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Alex Sinclair in an undated photo and his kippa before and after a Palestinian flag was cut out of it, as pictured on April 23, 2026. (Alex Sinclair/Courtesy)
April 25, 2026, 11:34 am
UK-born Israeli whose coexistence kippa was carved up by police asks ‘what is in store for us’
After being detained for wearing a head covering featuring Israeli and Palestinian flags, writer and peace activist Alex Sinclair warns against letting the country descend into illiberalism
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Tunisian singer Noomane Chaari performs 'Peace Between Neighbors' (video screenshot)
December 27, 2020, 6:53 pm
Tunisian who sang duet with Israeli gets death threats, said fired from his job
Noamane Chaari, who says he performed with Ziv Yehezkel to promote ‘peace and tolerance between religions,’ allegedly subject to state-led pressure campaign
By ToI Staff
David I. Cohen
March 5, 2018, 3:03 pm
David I. Cohen
Israel needs more playgrounds
Sure, kids love swings and slides, but it’s the mix of adults chatting on the sidelines who gain the most
Alice Shalvi, Israeli professor and educator, at her home in Jerusalem on March 14, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 18, 2018, 5:29 am
Dr. Alice Shalvi: Equal education of Orthodox women is changing Israeli society
The fight for parity in Israel is only just getting started, says the 91-year-old champion of religious feminism
By Tracy Frydberg
Illustrative: Senator Joe Lieberman (left) with Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau (right) and Haim Taib, founder and chairperson of the 'First Israeli Congress on Judaism and Democracy.' (Erez Uzir)
February 12, 2018, 12:51 pm
Israeli, Diaspora leaders mind widening gap at glitzy Jerusalem event
First Israeli Congress on Judaism and Democracy kicks off with gala, with the fragmentation of Israel’s communities on the menu
By Tracy Frydberg
Illustrative image of an ultra-Orthodox Israeli contractor greeting a Palestinian construction worker as he and others wait on the Palestinian side of the checkpoint at the entrance to the West Bank settlement of Beitar Illit. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
April 20, 2017, 6:32 pm
Reform and Conservative Judaism left out of new Israeli pluralism index
Survey of 1,300 Jewish and Arab Israelis is a window into seeds of coexistence, and lingering prejudice
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
April 18, 2017, 1:39 pm
No room in my tent
Not all criticism of Israel is anti-Semitic, but anti-Zionist Jews should not become a shield for anti-Jewish malice
Illustrative: Dov S. Zakheim (center), co-chair of the American Jewish Committee's Jewish Religious Equality Coalition (J-REC), speaks at the Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Committee at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on January 11, 2017. (AJC)
January 11, 2017, 2:03 pm
At Knesset Diaspora committee meeting, US Jews work to convince the convinced
With Chief Rabbinate, Diaspora Ministry, and coalition MKs no-shows, the pluralism-promoting choir again preached to itself
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Diller Teen Fellows surround a map, illustrating the global partnership component of the teen leadership program. (Diller Teen Fellows)
November 26, 2016, 4:06 pm
First they take San Fran: Revolutionary Jewish teen leadership program sets eyes on Diaspora
The Diller Teen Fellows program has been cultivating the next generation of Jewish leaders since 1998. Now it’s stepping up its game
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Illustrative: A bronze statue of the Satanic icon Baphomet, currently residing in a shed outside The Satanic Temple in Salem, Massachusetts. (Courtesy)
October 26, 2016, 4:36 pm
In haunted Salem, a Jewish church founder preaches the art of ‘Satanic’ social change
At a former funeral home in a town inextricably linked to witchcraft, secular Jew Malcolm Jarry opens a new heaquarters for his Satanic Temple, a controversial movement with up to 50,000 members worldwide
By Matt Lebovic
An Israeli couple after a civil marriage in Cyprus. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
August 10, 2016, 3:03 pm
68% of Israelis support civil marriage, poll finds
Survey conducted by liberal Orthodox group shows widespread opposition to current religion-based laws, including from within religious community
By Raoul Wootliff
Appearing on January 28, 2016 at Brown University in Providence, Jewish Agency for Israel Chairman Natan Sharansky (left) and Hollywood legend Michael Douglas held a conversation on Jewish identity and pluralism. (Elan Kawesch/The Times of Israel)
January 29, 2016, 9:06 am
On tour, Douglas and Sharansky urge ‘a more inclusive’ Jewry
Hollywood star travels on campuses with Israel’s most famous refusenik, addressing Jewish pluralism and anti-Semitism
By Matt Lebovic
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Jewish Federations General Assembly in Washington DC on November 10, 2015. (Ron Sachs, JFNA)
November 10, 2015, 11:03 pm
A relaxed Netanyahu meets receptive American Jewish crowd
PM’s upbeat tone at JFNA plenary marks change from previous US speeches, when tensions over Iran deal ran high
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox and secular Jewish men face off in Jerusalem, 2008. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
September 30, 2015, 10:36 am
With small victories, religious pluralism is finding its way back to Jerusalem
From providing study grants to non-Orthodox institutions to cafés open on Shabbat, kippah-wearing city councilor Hanan Rubin wants the capital to be a city for everyone
By Melanie Lidman
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