The Dead Sea Scrolls are in self-isolation — but they mean more than ever
The scrolls may have gone back to the cave, so to speak, but they haven’t disappeared.
Israeli Haredim, blamed for COVID outbreaks, could see their communities forever changed
Secular Israelis are blaming Haredi attitudes for COVID outbreaks, but community members point to crowded living conditions and limited technology.
Lovers of street protest, Israelis take their anger to computer screens, cars, balconies
“I can’t stay at home when I see all these bad things happening,” she said. “I am very happy we did find a way to say what we believe in.”
Savoring a last hour at the beach, as new coronavirus rules descend on Israel
It’s a spit of dirty sand — not glamorous. Yet there were other people there, like me, visiting the beach for the last time, until who knows when.
Arab and Jewish Israeli politicians work together in coalitions— but only at the local level
In Lod, a city of 75,000 people in the shadow of Ben Gurion Airport, a Jewish mayor from the Likud Party, who once stormed a mosque to try to stop the broadcasting of prayers, has joined forces with Arab members of the City Council to invest tens of millions of shekels in school construction and renovation in what the mayor calls a “revolution in Arab education.”
In Israel, a radical textbook for asylum seekers teaches Hebrew — minus Zionism
“Here and Now” is designed to reflect the lives of asylum seekers in Israel.
From the heart of Israel, a voice for Iranians
During the Iran-Iraq war of 1980 to 1988, up to six million people in Iran were regularly listening to Amir’s broadcasts.
On a sunny day in Tel Aviv, startup nation’s tech workers unfazed by data debacle
“It’s common knowledge generally in Israel that your data gets leaked all the time. Your data is out there, it’s happening.”
Should We Be Colorizing Photographs From Auschwitz?
Is it a failure of our collective imagination that we cannot see the subjects’ humanity in black and white, only in color?
Christians Are Studying Torah — In Israel And Online — To Get Closer To Jesus
Thousands of Christians are learning Torah from Jews online, in classes and in the Israeli parliament. It’s increasingly common, and controversial.