'Israel is a Jewish and democratic state,' Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, who proposed the bill, says. 'Anyone who doesn’t recognize that cannot serve as an ambassador'

If the judicial shakeup passes, coalition leaders discuss passing a law on the legislative process to make it harder for future Knessets to overturn the overhaul

For the first time, the Education Ministry anchored the state-Haredi stream in an official document, setting in place procedures for opening new schools and defining the obligations of local authorities to provide services for residents interested in them. The case of Kiryat Ata, however, shows that implementation still depends on the goodwill of mayors or local council heads

The horror of the video documenting the 2020 murder of George Floyd drove Israeli sculptor Dan Reisner to create a statue in his image, to be shown at the new International African American Museum in South Carolina

The New York City education department's scathing report on Haredi schools is fuel for the U.S. culture wars, but it's also a major blow to ultra-Orthodox demands for a fully autonomous, unaccountable education system – not just in New York

Since the formation of the state, the High Court of Justice has been able to block administrative government decisions if it deems them unreasonable. That may end very soon if the Netanyahu government gets its way