What you need to know as Israel’s Supreme Court begins debating law limiting its power
by Ben Sales (JTA) — For almost nine months, Israelis have been fighting over the future of their Supreme Court. Today, that battle has moved…
Politics
Labour Day: Amid a season of strikes, Jews reflect on their historic & current role in the union movement
by Alex Rose, Canadian Jewish News (CJN) – As the summer comes to an end, the economic and political climate are lining up with the…
How the Bible anticipated Israel’s fight over the judiciary
by Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — For those following the judicial reform crisis in Israel, this week’s Torah portion is almost too on the nose. For…
Where conflict is news, stories of Israeli-Palestinian cooperation go missing
by Michael M. Cohen (JTA) — In January 2001, I was working at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, located on Kibbutz Ketura along the Israeli-Jordanian…
Israel’s Supreme Court will hear challenge to law limiting its power
by Ben Sales TEL AVIV (JTA) — The Israeli Supreme Court has announced that it will hear petitions challenging a new law that limits its…