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As I turn 80, I hope my life is and continues to be a journey that inspires others - opinion

Will I ever be religious? I do not know. But, as Baruch ben Michael said in his Ethics, “All things perfect are as difficult as they are rare.”

RABBI ABRAHAM Joshua Heschel presents the Judaism and World Peace Award to Martin Luther King Jr., 1965.
BIELSKI partisans and families. Lazar Engles stands third from the left.

'Our Partisan Kingdom' and 'Written in a Barn': Holocaust survival up close and personal - review

ABRAHAM’S GATE, ‘Sha’ar Avraham’ in Hebrew and ‘Bab Ibrahim’ in Arabic, preserved in Tel Dan, is around 4,000 years old.

'Children of Abraham': Over a millennium of Jewish-Muslim relations - review

Alham Tamimi.

The Sbarro bomber’s American saga: Ahlam Tamimi escaped Israel - US failed to bring her to justice


The lie of apartheid: The 2026 Israel election is a display of the country's diversity - opinion

Regardless of the final outcome of this election, it looks like this race could finally bury the apartheid myth about Israel.

MANSOUR ABBAS attends a plenum session at the Knesset’s assembly hall in Jerusalem last month.

This Elul, Israel's government should ask forgiveness from the citizens it has wronged - opinion

As yet another Israeli election fast approaches, I ask our government to acknowledge the errors it has made, errors that have affected, often disastrously, every one of our citizens.

HEED THE SHOFAR: Can we harness the ‘Elul effect’?

Parashat Shoftim: Wholehearted – and well

“Wholeheartedness is greater than wisdom, but great wisdom is required of a Jew before he reaches the level of ‘You shall be wholehearted with the Lord your God.’” - Rabbi Naftali of Ropshitz.

SORCERERS, MAGICIANS, diviners: The Torah rejects them all.

Caesarea Golf Club’s Mariposa: Kosher dining hits above par - review

There are many meat dishes, with steaks of every shape and size, but we were very happy to stick with the fish.

PistVanilla ice cream with cherries and 'edible' flowers.

Voices from the Arab press: A new pathway for Lebanon

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (L) welcomes Lebanese President Aoun at the presidential palace in Ankara, July 30.

Jonathan Pollard plants a vineyard for Esther - and reflects on the love that brought him home

“Her message was simple: Jonathan cannot be abandoned. He must be freed. He must be brought home to Israel. She kept one flame alive through years when darkness appeared stronger than hope."

Rivka and Jonathan Pollard and Adam Scott Bellos display an example of the wine to be created in memory of Esther Pollard.

'Report: Israel': Sasha Gusov captures post-Oct. 7 life in dramatic fashion - book review

Gusov snapped his vignettes across a 15-month period, starting shortly after that fateful day in 2023.

Photo selection from 'Report:Israel' by Russian-born, London-based photographyer Sasha Gusov.

After losing my son to terror, I started dancing at 70 to learn how to live again

When I landed in the hospital for an operation on my colon, my doctor said, “No more grief. You need to do things that are fun.”

A dancer rehearsing ahead of a performance.

After October 7 and Bondi massacre, seven Australian friends answered Israel's call to serve

The friends had arrived in the IDF via different routes. One told me about the influence of Bnei Akiva, another of family history, friends who had already served. Oct. 7, was central for all seven.

Masa Kumta ceremony: Soldiers receive their light-green berets as part of the IDF's Nahal Brigade, marking the end of months of combat training.

Olga Deutsch: Exposing the dark underbelly of human rights groups - interview

Many of the NGOs whose funding sources and anti-Israel activities get exposed by NGO Monitor are based in Europe, where Deutsch lived and worked since her birth in 1979.

At NGO Monitor Annual Event in Dec. 2025 at Jerusalem's Begin Center, interviewing US Ambassador Mike Huckabee.