Israeli Supreme Court
A ḥaredi rabbi and editor who also clerked on the Supreme Court, Pfeffer is uniquely positioned to talk about a major aspect of the current crisis.
An American political scientist and an Israeli media personality talk about the cleavages in Israeli society that have made the present debate over judicial reform so intense.
The member of Knesset and architect of the effort to reform Israel’s judiciary speaks about the issue.
An interview with Ruth Calderon, a Talmud scholar and former member of Knesset, on the Judaization of the Israeli public sphere—and much more.
The Israeli intellectual joins us to explain his country’s newest conversion controversy, and the underlying tensions it illuminates within Israeli public life.
Israel famously has no constitution. It turns out that’s no accident but rather the will of its first prime minister, who explains his thinking here.
Sacred cows and sacred spaces.
What laws will it overturn next?
Unintended consequences.
The people have already spoken.
A showdown between the judicial and legislative branches may be inevitable.
The conflict between the judiciary and the legislature puts Israel in a situation without clear precedents.
Its edict crippling lame-duck governments has led voters to rally around Prime Minister Netanyahu.
Israelis against judicial imperialism want a prime minister, even one under corruption charges, seeking legal reform.