State of Israel

Tucker Carlson, Mamdani must accept Israel cannot exist without being a Jewish state - opinion

The Jews were never permanently welcomed anywhere, and now that they have their own homeland, they’re being told they cannot maintain it as a place identified with them.

A general view of Jerusalem's Old City shows the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in the foreground and the Dome of the Rock, located on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in the background June 24, 2019
 TODAY, JUDAISM’S organizing principle is shifting from Rabbinic Judaism to Zionism.

Zionism: Beyond ‘the right to exist’ - opinion

SILVIO JOSKOWICZ

Judaism as culture: A path to restore Jewish, Zionist pride - opinion

Participants at the Gesher Syms Leadership Institute retreat in Paphos, Cyprus.

Israel is sliding into tribal politics, and we’re letting it happen - opinion


Remembering Herzl on his 116th yahrzeit

Herzl's most famous quote stands as a testament to his tenacity: 'If you will it, it is no dream.'

Theodor Herzl leaning over the balcony of the Hotel Les Trois Rois in Basel, Switzerland, probably during the Sixth Zionist Conference there in 1903

Harry Truman and the cause of Jewish statehood

Truman acted on behalf of the Jews in the creation of the State of Israel decisively at critical moments when his action made all the difference.

ISRAEL’S FIRST president Chaim Weizmann presents US president Harry Truman with a Torah in 1948.

President Truman was not a saint

It is shocking to consider how Jews have beatified Truman.

HARRY S. TRUMAN.

The Declaration of Independence contradiction

Was the state established so that the Jewish people could exercise their natural right to be masters of their own fate or because of the urgency of solving the problem of Jewish homelessness?

ISRAEL’S DECLARATION of Independence on display in Tel Aviv.

Notable German journalist under fire for comparing Israel to its enemies

Professor Steinberg added “ If Schapira is seriously interested in the treatment of minors worldwide, including by Israel, she should look at the facts, and not propaganda. And she should apologize."

Palestinian children hold toy guns during a protest in Jerusalem

The myth of compulsory military service in Israel

While the strategic decision to pursue a more efficient IDF is understandable, it will come at a cost.

IDF soldiers of the Golani Brigade train for scenarios involving enemies similar to Hezbollah.

A response to Asa-El

The Zionist vision, the future of the Jewish people in Israel and in the Diaspora

Amotz Asa-El

Sermon in honor of the establishment of the State of Israel

A message from the day Israel was established as a state in 1948.

The She’arith Israel synagogue in Atlanta, Georgia

President Rivlin: Israel is the 'March of the Living' for the Jewish people

"The establishment of the State of Israel is a miracle, though it is not self-evident, and it is something that must be experienced to be believed and understood."

Youth from all over the world celebrating Israeli independence at the Western Wall

Is Independence Day a ‘Jewish’ holiday?

Following the establishment of the State of Israel, the Chief Rabbinate looked to these precedents in establishing Independence Day and later Jerusalem Day as religious holidays.

PEOPLE WATCH the Israel Air Force Aerobatic team fly over the Mediterranean Sea during Independence Day celebrations in Tel Aviv, 2017