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Shuki Friedman

Apr 30, 2024, 2:37 PM

A people that dwells alone? We will not survive

Israel's ability to survive is based on a Jewish-Zionist-democratic core of values shared by the majority of Israelis and a determination to fight for it; ground-breaking scientific capabilities; and powerful strategic backing. The current government's policies undermine these foundations...

Jan 29, 2024, 3:48 PM

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The dangerous fantasy of independence from the US

An Israeli mobile artillery unit fires a shell from southern Israel towards the Gaza Strip, in a position near the Israel-Gaza border on December 10, 2023. (AP/ Leo Correa)

Frustrating as it may be, Israel's defense sector can't fill in the supply gaps opened by months of high-intensity warfare

Dec 28, 2023, 12:42 PM

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Protest politics endangers the hostages

A protester carries an umbrella calling for the return of Israeli hostages held in Gaza since the October 7 attack, in Tel Aviv on December 23, 2023. (Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)

No matter what we think of the government, our duty is to ensure that nothing delays the return of the captives in Gaza

Nov 26, 2023, 1:16 PM

Thank you, American Jewish community

One of the crises roiling Israel in recent years is the chasm that has gradually opened up between it and American Jewry – the world’s largest Diaspora community. There are a number of factors underlying this crisis, only some...

Oct 30, 2023, 3:53 PM

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Faith restored…in Israelis

Israeli volunteers help out with pomegranade harvest at kibbutz Kfar Menahem, southern Israel on October 29 2023. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90

From the ruins of our faith in our leaders and in the government, a new faith is springing up with extraordinary force

Oct 2, 2023, 4:34 PM

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A green oasis for the soul: What just one good-news post can do

Amidst the endless flow of bad news and toxic messaging, even a single positive post can bring light to the darkness

Jul 24, 2023, 10:26 AM

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Civil war is not a luxury we can afford

Anti-government protestors burn tires near Beit Yanai, Israel, March 27, 2023.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Given the many threats Israel faces, social fracturing could bring catastrophic loss of life and infrastructural collapse

Jun 26, 2023, 4:18 PM

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The worst possible way to appoint local rabbis

Illustrative: Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau (L) and Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef convene an emergency meeting against a new proposal to overhaul the conversion to Judaism system, on June 3, 2018. (Courtesy of the Chief Rabbinate spokesperson)

A contemptible new bill would create a patronage system for appointing rabbinic functionaries with no religious authority

Jun 8, 2023, 12:15 PM

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Do not give up on Judaism: It’s what makes Zionism profound

Likud party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu, right, shakes hands with United Torah Judaism party leader Yitzchak Goldknopf in the Knesset plenum on November 21, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The liberal camp must fight for Israel's Jewishness, or the Haredim and the religious-nationalists will hobble the country with their version of Judaism

Feb 23, 2023, 4:25 PM

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The unhealthy law against chametz in hospitals

There’s one thing such a law most likely won’t do, and that’s keeping chametz from being brought into hospitals

About Me

Dr. Shuki Friedman is the vice president of the Jewish People Policy Institute and a lecturer of law at the Peres Academic Center. His book, 'Being a Nation-State in the Twenty-First Century: Between State and “Synagogue” in Modern Israel' was recently published by Academic Studies Press.