Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community feels misunderstood. Here’s why
Over the last few years, the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) community has become the subject of every front page, television…
How the pro-Netanyahu Channel 14 Turned Israel’s Identity Politics on Its Head
Discussing opposition politician Gadi Eisenkot, the pro-Netanyahu channel achieved the identity-politics singularity: ethnicity is no longer inherited but…
Israel faces growing backlash over haredi military exemptions
“Even if Netanyahu tells me that one plus one equals two, I won’t believe him.” These words didn’t…
The Antisemitism of the Israeli Right
As someone who writes in Haaretz, I’ve often been accused of auto-antisemitism. But when right-wingers attack leftists in…