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… And used his immunity as a Knesset member to smuggle a Torah scroll into a Reform gathering as a favor and an act of identification.

Sending Ousmane Tounkara to the Senegalese government is paramount to having him tortured and even assassinated.

Political chaos and social tensions aside, the project called the State of Israel is a resounding success.

I ask that both Jewish and non-Jewish publications please verify the stories of people who make ridiculous claims about frum Jews as if they represent us or have anything to do with us.

There's nothing more beautiful than a true eshas chayil.

Its legendary military and security derring-do derives from its culture of risk-taking, creativity and thinking out of the box—characteristics shared by no other country.

The PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas ordered the opening of an international campaign regarding the right of east Jerusalem residents to participate in Palestinian parliamentary elections despite the recommendation of senior Fatah figures to postpone the elections.

Those who consider history only in terms of national politics and international relations underestimate or misjudge Israel. They fail to appreciate the power of Jewish history animated by ancient faith.

To celebrate Israel's 73rd birthday on April 15, we've brought together a list of 73 weird, wacky and remarkable things about this tiny country in the Middle East that you most likely don’t know.

The mothers and fathers of IDF soldiers who committed suicide are unable to engage in the kind of collective mourning that characterizes Memorial Day.

What has the modern state of Israel learned from the horrors of Bergen-Belsen, and the Holocaust, more generally?

America is undergoing a rapid transformation founded in a moral panic over race that masks the exercise of class-based power in which technology companies and left-wing politics have united to wield unprecedented control. The outcome will likely be a union of Europeanized states where freedoms are severely curtailed and social cohesion is minimized in favor of dependency.

Obama’s echo chamber is coming back in the service of President Biden to put Israel on the defensive and validate another awful nuclear deal with Iran.

Yamina leader Naftali Bennett and New Hope chief Gideon Sa'ar, with 13 Knesset seats between them, somehow expect that 30 Likud lawmakers will ignore their voters and help them unseat Netanyahu.

Rabbi: Weingarten 'took legitimate criticism of her union’s refusal to go back to work as a way to demonize the Jewish community'

Iran's posturing is accompanied by increased nuclear work, moves likely meant to further pressure the Biden administration into granting concessions

The ICC Prosecutor’s investigation of Israel will get underway in the next few months. The Court’s decision to grant itself jurisdiction in Gaza and the West Bank raises the disturbing prospect of future indictments—and arrest warrants—being issued against senior Israeli military personnel and officials.  

Our ally Israel counted only Egypt and Jordan as its formal partners when Trump assumed office. Today, the United States and Israel have added Bahrain, Morocco, Sudan, and the United Arab Emirates to that list through the groundbreaking Abraham Accords.

Anti-Semitism is on the rise across the globe. The Jewish diaspora across the world must counter its evil growth. In order to stay safe and prosper in the future,  the diaspora should deepen its social-cultural-religious-spiritual bonds with its host nations and  initiate more informed dialogue with local  communities. The Jewish diaspora could make the best use of its deep connections with India since ancient times. India has virtually no history of anti-Semitism.

The entire thesis of the need to transfer Judea and Samaria and eastern Jerusalem to Palestinian control to protect Israel from losing its Jewish or democratic identity ignores not only Israel’s justified security needs but also the historical and legal rights and aspirations that stand at the core of Zionism.

Instead of persecuting these idealistic youth, Israel should give them medals.

The Holocaust is the worst thing people can think of, so no wonder they use it as a comparison point. Which is wrong. Period.

We, the commanders and the soldiers of the IDF, will do what we have been commanded to do: pass on to the next generation the description of what was perpetrated, and fulfill our obligation to preserve our independence and defend ourselves.

In May 1981, a group of young American Jewish leaders asked Prime Minister Begin what he thought were the lessons of the Holocaust. This was his answer.

For the past several years, Jordan has come under increasing strain due to wars in bordering Iraq and Syria, which has led to many refugees resettling in Jordan. Combine a population holding divergent loyalties with a poor economic situation, and the result has been unrest.

The silence of right-wingers who support forming a government with the help of the Islamic Movement is puzzling.

And why it's crucial to push back.

What will the strategic alliance between the United States and Israel look like under President Biden? It is too soon to tell. On several...

Abbas has found a way to make his elections even more divisive than the Israeli ones: Instead of just calling for elections, he has called for 3 elections!

Given the data, it makes sense that 65-75% of American Jews remain in a political and ideological home that is hostile to Jews. It's a matter of priorities. It also explains why much of the communal response to both rising anti-Semitism and rising assimilation has been ineffective and even counterproductive.