While Some Regard Jerusalem as a Symbol, the City Itself Is Burning

Tehila Friedman, former Knesset member of the Blue and White party, resident of Jerusalem and social activist, writes for Davar that this week's violence was caused by insensitivity to Jerusalem's unique needs | Personal Column

Victory Day: The Jewish Veterans of Russia’s Red Army

Half a million Jews fought the Nazis as Russian soldiers | “Educating about the story of Jewish heroism in the Red Army is an attempt to expand the common Jewish story”

“The Disintegration of Nationalism is the Beginning of the Disintegration of Social Solidarity”

Professor Yuli Tamir, a founder of Peace Now, talks about nationalism in an uncommon way, and discusses liberalism and democracy both in Israel and as universal concepts: “The liberal left is losing because it does not know how to balance its own values with values that are important to other people”

A Day of Mourning, A Day of Reckoning

45 dead, 150 injured in a stampede on Lag BaOmer, Israel’s largest mass casualty event | Rising evidence suggests that this tragedy was only a matter of time

May Day: Voices of the Workers

An electrician, a window cleaner, a baker, a janitorial manager, a factory worker and a technician’s apprentice: Israel’s workers tell their stories

Carmiel Cemetery Workers Struggle, and Succeed, to Improve Conditions

Ultra-Orthodox women who perform Jewish burial rituals at the Carmiel cemetery worked without vacations and sick days | "We receive calls at any hour of the day, we encounter very difficult things. We wanted to improve our working conditions"

Histadrut to Subsidize Vocational Training To Help Workers Reenter Market

In the wake of the pandemic and its mass unemployment, the Histadrut’s subsidized academic programs help workers reenter the workforce | Arnon Ben David: “As the head of Israel’s largest union, I am proud to launch this project, which will help workers improve and develop their skills”

An Unrecognized Village, Powered by Solar Energy

The Bedouin village of Al Sera in the Negev, home to about 500 people, struggles for state recognition while building its own autonomous and environmental infrastructure

One of the Bereaved Remembers her Fallen

20 years after the murder of Esh Kodesh Gilmore by a terrorist, Inbal Gilmore, his widow, tells about the special person he was, his daughter who never knew her father, and the new family they established | In honor of Yom HaZikaron, Memorial Day for the Fallen Soldiers of the Wars of Israel and Victims of Actions of Terrorism

Celebrating 73 Years of Independence: Israel From Above

Renowned aerial photographer Israel Bardugo dedicated his time during the lockdowns to photographing the empty landscapes of Israel | “You end up taking hundreds of pictures to achieve one perfect frame”

Stories of the Holocaust Untold: Hungarian Youth Movements Conducted Heroic Rescue Operation

Zionist youth movements Smuggled 15,000 Hungarian Jews out of Europe during the Holocaust | "Israel did not talk about it at all, because it did not fit the ethos of heroism"

Israel Katz and Joe Biden: The Difference Is in Their Worldview

Israel's Minister of Finance tried to equate his paltry infrastructure package to US president's visionary and far-reaching plan | Opinion

In Breakthrough Event, Holocaust Testimony Reaches Arab World

For International Holocaust Day in January, survivor Vera Kriegel told her story on Zoom to representatives from Bahrain, Syria, Saudia Arabia and the United Arab Emirates: “It excites me so much that it is precisely these people who so want to know about the Jews”

“The Yom Kippur War of the Healthcare System”

Dr. Miki Halbertal led the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa in the fight against coronavirus | According to him, healthcare is “constantly on the verge of collapse” due to chronic underfunding | "The system needs an injection of resources”

The Elections, by Income Level

Higher income sectors prefer center-left while the poorer vote for the religious parties | Likud voters are dominantly middle class | Davar Analysis