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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 433

Israeli society

A woman argues with Rosh Yehudi activists at a mass street prayer for Yom Kippur on Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, on September 24, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash 90)
October 9, 2024, 5:00 am
High Court to rule on public Tel Aviv Yom Kippur prayer amid fears of repeat clashes
On Wednesday morning, judges are set to weigh in on a controversial service that underscores deep rifts in Israeli society and saw violent confrontations when it was held last year
By Mati Wagner
Ziv, a military reservist who expects to be called up again and who lost a friend at the Nova massacre, skates to relax. (Deborah Danan/ JTA)
August 6, 2024, 10:31 am
Israelis navigate normal life amid danger and anxiety from war and Iranian threat
Daily routine continues amid a multifront conflict that’s affected major population centers since October 7, as locals live with the ‘new normal’ even while new dangers loom
By Deborah Danan
Relatives of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza and their supporters attend a protest calling for their return, outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, July 13, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 15, 2024, 2:33 am
Falling trust in government leading to weakened national resilience, researchers say
Nine months into war, study at Tel Aviv University and Tel Hai college sees potential harm to Israel’s ability to cope with future crises
By Diana Bletter
Rabbi David Stav, cofounder and chairman of the Tzohar rabbinical organization. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
December 24, 2023, 2:49 pm
A leading Religious Zionist rabbi hopes a post-Oct. 7 Israeli faith resurgence endures
As Israel fights its enemies, Tzohar co-founder Rabbi David Stav sees Jewish Israelis turning to their religion and unifying around it — but he worries about a post-war slump
By Ben Sales
File: An activist against the government's judicial overhaul waves a national flag during a demonstration in Petah Tikva near Tel Aviv on August 17, 2023. (Jack Guez/AFP)
September 15, 2023, 5:59 am
On eve of Rosh Hashanah, poll shows more Israelis feel pessimistic about coming year
IDI think tank finds 42% of respondents say this year will be ‘worse than year now ending,’ in levels of gloom last seen at height of COVID pandemic
By ToI Staff
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
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