According to a recent poll, the more engaged American Jews are in Jewish religious life – whether Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform – the stronger their attachment to Israel.
After 50 years in Israel, one immigrant explores the enduring ties between her American roots and her Israeli home.
On a tour of the Negev, I learned that the threat is not just the smuggling of weapons over Israel’s borders via drones – some of which can carry 150 kilograms of arms – but the drones themselves.
The lesson is simple: calls for death fuel more killing. Once any society exposes itself to the Pandora’s Box of state-sponsored killings of prisoners, all bets on civilized humanity are off.
The Temple's restoration begins with restoring unity, justice, and shared responsibility in society.
The only practical foundation for any future arrangement will emerge only when a profound change in Palestinian consciousness takes place.
A kosher meal in a hospital should be boring, a footnote, one line on a dietary form swallowed up in the vast machinery of clinical care. Instead, it has become a test of nerve.
A country that wants to lead the free world must first and foremost demonstrate its ability to confront its own problems.
Iran has not only built a massive missile program; it has turned missiles into a standalone strategic language, using them as a deterrent, a means of pressure, and a message of influence.
In Alaska, one is reminded that the world neither revolves around Israel nor is obsessed with it.
Democracy’s greatest strength has always rested upon something deeper: the belief that despite our disagreements, there exists a common good that is worth pursuing together.
