Social Justice

While the OECD’s recent economic report indeed heaps a great deal of praise upon Israel, that is only half the

This brief, data-based article published by the OECD Better Life Index overlays some of the OECD’s social findings with its

This write-up of a joint event hosted by the OECD and the Taub Institute for Social Policy Studies in Israel

This blog post by journalist Asaf Shimoni, independent contributor to the Times of Israel, suggests a surprising link between Israel’s

This insightful article from the Jerusalem Post looks at the case of Be’er Sheva and asks whether a peripheral community

This thought-provoking read from popular Israeli news outlet Haaretz explains three terms frequently heard in Israeli media but often misunderstood: the

Allocating more funding to elementary schools in Israel’s periphery is an important first step but it can’t end there, argues

This statistical report from the the Israel Democracy Institute looks at the longstanding education gap between Israel’s Haredi and general

Affirmative action could be the solution to closing the education gap between Israel’s advantaged and disadvantaged communities, according to this

Despite the seemingly enormous gaps that national statistics reveal between Arab and Jewish education, this article from The Times of Israel

The OECD’s recent report on Israel’s economy reveals some disturbing findings about the national prevalence of social inequality, explains this

An Innovation Driven Economy in the Periphery: A National Priority is a chapter from the Israel Innovation Authority‘s 2018 report on

While Israel’s economic boom has no doubt left some minority groups behind, this article posits that the problem is in

This 7-page report put out by the Meyers-JDC-Brookdale Institute—a leading center for applied social research in Israel—provides an overview of Israel’s poor. Haredim,

This informative article analyzes Israel’s lack of socio-economic equity as evidenced by the demographic divide present among its poor. Data

This academic article from the Israel Journal of Health Policy Research outlines the importance of bringing more primary healthcare physicians

Israel’s Haredi community continues to suffer from far higher poverty rates than the general population despite that the rates are

Residents of Israel’s periphery have poorer access to public resources—including education, transportation, and healthcare—than residents of its central regions. As

A recent Health Ministry report finds wide gaps between Jewish and Arab citizens’ health outcomes, according to this article from

Data from the Central Bureau of Statistics’ (CBS) Social Survey indicates a significant health gap between Israel’s Jewish and Arab

Objective statistics show a growing gap between the healthcare afforded to Israel’s Haredi and general populations. Nonetheless, recent studies suggest

The Israeli Haredi community has researchers scratching their heads: How is it that a group of such low socio-economic standing

At the end of 2018, research found Israel’s labor market to be in relatively good shape. And yet, even amid

Two groups of the Israeli population have long been underrepresented in its growing workforce: Arab women and Haredi men. This

This Times of Israel blog post by Professor Naomi Chazan explores the less-than-glamorous side of Israeli healthcare—inequitable accessibility, inadequate resources,

With unemployment rates in Israel’s peripheral regions soaring, many wonder what can be done to reverse the trend. In this

In attempts to lessen the opportunity gaps between Israel’s center and its periphery, the government announced in 2018 plans to

In 2018, Israel ranked 6th worldwide in Bloomberg’s annual Health Care Efficiency Index. But will Israel succeed in maintaining its