The Jerusalem Report

Secret genius in the desert

BGU’s Medical School for International Health seeks to make an impact on global medicine.

A second bar mitzvah

Life lessons passed down from generation to generation.

Beyond right and left

A clean-air activist’s surprise election as Haifa’s mayor is a turning point for Israel’s environmental activists, following decades of struggles with the powers that be.

The Hanukkah menorah and American symbolism

The Palestinians and human rights

The time has finally come to change the discourse on the Left.

Pittsburgh and Jerusalem

“Do we stop everything or do we continue life? We continue living. This will not define us.”

On ‘Refujews’ and refugees in America

14 Days: EMET prize

What happened in the last two weeks in Israel?

Love from Mississippi

Phil Bryant, governor of Mississippi, speaks about the U.S.-Israel relationship.

THE PEOPLE & THE BOOK: Challenging Chaucer

Censoring culture, or cutting budgets that encourage it, seems to be increasingly popular in the Jewish nation state.

The Steinsaltz Humash – with English on the right

Graphically, what sets it apart from most other Hebrew-English translations is the location of the texts on the page.

Schachat & sons: Ra’anana’s tour de force

Schachat and sons sang a diverse selection of popular music, joined by the superb ensemble known as the Ofer Portugaly Gospel Singers.

Marketplace: Snow-capped idea volcanoes

“I want to stress the importance of being young and technical. Young people are just smarter. Why are most chess masters under 30?”

How it really was!

Principles, pragmatism, Pittsburgh and Ben-Gurion.

David Frankfurter – the story of the other Herschel Grynszpan

Grynszpan allegedly perpetrated the crime in revenge for the deportation of his parents and siblings from Germany to Poland.

Mandla Mandela – importing conflict, creating dissent

Nelson Mandela had the unique ability to engage both sides of a conflict – he spoke to leaders from China and Tibet, the USA and Cuba, Palestinians and Israelis.

A Tower of Light: Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman

I asked people where to find the yeshiva? The talmud torah? Where can I find the kids? They told me I would find them in the disco.”

PEOPLE OF ISRAEL: Dalia Ballas Itzik

Dalia Itzik is the only woman in Israel to have served as Speaker of the Knesset and acting president. She was recently honored with the Henrietta Szold Award by Hadassah.

The imaginary threat of BDS

All that the public will remember of Alqasem’s trip to Israel is that the country’s authorities tried (unsuccessfully) to prevent her from entering Israel.

VIEWPOINT: Sa’ar versus Netanyahu

I feel bad that years ago I suggested to Netanyahu’s coalition partners in a Hebrew outlet a scenario resembling what Sa’ar is accused of concocting.

14 Days: Farag Studio

Top Israeli photographer Sivan Farag hosted a festive opening attended by many dignitaries of his family’s new studio in Hod Hasharon.

FROM THE EDITOR: Incredible people

Efrat’s Chief Rabbi Shlomo Riskin (Education), who made aliyah from New York, established a comprehensive educational network in Israel called Ohr Torah Stone.

Moses or Aaron – justice or mercy?

The Sages themselves constantly used the title Moshe Rabbenu – Moses our teacher – yet Hillel the Elder did not choose him as the model to be emulated, but rather Aaron. Why?

Chronicles of heartache

British historian Simon Schama’s second volume of Jewish history is a mixed bag of hits and misses.

Waging war on our children

Call it the “fiscal gap.”