Society

Twenty years on, Israel at Heart celebrates the Ethiopian families who made the journey twice

Two decades after its founding, Israel at Heart honors the Ethiopian-Israeli families whose sacrifices paved the way for a new generation of students, soldiers and leaders.

AUGUST 2, 2026|ByIN COLLABORATION WITH REICHMAN UNIVERSITY

The Israel at Heart current cohort with RUNI VP Jonathan Davis and Philanthropist Joey Low.

A historical look at how chance-based games shaped culture, law, and society in the Middle East.

Games of chance and society in the Middle East

JULY 2, 2026|ByIN COOPERATION WITH BAZOOM

A man fixes the United Arab Emirates’ national flag to the roof of his house in Dubai, after a call by the UAE’s vice president, prime minister, and ruler of Dubai, urging people across the country to hoist the flag as a symbol of unity and pride.

What threat model did the UAE confront, and why should we care? - opinion

Iran’s Velayat-e Faqih was an operational, overt, dangerous sleeper cell; the United Arab Emirates State Security Service took it down

MAY 10, 2026|BySALEM ALKETBI

Children at Beersheba’s Hagar bilingual school read together

The language gap – and why it matters - opinion

How is it that we live in a country where millions of people speak Arabic, yet we, as a society, barely know the language?

APRIL 26, 2026|ByNACHSHON MEIR SPIEGELMAN

Step-siblings become spouses: How do their parents react?

Step-siblings Matilda and Smalley's love story defies social norms as they navigate criticism and judgment to be together.

NOVEMBER 28, 2023ByMAARIV

Matilda and Samoli, brothers who became husband and wife

Spitting at Christians is wrong and dangerous - comment

Spitting at people – at their feet, their places of worship, on their clothes, in their faces – is bad and repulsive and unkind and disgusting and wrong.

OCTOBER 4, 2023ByHERB KEINON

GREEK ORTHODOX Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III leads the ‘Washing of the Feet’ ceremony outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City in April.

Conformity hinders task performance in groups - study

The study’s findings reveal that while conformity does not influence group performance in stable environments, it hinders it in temporally variable settings.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Group of diverse people having a business meeting.

From high-tech workers to tourists, Meir Panim draws volunteers from all walks of life

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Monday.com employees visited Meir Panim as a part of a team-building retreat

Grapevine September 10, 2023: Short-term posting

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

US AMBASSADOR Jack Lew speaks in Washington in 2016, when he was secretary of the Treasury.

Social cohesion is not an impossible dream - opinion

The basic yearning for social cohesion requires a reevaluation of the educational system.

AUGUST 11, 2023ByRUTH WASSERMAN LANDE

FIRST-GRADE students walk to a school in Tel Aviv, on the first day of classes, last September 1. How does one promote social cohesion when children are currently educated in completely separate streams?

How 'Barbie' earworm 'I'm Just Ken' brings toxic masculinity to its knees

In just over 5 minutes, “I’m Just Ken” resolves the narrative and emotional arc of Ken, transforming him from a petty, vengeful villain into a man who got caught up in society’s toxic masculinity.

AUGUST 5, 2023ByASHLEY LEE/LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS