Income inequality in Israel: neither capitalism nor Netanyahu are to blame

This article is in response to Miriam Pinski’s piece entitled “Income inequality in Israel: Netanyahu’s neo-conservative policies,” which was published in Ha’Am on Sunday, March 10, 2013. I would like to make it clear that I respect the writer of…

Ultra-Orthodox Jews, unemployment rates, and the Israeli economy

As Americans and inevitable participants in this country’s financial infrastructure, we are all acutely aware of the unforgiving crisis engulfing the economy of the United States and spreading to the rest of the world. In the wake of the ailing…