Unity

Finding unity after trauma - opinion

There are rays of hope and healing that are slowly piercing their way through the dark shadows hovering over the Jewish state.

 Palestinian Hamas militants release female Israeli soldier Agam Berger held in Gaza since the deadly October 7 2023 attack, as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, January 30, 2025.
WORDS, WORDS, WORDS.

Parashat Ki Teitzei: Words are tearing us apart

ELUL IS a deep dive into ourselves.

Elul: Facing ourselves, facing one another - opinion

DEMONSTRATORS CALL for the release of the hostages and an end to the Israel-Hamas War, in Tel Aviv this week. Israel will survive its external enemies; the greater question is whether we will overcome our internal divisions, says the writer.

Israel can overcome external enemies but its internal divisions are far more dangerous - opinion


Prison commissioner turned bridge builder: Healing Israel's religious-secular divide

"The most important component of our national security is social cohesion" - How one woman tackles the conflicts others avoid.

JPost sits down with Orit Adato.

Israeli unity creates space for resilience, strength, and presence of divine - opinion

When the Jewish people are truly united, their potential grows; boundaries dissolve, and what once appeared impossible becomes attainable.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG and his wife, Michal, visit the scene where an Iranian missile landed in Beersheba.

Jewish unity is no longer optional - opinion

Do we want to keep pouring energy into internal feuds? Now is the moment to build bridges – within Israel, between Israel and the Diaspora, and across our global Jewish communities.

 THE BORDER area with the Gaza Strip, last week: No army, no matter how brave, can win the long war if the people behind them are at war with themselves, the writer states.

The true Israel: Let's stop apologizing for our strength and know that the best is ahead - opinion

The majority of Israelis want a strong, secure state that asserts its sovereignty, defends its borders, and protects its citizens.

 PEOPLE SHOP in the Mahaneh Yehuda market in Jerusalem. Israelis from every background and belief are the engine of our national resilience, the writer asserts.

Now is the time for a unity government to provide clarity within the chaos - editorial

Now is precisely the moment for our leaders to step into that space and embody that sense of unity with a broad, all-encompassing national unity government.

 Israeli foreign minister and Head of the Yesh Atid party Yair Lapid walks next to Head of opposition and head of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu at the assembly hall for a special session in memory of Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben Gurion, on November 8, 2021.

If we’re so smart, why are we so divided? Rethinking Jewish unity - opinion

If we can win Nobel prizes for economics or medicine, imagine the legacy of those who crack the code of Jewish unity.

 An illustrative image of an Israeli flag shattered like glass.

'Jewish Concepts of Divine Oneness:' What does it mean to say ‘Hashem is One’? - review

Whether seen as a statement of exclusive loyalty, divine unity, or cosmic uniqueness, the “Shema” serves as a window into the diversity of Jewish monotheistic expression.

 People dance with a Sefer Torah, Jerusalem

The Jewish community comes together when facing antisemitism - opinion

Antisemites do not distinguish between Jews recognized by Orthodox Halacha, liberal denominations, or even apostates. Their hatred is blind to these categories.

YARON LISCHINSKY and Sarah Milgrim were murdered as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum last month. The writer wonders: How might we soften the boundaries of Jewish peoplehood by considering those who choose or are forced into the fate of being Jewish?

The real challenge of Israel's independence is our unity - opinion

In public discourse, instead of listening, we attack. Instead of seeing the other as someone who wants good for this country, we label them an enemy; instead of seeking to understand, we hate.

Israeli flags are seen at Mount Herzl Cemetery in Jerusalem, April 28, 2025

The final frontier: Amotz Asa-El on settling the Negev as a project to unify Israel

It’s a revival of David Ben-Gurion’s dream of “conquering the desert,” though updated within the parameters of the latest technological, environmental, and sociological developments.

 Amotz Asa-El.

Beneath the division: Israel's hidden thread of empathy - opinion

Perhaps what matters most is our ability to discern these quiet signs of hope amid the cacophony of conflict—and not forget them when the noise eventually subsides.

 AIMING FOR the strengthening of Israeli unity, people gather with Israeli flags at one of some 100 locations around the country, in Hispin, Golan Heights, in August.