Our Vision
Israel is a deeply fragmented and polarized country, but many see it only through this prism: “the secular and the Ultra-Orthodox are at war, the right-wing and the left-wing are constantly at loggerheads, Israeli Arabs are on the one hand discriminated against and on the other want nothing to do with Israel as a Jewish state,” and so on.
While there is some truth in all of these statements, there is another, different story under the radar: a nascent movement of Israelis from different communities who are turning their faces toward, not away from, each other.
Shaharit is a home for these Israeli movements. Our Ultra-Orthodox and secular activists talk together about how to make educational and religious policies for the common good; our Israeli-Arab and religious Zionist activists work on new approaches to Israel as a state with both a Jewish and democratic identity; our Mizrahi and Ashkenazi activists collaborate on innovative cultural models that draw from a diverse set of traditions and narratives.
