Miracles

Lighting Hanukkah candles in an age of Jewish anxiety - opinion

Hanukkah is no longer just a memory of survival. It is a test of Israel’s responsibility to Jews facing fear abroad.

Hatzalah in Sydney volunteers responding a mass shooting at Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia, December 14, 2025.
An illustrative image of a man reaching for medicine in a medicine cabinet.

Miracle in the medicine cabinet: A Simchat Torah story of healing and joy - opinion

A gold pendant of Jesus hangs in the window of a store in the jewelry district in downtown Los Angeles. (illustrative)

'God’s definitely real': Florida man survives bullet to the chest thanks to his cross

Samuel Vengrinovich

'Miracle' in Dharamsala: Missing American-Israeli hiker in India found alive after nine days


Syrian baby born on day of earthquake brought mother 'back to life'

After going into labour during an earthquake, the new mother had to deal with aftershocks in a makeshift maternity ward.

 Rescuers carry 30-year-old survivor Omer Faruk Telbisoglu on a stretcher after he was rescued, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Kahramanmaras, Turkey February 10, 2023.

Parashat Bo: Living a ‘miracle’

During specific and rare occasions, God decided to make nature work according to other rules. This is what we call a miracle.

 TORAH DEALS only with the ‘why’: US Army chaplain examines one of hundreds of Torah scrolls stolen from all over Europe by Nazi forces, in Frankfurt, Germany, 1945.

Man saved by insulated suit after struck by lightning while fishing on beach

A man is lucky to be alive after he was struck by lightning while fishing with his friend

 A general view of Haifa Port on July 24.

Is surviving a terror attack a divine reward or punishment? - opinion

Everyone deals with trauma in a different way and it’s important for people to process their pain in a way that works for them.

 AN ISRAELI flag hangs as a religious man ponders at the scene of a terror attack at the entrance to Jerusalem, on November 23.

Celebrating modern miracles at Hanukkah

As Jewish people around the world mark the miraculous story of the Festival of Lights, three people relate their own wondrous experiences for the 21st century.

 Hanukkah candles (illustrative)

Hanukkah: One last taste of sovereignty

We know what sovereignty tastes like. For centuries, Hanukkah kept that taste alive. We never forgot how Jews were meant to live. Hanukkah would not let us forget. 

 BRONZE OIL lamp uncovered in excavations at the City of David, Jerusalem.

Brazilian teen gave birth to twins - but they don't have the same father

This rare phenomenon is called heteropaternal superfecundation. It's quite common in cats and dogs, but it's rare in humans. Only a small handful of cases have been recorded.

 Illustrative photo of two babies holding hands

Jerusalem Day: Strength of our belief as miraculous as Israel's victory

The strength of our belief in ourselves as a nation is no less miraculous than the outcome of the war. This is a lesson for today, as well.

 ‘WHO EVER taught you how to be a general?’ David Ben-Gurion’s likeness decorates Tel Aviv’s Neveh Tzedek neighborhood.

Naomi’s Zyklon B Holocaust Hanukkah miracle 

About 20 people were in line for the Nazi gas chambers before her when Naomi’s Hanukkah miracle happened.

 Naomi Yakobovich and her granddaughter Doron, an officer in the IDF.

‘Medical miracle’: Elderly COVID patient leaves hospital after 100 days

The majority of older intubated patients do not make it out alive, and certainly not those with underlying medical conditions.

Ludmilla Sorostan