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Voices from the Arab press: Will Tehran celebrate while Netanyahu waits in the wings?

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

DEJA VU: Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks  in Tehran, 2015.
At Picual, even before the first course reaches the table, the air is filled with the aromas of fresh olive oil, damp wood, and wild herbs.

Picual fine dining: Serving the Land of Israel, one course at a time - review

A JEWISH GIRL and her Chinese friends in the Shanghai Ghetto, 1945, from the collection of the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum.

'Kotsuji's Gift': The Japanese scholar who rescued Jewish refugees during World War II - review

MA’AYAN GRADUATES with Nishmat dean Ilana Hadad (L) and program director Dr. Esti Bar-El (R).

What Nishmat’s Ma’ayan program for Ethiopian women says about Israel’s future


In the kitchen with Henny: Cheesy does it

This year’s recipes are fresh, cheesy, a little nostalgic, and perfect for this special time of year.

Cheese and fruit board

This month in Jewish history: Revelation, thrill of victory, agony of defeat

A highly abridged monthly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

THE PALMAH’S ‘German Squad’ on a training march, 1942.

Grapevine: Commemorating Jerusalem's favorite son

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Archival image of Yossi and Gavri Banai during the 1980s.

From Sinai to today: Judaism and the long march of monotheism - opinion

We were not selected for privilege but to carry God’s presence and moral vision into a broader world.

MONOTHEISM WAS never intended to remain the private inheritance of a single nation.

Ukraine’s sling against Russia: How 'geniuses in garages' transformed robotic warfare

The road to becoming a robotic superpower was paved with skepticism, but Ukraine did not set out to become a world leader in military robotics - it set out to survive.

OLEKSII REZNIKOV, Ukraine’s former defense minister, attends a parliament session in Kyiv, June 2023.

Jerusalem Highlights: May 15-21

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

‘Angel for Jerusalem’

Parashat Bamidbar: ‘Machar Chodesh’

This week’s haftarah offers a timely message about longing, loyalty, and the enduring bond between the Jewish people and their homeland.

IDF SOLDIERS stand at the Western Wall in June 1967 after it was captured during the Six Day War.

Parashat Bamidbar: The individual within the collective

When the Torah counts the people by tribes and families, it teaches the art of integration: Each individual is counted on his or her own, yet as part of a larger structure.

THE PURSUIT of individuality is one of modern culture’s most prominent trends.

'Eishet Chayil': Who is the biblical woman of valor? - book review

Eishet Chayil is re-examined as a theological statement about women’s role in Jewish survival, leadership, and destiny.

Hannah Arendt, pictured in 1958, was a German-American historian and philosopher. She was imprisoned by the Nazis for doing research into antisemitism.

Dripping acid: My battle with chronic bladder pain after cancer treatment - opinion

Would I have preferred to be knocked out by general anesthesia so I wouldn’t feel a thing? Sure, but total body sedation for such a short procedure would have been both overkill and dangerous.

ADDING EXTRA HA can fill in any missing patches to shield the underlying tissue from irritants and bacteria.