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Israeli Scene
Israel at 75: A Special Issue
Exploring the sociopolitical forces, arts, culture and food that have defined modern Israel since its independence in 1948.

Exploring the sociopolitical forces, arts, culture and food that have defined modern Israel since its independence in 1948.
Israeli Scene
Israel’s ‘Ethnic Democracy’
Israel has made a critical mistake over the years in not being more explicit about its unique kind of democracy, writes author and scholar Daniel Gordis.

Israel has made a critical mistake over the years in not being more explicit about its unique kind of democracy, writes author and scholar Daniel
Israeli Scene
Abortion in Israel: Relatively Easy to Get, Hard to Discuss
The discourse over abortion differs dramatically between the United States and Israel, where the procedure is legal and barely a political issue.

The discourse over abortion differs dramatically between the United States and Israel, where the procedure is legal and barely a political issue.
American View Israeli Scene
Orthodox Women Are Saying: Lights, Camera, Action!
Fed up with policies that remove women’s images from publications, a number of Orthodox women are fighting back—with photo shoots!

Fed up with policies that remove women’s images from publications, a number of Orthodox women are fighting back—with photo shoots!
Health + Medicine
Helping Children Deal With Trauma
Young victims of pandemic stress learn coping strategies at Hadassah Hospital.

Young victims of pandemic stress learn coping strategies at Hadassah Hospital.
Israeli Scene
What Will Israel Look Like at 100?
Asking the tough questions is our responsibility, says former Ambassador Michael Oren.

Asking the tough questions is our responsibility, says former Ambassador Michael Oren.

A new effort to include learned women—often titled rabbanit—into matters of Jewish law hopes to advance these scholars' standing in the Orthodox world.