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Kim Jong Un inspects missile tests aboard North Korean destroyer Kang Kon

Test included checks of target-detection and information-processing capabilities, integrated firepower systems, naval guns, automatic cannons, and electronic warfare equipment.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observes an assessment of the newly built naval destroyer Kang Kon's combat systems, including the test firing of a strategic cruise missile, at an unknown location in North Korea, July 3, 2026.
"A historical overview of gambling in the Middle East, from ancient civilizations to modern regulation."

A historical overview of gambling in the Middle East

Exploring the Evolution of Modern Architecture

ISRAEL’S FIRST prime minister, David Ben-Gurion

Would Israel’s founders approve of modern Zionism? - opinion


Health Ministry evaluating link between 12-year-old’s death, post-COVID

Health officials are working to determine if the myocarditis – heart inflammation – that caused the chest pains that ultimately killed the child were associated with the post-COVID syndrome.

A nurse works in the new COVID-19 ICU for children at Hadassah-University Medical Center

Elbit Systems awarded $82 Million contract, NL protection systems

The company was also awarded a major contract to supply armored personnel carriers to a country in Asia.

 COPAS system installed on a CV90 armored combat vehicle

How to overcome the disconnect of Muslims in the Western world – opinion

The Muslim world must now realize that we live in a different time from that of our ancestors.

MUSLIM WOMEN recite sunset prayers outside ICE’s New York field office in New York City in 2018.

Are venerable Zionist institutions still relevant to Israel? - Analysis

Is the WZO really the best forum for debate between the Jewish state and the Diaspora? The nay-sayers have a strong argument.

The Opening of the 26th World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem in 1964.

Art for the open-eyed

This art display at the Jerusalem Artists’ House is unique

ABRAHAM KRITZMAN’S Smoking exhibition includes freely cast figures that look like ancient pillar capitals crafted by a substance-abusing artist in a fit of unrestrained release

Why I can no longer daven in an Orthodox synagogue

Is a woman allowed to be in the Knesset?’ Rabbi Shlomo Aviner asked provocatively. ‘Of course not’

SEPARATE BUT equal? Mechitza of Chesed-El Synagogue, Singapore

This Normal Life: The death of rational Judaism

Can a Judaism that cohabitates with the modern world continue to propagate well into the 21st century?


Will Modern Orthodoxy remain modern?

Modern Orthodox Judaism demonstrates the triumph of the theory that one can observe Halacha, or Jewish law, and simultaneously integrate into modern societies.

A panel titled “Modern Orthodox Education in 21st Century Israel and America,” held at Heichal Shlomo