My friend Sally, popped by for what was supposed to be an exciting night out. We had waited all day to see Noa Kirel in ...

When an army has defeated its enemy, taken control of the territory of the enemy home base, and faces little armed opposition ...

Loving Israel in today’s world is a difficult and lonely position. The loudest voices are the ones against it, and human ...

“There will come a day that we will see far more radical extremists and terrorists coming out of Europe because of lack of ...

It is clear from all this, that physical impurity, which for some reason is associated with sin, is not a permanent state.

If we Jews wanted, we could have a reason to mourn everyday. The great scholar Leopold Zunz was not wrong in describing ours ...

For the month of May, there are though some very-obvious historical events for Israel for the month of May, rooted in the ...

As we left, full of hope and nostalgia, after watching people of all ages and ethnicities half our age dance and sing on ...

If one leader does something good, another leader will inevitably cast it in a bad light. Politicians routinely say good is ...

The fierce winds felt symbolic, echoing the turmoil in our hearts. Echoing the grief, the remembrance, the pain that still ...

Our tradition can provide a moral compass in an increasingly complicated world, but a value is only a value when it is tested ...

Or, take Israel’s conduct around the pope’s death, where gut reactions replaced experience and common sense, starting with ...