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The raucous and roundabout story of Reform Judaism

Haaretz - 00:48 May 22, 2026

A short history of how a movement founded to make synagogues feel less 'Jewy' spent two centuries quietly putting the Jewishness back
How mental health apps turn emotional confessions into data

Haaretz - 00:00 May 22, 2026

Users instinctively trust apps marketed as 'confidential.' Research finds many embedded undisclosed advertising trackers
Israel Prison Service doubles down on guards' conduct in Ben-Gvir flotilla video

Haaretz - 21:29 May 21, 2026

Ben-Gvir's video drew widespread international condemnation, with even Netanyahu disavowing the actions, but the IPS stood behind its conduct: 'All actions were carried out in accordance with procedures'
Netanyahu's popularity at its lowest ever among U.S. Jews, poll finds

Haaretz - 20:41 May 21, 2026

Issues like affordability and democracy trump antisemitism and Israel ahead of the midterm election, the non-partisan U.S. Jewish Voters Resource Center found in a survey of 800 Jewish voters
Israel, Gaza absent from long-awaited DNC report on 2024 presidential election

Haaretz - 20:29 May 21, 2026

The document has done little to quell concerns from pro-Palestinian activists who believe party orthodoxy played a major role in Kamala Harris' 2024 loss and could potentiall sway elections in 2026 and 2028
Trump has to forget about Ahmadinejad and make Iran a real offer

Haaretz - 19:25 May 21, 2026

Was Israel pushing regime change as long as two decades ago? Either way, the Ahmadinejad option is loony, and the Gulf states have explained to the U.S. president that time is on Tehran's side

Tags: Ahmadinejad
Poland intends to bar Ben-Gvir from entering country over video showing treatment of Gaza flotilla activists

Haaretz - 18:23 May 21, 2026

After Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir publicly taunted detained pro-Palestinian activists, including Polish citizens, from the Global Sumud Flotilla, Poland's Internal Affairs Ministry said it began a legal procedure for an entry ban
Germany indicts suspects in Iran-linked plot to target Jewish leaders

Haaretz - 17:42 May 21, 2026

One suspect is accused of working for Iran's Revolutionary Guards intelligence service and gathering information on leading German Jewish figures
Hundreds of Jewish leaders decry Israel's U.S. ambassador calling J Street 'a cancer'

Haaretz - 17:17 May 21, 2026

The letter, signed by 571 Jewish American politicians, diplomats and rabbis, said that a representative of Israel 'should not sow division but build relationships across differences,' following Ambassador Leiter's statements calling the pro-Israel liberal group J Street 'a cancer'

Tags: Street
He was Israel's Jon Stewart. Now he's on a mission to free young voters from Netanyahu's hold

Haaretz - 17:02 May 21, 2026

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?
Israeli politicians keep warning us about 'October 6 mentality.' What if it's exactly what we need?

Haaretz - 16:39 May 21, 2026

Many lament the internal divisions in the period before October 7 and the right-wing has turned 'October 6' into a metaphor for the supposed failings of the Oslo Accords. But that period saw a fervent, focused civic effort that succeeded in deterring and deferring the hyperactive assault on democratic institutions

Tags: October
How Trump's second term marks the ascendance of the new Jewish Orthodox right

Haaretz - 16:32 May 21, 2026

Not long ago, it would have been unthinkable that a U.S. president would hold a national Shabbat event without major Jewish communal institutions. But they have been replaced by Orthodox Jewish groups who are eager to ally with the Christian majority
Israel's U.S. envoy says minister's verbal attack on Reform MK in Knesset was 'disgusting'

Haaretz - 16:30 May 21, 2026

Following May Golan's statement that MK and Reform rabbi Gilad Kariv marries dogs in his 'delusional synagogues,' Ambassador Leiter said that he intends to formally apologize for the remarks. Earlier this week, he called the pro-Israel liberal J Street 'a cancer within the Jewish community'

Tags: Reform
Mainstream diaspora Jewish groups condemn Ben-Gvir's 'counterproductive' humiliation of Gaza flotilla activists

Haaretz - 15:15 May 21, 2026

International Jewish and pro-Israel groups condemned Itamar Ben-Gvir over his treatment of detained Gaza flotilla activists, saying it undermines Israel's standing and values. The criticism followed videos of restrained activists being taunted, which groups called an illegal 'public humiliation

Tags: Gaza
How Netanyahu's laughing-stock defense minister keeps the political base happy

Haaretz - 15:05 May 21, 2026

Israel Katz excels at identifying the worst thoughts among the Likud hard core and acting accordingly. He's also good at condoning Jewish terror as he exploits his post for political purposes, a new approach for an Israeli defense minister
Israeli crowdfunder removes campaign for Sally Rooney Hebrew translation over West Bank boycott clause

Haaretz - 14:47 May 21, 2026

Headstart removed a campaign to fund the Hebrew translation of Sally Rooney's book after it had been online for one day. While the publisher claims it followed political pressure, the platform cites policy and legal concerns
$34m for a view of the Old City: Unique Jerusalem apartment sold to American ultra-Orthodox buyer

Haaretz - 12:36 May 21, 2026

A company owned by billionaire Alfred Akirov has sold the undeveloped space that looks out onto the Old City. The sale shows that Israel's luxury home market still has steam

Tags: Old City
Mojtaba Khamenei says enriched uranium must stay in Iran, Iranian sources say

Haaretz - 10:59 May 21, 2026

Mojtaba Khamenei's order could further frustrate Trump and complicate talks on ending the US-Israeli war on Iran. Netanyahu has said he will not consider the war over until Iran's enriched uranium is removed

Tags: Iran Mojtaba Khamenei
All Gaza flotilla detainees deported from Israel, Foreign Ministry says

Haaretz - 10:06 May 21, 2026

The Israeli ministry's statement comes after reports that Turkey would fly over 70 of its citizens detained by Israel as well as citizens of other countries. Their arrest drew international condemnation after footage shared online showed detainees bound and taunted

Tags: Israel
'Why should Israel belong to a Belgian Jew more than to a Druze from the Carmel?'

Haaretz - 10:06 May 21, 2026

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

Tags: Israel

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