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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Education Minister Naftali Bennett, right, with Sagiv Lugasi, winner of the annual International Bible Quiz at the Jerusalem Theater, May 2, 2017. (Shlomi Amsalem)
May 4, 2017, 3:31 am
Why it’s a big deal that a secular student won Israel’s Bible contest
Many educators lament that too many non religious Israelis know too little about the Book, in part because they identify its study with a political culture they eschew
By Ben Sales
Leon Wieseltier, Jonathan Sarna and Ruth Calderon in conversation on Wednesday night, November 30, 2016, about Sarna's latest book, 'Lincoln and the Jews,' written with Benjamin Shapell (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
December 2, 2016, 10:40 am
Removing the second ‘L’ from Lincoln
A new book prompts discussion by Jonathan Sarna, Leon Wieseltier and Ruth Calderon on the American president’s legacy and history with the Jews
By Jessica Steinberg
File: Likud MK Benny Begin during a Likud party meeting at the Knesset, May 25, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 12, 2015, 1:11 pm
Ministers debate softened version of ‘Jewish state bill’
Revised legislation proposed by Likud lawmaker Benny Begin still calls Israel national Jewish homeland but emphasizes its democracy
By Tamar Pileggi
Yair Lapid. (Gideon Markowicz/Flash90)
January 25, 2015, 11:49 pm
Yesh Atid’s new Knesset list promises continuity
Party leader Yair Lapid places ex-cabinet ministers and most experienced lawmakers at top of slate
By ToI Staff
Yair Lapid of the Yesh Atid party speaks with Tel Aviv International Salon host Natalie Solomon and about 300 young English-speaking olim in Tel Aviv, December 21, 2014. (Courtesy Deborah Danan)
December 22, 2014, 7:30 pm
Lapid to Western immigrants: We’re working on it
Yesh Atid chairman tells young English-speakers in Tel Aviv his economic plans were disrupted by early elections
By Melanie Lidman
MK Amram Mitzna (Hatnua), seen in the Knesset February 24, 2014. (photo credit: Hadas Parush/Flash 90)
September 4, 2014, 2:45 am
MKs stand up war widow, southern students
Delegation of 13 lawmakers was slated to visit schoolchildren and wife of civilian killed by mortar fire, but only one turned up
By Marissa Newman
Ex-Yesh Atid MK Ruth Calderon (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 9, 2014, 7:54 pm
Mayhem as MK cites Nazi collaborator
Ruth Calderon of Yesh Atid widely mocked for quoting head of Vichy France in Facebook appeal for ‘maturity, restraint’
By Yifa Yaakov
Assi Dayan in 2013 (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)
May 2, 2014, 2:44 pm
Debating ‘Israeliness’
Memorial Day comes early this year, as the papers mourn the deaths of a famed filmmaker and a stabbing victim
By Marissa Newman
Dov Lipman
April 20, 2014, 1:17 pm
Dov Lipman
Religious and secular together
On two Knesset members who are bridging their differences in a rare model of tolerance and compromise
Knesset speaker Yuli Edelstein, Agriculture Minister Yair Shamir, and Labor Party head Isaac Herzog celebrating the Knesset's first ever Tu Bishvat seder (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 16, 2014, 9:42 pm
Tu Bishvat seder marks Knesset first
Jewish ‘new year’ for trees celebrated in parliament
By JTA
Ruth Calderon speaks to the Knesset (photo credit: screen capture Knesset Channel)
November 27, 2013, 3:05 am
Haredim in Knesset gallery irk MK
Ruth Calderon of Yesh Atid lambastes yeshiva students who come to watch parliment sessions rather than study Torah
By Adiv Sterman
Newlyweds stroll down Tel Aviv's Rothschild Boulevard (photo credit: Mama Photography)
October 29, 2013, 7:09 pm
New bill would legalize civil marriage, extend right to gays
Groundbreaking Yesh Atid proposal comes under fire from Jewish Home, but sponsors insist it ‘is not an attack on halachic marriage’
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Yesh Atid's Ruth Calderon seen during introduction day for new Knesset members, on February 3, 2013. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 11, 2013, 8:48 pm
MK wants a Knesset powder room
Ruth Calderon of Yesh Atid chided for saying female parliamentarians need a dedicated space to freshen up their look
By ToI Staff
Israel soldiers gather around a large Menorah standing outside the Knesset in 2001. (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)
June 26, 2013, 2:26 pm
Two draft bills seek to define Israel as Jewish state
Separate proposals submitted Tuesday promise to reignite debate over the country’s character
By Gavriel Fiske
Dan Ornstein
March 3, 2013, 2:52 pm
Dan Ornstein
On Hip-hop, Hebrew and heritage
From rappers rocking scripture to Talmud lessons in the Knesset, Israeli culture draws from the wells of Judaism
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