Judy Maltz

The Committee Will Prepare Legislation for a Final Knesset Vote. If Passed, Reform and Conservative Jews Could Face Up to Seven Years in Jail for Participating in Mixed-prayer Services – as Is Their Custom – at the Jewish Holy Site

According to the Forecast Prepared by Prof. Sergio DellaPergola, ultra-Orthodox Jews Could Account for Half of the Total Jewish World Population by 2050. Little Change Is Foreseen in the Breakdown of the Israeli Population Between Jews and Arabs

Praising a Likud Activist and Convicted Felon at the Knesset Plenum, Social Equality Minister May Golan Said Opposition Lawmaker Gilad Kariv 'Won't Reach His Level Even in Another Two Hundred Reincarnations' as He 'Goes With the Women of the Wall' Feminist Group That Advocates for Women's Right to Pray Freely at the Western Wall in Jerusalem

The Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee held its first hearing on the controversial legislation, which would also effectively outlaw Women of the Wall. A senior Justice Ministry official said it could violate basic religious and civil rights

Judy Maltz (via Haaretz.com) The Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee held its first hearing on the controversial legislation, which would also effectively outlaw Women of the Wall.

In a New Book, Historian Avner Ben-Zakan, Head of the Institute for Israeli Thought, Argues That Zionism Completed Its Mission When the State of Israel Was Founded. But That State, He Warns, Has Failed to Instill in Its Citizens a Sense of National Identity, Thereby Jeopardizing Its Future

Comedian Lior Schleien Is Crisscrossing the Country Engaging With First-time Voters, Many of Them Supporters of Netanyahu and Ben-Gvir. The Videos of These Encounters Are a Viral Sensation. But Can They Change Minds?

Ra'anana, Home to a Large English-speaking Community - and to Naftali Bennett - Is Widely Hailed as a Bastion of Diverse Jewish Religious Communities. Will Its Moderate Orthodox Residents Choose Allegiance to Sectoral Politics or Liberal Values?

Judy Maltz (via Haaretz.com) Countdown to Election Day continues: This week we are in Rahat, the largest Arab city in Israel and the stronghold of

Countdown to Election Day Continues: This Week We Are in Rahat, the Largest Arab City in Israel and the Stronghold of the Party That Could Give the Opposition Bloc the Seats It Needs to Oust Netanyahu. Hostility Toward Bedouin Society Is Likely to Spur High Turnout Here, While Residents Are Still Healing From the Wounds of October 7