Israel

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Last week, the Israeli ultra-Orthodox paper, HaMevaser, photoshopped German Chancellor Angela Merkel out of a photograph of the solidarity march ...

“Open to me the gates of righteousness,” says the Psalmist, “that I may enter and acknowledge the Holy One.” Throughout ...

Long ago, legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan sang in his gravelly tones, that “the times, they are a-changing.” He was a truth teller ...

Two weeks ago, I joined thousands of families around Israel for a time-honored ritual: the Saturday night grand finale of ...

Two Israelis were stabbed last week, Israeli military and police response has continued, and leaders within Fatah have begun talking ...

Last night I sat among 850 supporters of Israel and its Israel Defense Forces at the annual Friends of the ...

Today likely is going to be a rough day for liberals. Election prognosticators are predicting that Republicans will win enough ...

“The world’s most contested religious site.” So says the New York Times about the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, claimed as ...

Election Day in the U.S. is coming. How will being Jewish shape your choice whether to vote? This November, Americans will ...

Flashback: a few weeks ago, on this very blog, a post about Jewish conferences is published… authored by yours truly ...

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Yom Kippur conjures solemnity and foreboding for many Jews. Ritual fasting, abstinence, penitence, and rehearsing for death evolved as core ...