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Majority of Israelis support deal that returns all hostages even if it means ending war - poll

BY MOSHE COHEN — Sat, 21 Dec 2024 16:49:57 GMT

The poll also found that 61% of Israelis think the IDF should remain stationed near the Syrian border until the situation in Syria stabilizes.

'Palestinian children's blood is on your hands', hon. Israel consul in Florence told

BY FELICE FRIEDSON/THE MEDIA LINE — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 20:13:37 GMT

The criticism of Carrai comes even as his hospital cares for Palestinian children. He tells TML how he plans to fight hate.

IDF: This is the true identity of Hamas terrorist Abu Obaida

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 15:39:00 GMT

Hudhayfah Kahlot, as named by the Israeli military's Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee, "hides behind his red keffiyeh just as Hamas hides behind civilian facilities."

The week in readers' pictures

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 16:04:36 GMT

Jerusalem Post readers send us their best shots from the week of June 23, 2020.

'The Moon Is Almost Full': Chana Bloch's poignant struggle with sarcoma

BY ROBERT HIRSCHFIELD — Thu, 07 May 2020 19:30:30 GMT

Bloch's battle with the aggressive sarcoma she lived with in her final years is the subject of The Moon Is Almost Full, her posthumously published collection.

Three book reviews, one of them my own

BY RABBI RAYMOND APPLE — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 13:51:13 GMT

I have a bias in favour of this book. I am both the author and the reviewer. The book was written by me, but I still think it is a good piece of work.

Reclaiming the narrative of this Vietnamese family's story from Hollywood

BY DIANA NELSON JONES — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 06:10:31 GMT

A family saga on the enduring Vietnamese spirit over a century of conflict

Building a strong intimate relationship in literature

BY STEPHEN G. DONSHIK — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 05:55:38 GMT

Presenting once-taboo subjects to the religious community in a clear way

The week in readers' pictures (March 13)

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Sun, 15 Mar 2020 13:01:30 GMT

Jerusalem Post readers send us their snaps and shots from the week.

Birthday blues

BY HADASSAH CHEN — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 14:57:21 GMT

"If he says 'Good morning' and then 'Happy birthday,' he has no heart. If he says 'Happy birthday' before 'Good morning,' he’s an idiot."

Fighting sexual harassment at work

BY AMY KAUFMAN / LOS ANGELES TIMES (TNS) — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 14:45:47 GMT

In ‘Whistleblower,’ Susan Fowler reveals the toll of speaking out against Uber.

The week in readers' pictures

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF — Sun, 08 Mar 2020 15:40:08 GMT

Jerusalem Post readers send us their snaps and shots from the week.

Lesley Manville and Liam Neeson give star performances in ‘Ordinary Love’

BY KENNETH TURAN — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 12:55:58 GMT

A powerful story told in this unrated, 1 hour and 32 minute long film.

Hilarious Hebrew - a story of two Ra'anana veterans

BY ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 14:42:41 GMT

They can have a good laugh at these misadventures and chose to take in stride even the more frustrating roadblocks to their absorption.

The world from a wheelchair

BY TALIA LEVIN — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 12:55:55 GMT

As I struggled to pass a 3-cm-high step without tipping myself over, the people of Israel around me mostly busied themselves with their phones

Olivér Rácz, Righteous Among the Nations

BY KATRINA LANTOS SWETT — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 12:22:22 GMT

A translated article about his grandfather, a Hungarian-Slovak storyteller, who wrote 25 years ago under the original title “The Death Camps Were Liberated Fifty Years Ago.”

Abraham Lincoln and the Jews

BY DAVID GEFFEN — Thu, 13 Feb 2020 11:36:56 GMT

When I entered the American army in 1965 as a Jewish chaplain, I was unaware of what Lincoln had done to ensure there could be a Jewish chaplaincy.

Aliyah story: ‘This is our country and this is where we need to be’

BY ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 19:34:12 GMT

Toronto native Yehudit Shier moved to Israel in 1973, in the middle of the Yom Kippur War. She was only 18.

When kids do their homework – in hospitals

BY ILANA SHTOTLAND — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 17:07:37 GMT

More youth have been employed or doing their national service in hospitals, under a new framework.

From Norway to the Negev

BY ANAV SILVERMAN PERETZ — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 16:40:58 GMT

How a Scandinavian grandmother is leaving a permanent footprint in the sands of Israel.

What the Local Testimony (Edut Mekomit) exhibition reveals about Israel

BY BARRY DAVIS — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 16:24:04 GMT

The Local Testimony (Edut Mekomit) exhibition currently on display at the Eretz Israel Museum in Ramat Aviv is a microcosm of the Israeli reality.

Looking forward to 2020 books

BY LAURIE HERTZEL — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 01:32:38 GMT

Works about racism, drug cartels, climate change and Elizabethan England are on deck.

A math loving, star-gazing mystic - the Vilna Gaon reexamined

BY ARI KAHN — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 08:16:09 GMT

2020 marks 300 years since we were gifted with the extraordinary Torah mind of the Vilna Gaon.

Ben Ish Hai responds to hassidic manna

BY LEVI COOPER — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 08:12:21 GMT

While Jewish law does not have a doctrine of binding precedent, there is still a notion of persuasive precedent.

Meeting life’s challenges: Deborah's journey to Israel and Judaism

BY SUSAN DE LA FUENTE — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 19:32:49 GMT

The challenges of raising two special-needs children from foster care and conflicting parenting styles proved too stressful for her husband. Devorah, however, was determined to proceed with adoption.

Saving Palmahim Beach

BY YAAKOV BAR-ON — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 16:13:00 GMT

It’s highly doubtful that anyone visiting Palmahim Beach a while back would have taken much notice of the two young women sitting on the sand together engrossed in conversation.

How a Jewish engineer dared to leave Russia to build a new land

BY KENNETH COLLINS — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 20:19:21 GMT

From the Russian Revolution to the earliest days of the State of Israel, a young man’s idealism and hard work continue to inspire today.

Egypt: The land where I shouldn’t be

BY LAURA BEN-DAVID — Thu, 28 Nov 2019 16:29:09 GMT

Our friends, when we told them of our plans, mostly thought we were nuts. “Why would you go to Egypt?” - “Aren’t you scared to go to Egypt?!”

How to eat well, feel well...... look well and be well

BY BARBARA SCHIPPER — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 14:24:46 GMT

To understand how we’ve been led down a path to poor health let’s look at the influences that have been shaping our eating habits. We’ve been subjected to myths, untruths and misinformation.

Holocaust survival thanks to Schindler's list for life in America

BY SUZANNE POLLAK — Wed, 20 Nov 2019 19:41:52 GMT

Halina Silber tells her story of being saved via Schindler’s list and rebuilding her life in America.