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Wedding invitation from 1955: A stroll through cherished memories - opinion

A simple wedding invitation from over 60 years ago provides memories of family and the moments that shaped a life.

The Writer's wedding invitation from 1955, to take place in Melbourne’s St. Kilda  Synagogue.
Raising their flags in berets.

When first graders in Modi’in sang 'You Won’t Defeat Me,' I cried - opinion

Entrance hall of the Supreme Court, decorated with a section of mosaic pavement recovered from the 5th-to-8th-century Hamat Gader synagogue, near the Golan Heights.

'Rogue Justice': Exploring how Israel’s top court turned into a political powerhouse - review

The Irgun Museum in Tel Aviv.

'The Gavriel Tirosh Affair': Unforgettable teacher, lingering memory - review


Ancient maps, scorched books, and survival art: Inside Israel Museum’s winter exhibitions

The Israel Museum opens its new winter fare with ancient charts, abstract paintings, compelling graphics, and alfresco beauty.

A New Map of the Promised Holy Land,’ by Dutch father and son Justus Danckert the Elder and Cornelis Danck erts the Younger, dating to around 1700, has our coastline running west to east.

Not a status, but series of moments: What it truly means to become Israeli - opinion

A British immigrant reflects on becoming Israeli, through war, work, family, and small daily moments that shape a true sense of belonging in Israel.

A woman picking out produce at a market.

Parashat Teruma: Sanctifying the heart

Each person is a walking Temple; each has the power to build a dwelling place for the Creator of the world within his or her heart.

 Stars bursting above the triangular peak of the mountain that may be Mount Sinai in the middle of the night, in Saudi Arabia.

Parashat Teruma: Religion in partial measures

Even the ark’s imperfect measurements teach a profound lesson: living God’s will is a human endeavor, full of effort, devotion, and partial success.

 Timna Park tabernacle.

Where heroes fell, tulips now bring color and comfort

Red tulips planted by Dutch Christian supporters of Israel, bringing color, comfort, and renewed hope to Gaza border communities that are still healing from the October 7 massacre.

Dutch volunteers plant tulips with children in November, in the agricultural community of Mivtachim along the Gaza border.

The 11th commandment: Choose it or lose it - opinion

Embracing life in Israel is a spiritual mitzvah that connects Jews to God, their history, and religion.

 ‘I want to suggest an unwritten 11th commandment: To live in the Land of Israel.’

'The Jewish Journey Through Loss': Combining halacha and psychology in order to heal - review

The wisdom of clinical psychologist Dr. Batya Ludman and Jewish educator Gina Junger combine to create a book that balances both psychology and Jewish law.

HELPING MOURNERS to heal.

How a machzor survived over six centuries and Nazi attacks to make it to Israel

The first volume of the machzor was completed in1272 in Wurzburg, Germany. Today, it is displayed in the National Library in Jerusalem.

‘WORMS MACHZOR,’ 1280; reconstructed cover, Volume 2.

Tsuki Garbian's exhibition 'A Very Still Life' deconstructs and reconstructs art on canvas

In his new solo exhibition, Garbian traces the delicate tension between the enduring lessons of the Old Masters and the urgency of the present

Tsuki Garbian’s art: ‘SPANGA HOME,’ 2025.

'Emily Saw a Door': Learning to create spaces for each other with creativity, acceptance - review

A story that encourages and empowers children to find the right place for them, or even to create their own.

EMILY’S JOURNEY in the land of doors. Artwork by Orit Magia