Critics of religious influence talk about it as if it is a demon uniquely threatening Israel’s culture and society. It's not, writes an Israel Democracy Institute leader.
The mistreatment issue has entered public discussion over a bill that would solidify control of public mikvahs by the country's haredi Orthodox Chief Rabbinate.
Coming just three years after Pew's much-discussed report on American Jews, a new study of Israelis depicts a country sharply divided by religion and ethnicity.
