The first conversational prompt was one that made me nostalgic for the Sedarim we used to share with our cousins before they made aliyah: “What do you need to be in place to enjoy the Seder? What ...

Eucalyptus project under construction in Beit Shemesh. When war breaks out in Israel, many people assume housing prices will collapse. In reality, that rarely happens – especially in Jerusalem. When ...

But Hashem’s hand is hidden in other contexts as well. I would like to present two. Ashrei is a very important prayer, and the most important pasuk in it is: “Poseiach es yadecha (You) open Your hand ...

The reactions of Democratic Party politicians to Israel’s war in Gaza and their denunciations of the administration’s joint military operation with Israel against Iran have ripped away the last ...

Sivan Rahav-Meir is a primetime news anchor with weekly broadcasts on television and radio. Her “Daily Thought” has a huge following on social media, with hundreds of thousands of followers, ...

Avi Goldstein writes frequently about religion and about politics. He loves learning Torah, and he plays guitar in a garage band. He and his wife, Dawn, live in Far Rockaway, NY.

Chaplain Daniel Coleman, BCC, MBA, provides non-judgmental religious and spiritual care to North Shore University Hospital’s community of patients, family members and staff. A frequent contributor to ...

Assessments derived from commercial satellite imagery that were conducted independently by David Albright, a former United Nations weapons inspector, and Decker Eveleth, an associate research analyst ...

Philo of Alexandria can make a viable claim to the title of first Jewish philosopher, but has become unjustifiably obscure. This is likely due to the fact that he is generally considered a ...

The Mishna (Sanhedrin 9:1) states that a murderer receives his death penalty via sayif (execution via sword, one of the four methods that a Jewish court would carry ...

Dafna Filshteiner, 12, holds a 3,500-year-old Egyptian scarab she found during a family hike. A 12-year-old girl hiking with her family stumbled upon a 3,500-year-old Egyptian amulet, the Israel ...

Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, Chairman of the Palestinian Authority, announced recently that the PA will stop paying monthly salaries to the families of “prisoners, martyrs, and the wounded.