Jerusalem-born Yasmin Zaher's acclaimed debut novel 'The Coin' focuses on a wealthy, fashion-conscious young Palestinian trying to make it in New York. She has mixed feelings about its success coming at such a fraught time
Photos and videos show wide-spread destruction in Yaroun and Maroun al-Ras, where in 2010 the Iranian president inaugurated a promenade overlooking Israeli towns
The Arabic branch of Sky News reported today (Thursday) that Ismail Ghaani, the commander of the Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards, is suspected of having communicated with Israel. According to the report, Ghaani was interrogated regarding an intelligence breach and suffered a heart attack during the investigation, after which he was taken to […]
An Auschwitz survivor, Ebert was a 'permanent reminder for our generation – and, indeed, for future generations – of the depths of depravity and evil to which humankind can fall, when reason, compassion and truth are abandoned,' King Charles III said in a statement
Despite the destruction, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians don't think complying with the IDF's evacuation order would improve their condition; 'There's nowhere to sleep and even if we find one, no one has the capacity to survive,' one resident of northern Gaza says
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's European Parliament speech linking immigration to rising violence and prejudice sparked protests and deep divisions among lawmakers.
In an article published in 1934, Dr. Yehuda Rokach describes a visit to Beirut and a trancendental encouncter with nature. A poignant postcard from a different time
After facing opposition from the Tel Aviv Municipality, which had banned gender-segregated prayer in public spaces, the Supreme Court upheld the group's right to hold the service. However, citing 'plans to ruin this lawful prayer,' Rosh Yehudi announced it will move the event to a synagogue
An imposing royal building erected atop an earlier one in Mordot Arnona, Jerusalem, may attest to King Hezekiah and Judah preparing for the arrival of an angry Sennacherib – and its aftermath
There were signs saying, "Israel has a right to go to hell," "Israel is a terrorist state," "Bombing children is not 'self-defense,'" "The US and Israel are partners in genocide."
What has October 7 and the subsequent Gaza war meant for the tens of thousands of Jews living in Berlin? How it has changed their lives and politics, reshaped their city and country, and what does it portend for their future?
While tradition says that observance of the Day of Atonement was initiated by Moses, careful reading of the Bible indicates that the holiday was a much later contrivance.
Would things have worked out differently if the Jews had established their state in a less hostile part of the world? Should they have settled for less than full statehood? Here's a look at what could have been if other proposals panned out