Kohelet

Kohelet was excluded in January from a list of some 140 nonprofits eligible for benefits.

Israel / Politics / Left vs. Right / Business and Economy

Kohelet Policy Forum Excluded from Israel’s Tax-Exempt List

The Jerusalem-based think tank is confident that it will ultimately be approved amid a Tax Authority probe into allegations of partisan political activity.

Analysis

Israel’s Reformers Look to US as Model for Selecting Judges

By David Isaac

Judges control the process in Israel. Reformers say that leads to groupthink.

Government / Left vs. Right / The Knesset / Headline

President Herzog Holds Secret Meeting with Kohelet Policy Forum to Discuss Judicial Reform Proposal

By Jewish Press News Desk

The meeting is part of a series of [secret and not-so-secret] meetings held by the president in recent days regarding judicial reform.

Featured / The Muqata

Chareidim Don't Work and Won't Go into the Army

By JoeSettler

Asking the right questions and looking at the data a little differently makes you realize that everything you've been told about Chareidim is wrong.

Op-Eds

Koheles: Guidelines For Living

By Dr. Janet S. Sunness

Over and over Koheles asks what is life worth, what is labor worth, tachas hashemesh, under the sun

Jewish / NY / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment

Modern Orthodox Students Meet to 'Slam' in Poetry Combat

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The students could have come from anywhere, but the content of many of the poems dealt with various aspects of their relationship to God and to Judaism.