The Jerusalem Report

Marketplace: Baby Boom

Why is Israel’s fertility rate at an all-time high?

GENIUS: Spiritual Zionism’s great opportunity

With the Diaspora shrinking, Judaism splintering, and antisemitism resurging, the Zionist vision that challenged Herzl’s can return as the Jewish nation’s new glue.

Hate: Herzl’s unfulfilled vow

The Jewish state that was promised as antisemitism’s cure has become its excuse, focus and obsession.

Faith: The Jews’ improbable divider

The religious electromagnetism that once connected distant Jewish communities is gone.

Faith: The Jews’ improbable divider

The religious electromagnetism that once connected distant Jewish communities is gone.

The reinvention of Jewish space

Israel’s imminent emergence as the Jewish nation’s demographic center will revolutionize Jewish history.

SOLIDARITY: THE MORNING AFTER PERSECUTION

Following the redemption of their Soviet, Ethiopian and Syrian brethren, the Jews’ historic commitment to each other is eroding.

VIEWPOINT: Israel-Diaspora relations now and then

Avital’s tragedy – and triumph

Sketchbook: Cheaper by the Dozen

The restless rabbinic spirit

‘East West Street’ – a remarkable Holocaust biography

“East West Street” is a most remarkable book and deserves the widest possible readership.

Are you a peach or a coconut?

Understanding cross-cultural differences in Israel

How it really was: A Wolfe without a donkey

Advice from an Israeli cabbie

Behind the headlines

‘The Syrian Patient’ tells the story of Syrians treated in Israeli hospitals, while ‘Line 881’ deals with the refugees taken in by Germany.

Faith and climate change

A conference in Israel focuses on how religions can play a role in protecting the environment

Eating bugs

The deplorable specter of hunger amidst plenty continues to stalk Israel and the world

LONDON IN JERUSALEM

With tea at the tower and cocktails in the citadel, the Tower of David Museum explores culture in the city during 1918-1948.

Breaking the royal logjam

THE FABRIC of Israel at 70

The challenges of contemporary fashion design

A woman of valor

Netta Barzilai’s journey to stardom defied musical convention, social norms, and Israel’s discontents.

Aliyev’s friendship

Israel’s unlikely ally in Azerbaijan

Leadership and narcissism

Should mental health experts be labeling political figures?

Helping people exercise their social rights