. (INSS)
January 21, 2022, 12:48 am
Societal rifts a larger threat to Israel than foreign enemies, ex-IDF chief says
Gadi Eisenkot says national security requires solidarity within country’s borders; bemoans declining enlistment numbers and popularity of cyber units
By Luke Tress
People walk on Jaffa Street in downtown Jerusalem on March 3, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 7, 2021, 1:26 pm
Poll: Only 30% of Israelis see Arabs, ultra-Orthodox as integral part of society
ADL survey shows Israelis people feel society is increasingly divided; regard politicians, social and news media, rabbis and religious establishment as top contributors to rifts
By ToI Staff
Ofer Carmon, Yael Lamfrom, Roi Frampshes-Givony, Shir Talor, Aviv Losh building a dome in the Carmel forest, August 2019. (Courtesy)
December 20, 2019, 11:56 am
Graduate of elite IDF Unit 8200 breaks barriers with her free-love commune
While some grads of the highly-selective signal intelligence corps go on to launch billion-dollar startups, Shir Talor is a polyamorous pioneer with a cuddle space to be jealous of
By Nathan Jeffay
Yifat Bitton, co-founder and chair of Tmura, the Israeli Anti-Discrimination Center, gave the keynote address at the first-ever Mizrahi Legal Studies conference at Harvard Law School, held on December 10 and 11, 2019. (Rich Tenorio/ Times of Israel)
December 13, 2019, 12:56 am
Harvard hosts first-ever conference for emerging field of Mizrahi legal studies
Diverse speakers and listeners including Palestinians and Israelis, participate in inaugural confab for those seeking to curb inequality for Israel’s Middle Eastern Jews
By Rich Tenorio
View of Jerusalem showing the Old City in the foreground against new parts of the city in the background, January 9, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 1, 2018, 12:10 pm
Jerusalem nears bottom of Israel’s socioeconomic index
New report by Central Bureau of Statistics shows capital’s ranking has continued to deteriorate in recent years
By ToI Staff
Gil Steinlauf
July 22, 2018, 1:22 pm
Gil Steinlauf
A modern-day lament, this Tisha B’Av
Dear God, how can the Jewish state be undermining its own democratic and progressive values?
Koolulam event in Haifa, February 2018. (Koolulam/Facebook)
March 29, 2018, 11:14 am
Mass singing initiative works to change fractured Israeli society’s tune
Young founders of immensely popular Koolulam are getting diverse Israelis to finally sing from the same page — and share infectious videos on YouTube
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Maia Morag
March 14, 2018, 10:21 am
Maia Morag
Sharansky’s fight for unity
Despite the Western Wall debacle, the Jewish Agency chair makes the future of the Jewish people his north star
Naomi Chazan
March 12, 2018, 12:39 pm
Naomi Chazan
Doing gender equality
If we want a just, decent society, we must close the gaps between men and women
Illustrative: Arab Israeli students at the campus of Givat Ram at Hebrew University, on the first day of the new academic year, October 26, 2014. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 7, 2018, 3:15 pm
Support for coexistence plunging among Jewish and Arab Israelis
Survey finds recognition of Israel’s right to exist down 7% among Arabs, Jewish acceptance of Arabs as equal citizens down 8%
By Michael Bachner
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