Zionism

Religious Zionism has lost sight of Rav Kook’s ethics - opinion

Rav Kook united Zionism, holiness, and universal justice. Today’s Religious Zionism too often puts settling the land above ethical values.

RABBI ABRAHAM ISAAC KOOK, 1924
EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN pilgrims and tourists reach for the sky at a 2019 religious retreat in Nazareth

To win back young Americans, invite them for Shabbat dinner - opinion

MEMBERS OF the Ethiopian Israeli community protest outside the Knesset last year.

Israel must give Ethiopian Israelis a real seat at the table - starting at the UN - opinion

Kibbutz members of all ages take part in traditional Shavuot celebrations at Kibbutz Hukok in the Lower Galilee, northern Israel, May 21, 2026

The old pillar: Israel’s kibbutzim have changed beyond recognition - so what keeps them alive?


'The Jewish March of Folly': Vindicating Zionism while warning the Jewish People - review

Whether or not author Amotz Asa-El agrees with this alternative analysis, or others, he has done such a masterful job of creating and sharpening his historical lens that many now apply it with ease.

THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM by David Roberts, 1850. Jewish factions fought each other even as the Romans approached Jerusalem’s walls.

Following Rabbi Kook’s footsteps through Latvia and Lithuania to the roots of religious Zionism

Walking the lush, quiet Baltic landscapes where Rabbi Kook’s towering spiritual legacy was born.

RABBI ABRAHAM ISAAC KOOK, 1924

What is the connection between Zionism and planting trees in Israel?

Trees have repeatedly been destroyed by war, fires, and other causes, but we have always planted again as an expression of Jewish resilience and rebuilding.

‘MAN IS like the tree of the field.’

Rediscovering an ancient gift: What Nigerian Jews taught me about the meaning of Shabbat - opinion

Where do you begin to explain Shabbat from scratch? I found myself going back to the beginning. Literally. The first Shabbat in the Torah is found in the opening chapter of human existence.

Congregants of an Igbo synagogue gather to pray

The question is not ‘Bibi: Yes or no?’ but the answer is, ‘Which Israel?’ - opinion

Perhaps, after nearly 80 years devoted to changing the Jewish condition, Israel has reached another stage of Zionism.

An AI-generated political cartoon.

Jewish Federations fires consultant over advice to avoid 'Zionism,' sparking debate over term

In an interview with JTA on Tuesday, Berger, who worked as a reporter for JTA from 2000-2006, declined to comment on either JFNA or the presentation in Minnesota.

“120 Years of Zionism,”  an exhibit at Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport, was launched in 2017 to mark the establishment of the World Zionst Congress in 1897.

Nirim is thriving, but Oct. 7 still haunts its present – opinion

A proud father watches his daughter actualize her decision, made in hiding during some of the worst hours of Hamas’s massacre, to capture Nirim’s life in art on a weekly basis

A photograph from the ‘Seeing Home’ exhibition at Kibbutz Nirim.

Russia 'monitoring' as historian critical of Zionism vanishes upon landing in Israel

Russian journalist and former State Duma representative Daria Mitina claimed Artyom Kirpichenok was being held by the Shin Bet.

Artem Kirpichenok.

"I'm fine with Jews, just not Zionists"

And other things no one would say about women

Combat Antisemitism Movement medical delegation

El-Sayed’s Democratic Senate Michigan win indicates US Jews are in danger - opinion

With another fresh US decision-maker defending terror, does America still live by the sentiment of: ‘ Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free?’

Michigan Democratic Senate primary winner Abdul El-Sayed arrives at a press conference in Detroit in August.