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Throughout history, the festival of Shavuot has been reframed by Jewish leaders in an effort to mold a society that could survive in exile.

Shavuot is not a holiday in its own right - we don't actually know the exact date of the celebration, nor does it have a name in the Bible. So how did the festival become what it is today?

For Bedouin women in southern Israel, pregnancy presents many issues – which have only increased since October 7. A new birth prep course aims to better prepare them for the maternity room. 'Knowledge is power,' says the woman behind the initiative, emphasizing it is not meant to teach women to be 'good patients'

The Israel Internet Association claims that Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube and TikTok haven't sufficiently stifled conspiracy theories and false information regarding Hamas' attack and the Gaza war, and ignore users complaints

After crossing border, they find zero or subpar medical care, a shortage of medicine, and end up trapped inside hospitals. They are not permitted to work, and no refugee camps have been erected for them. The Egyptian government is in no hurry to provide aid

"US special forces went to Palestine and killed 250 innocent people, used the pier that they claimed it’s for humanitarian reasons yet used it to kill more Palestinian [sic]," Hadid said.

Last month, Netanyahu began promoting the draft exemption bill that was originally submitted under the Lapid-Bennett government, even though Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara advised against it, saying the bill was not tailored for the current reality of Israel's war in Gaza

The owner of Bleibergs says he finally decided to close the restaurant permanently in part because people 'don't feel comfortable going around Berlin looking like a religious Jew'

One diplomat from a pro-Israel country said that after Gantz and Eisenkot's exit, Defense Minister Gallant is the only trustworthy partner left in the cabinet since Western governments refuse to have any ties with Smotrich and Ben-Gvir and are suspicious of Netanyahu

The police, instructed by Israel's attorney general, said that investigators arrived at the Transportation Ministry in Jerusalem, searched the place and confiscated documents after a TV exposé revealed Minister Miri Regev prioritized local governments that could help her in Likud primaries

The primary objective of Blinken's visit is to advance the deal for the release of the hostages and cease-fire, which the Biden administration presented about a week and a half ago, and which has yet to receive an official response from Hamas

A joint investigation by BIRN and Haaretz has identified seven Israeli Air Force flights from Serbia, coinciding with a spike in Serbian arms exports to Israel worth 15.7 million euros

  The "uninvolved" were part of the Hamas system, which held all seven hostages that the IDF has so far released in "civilian" residential apartments: Noa Argamani, Almog Meir, Andrey Kozlov, and Shlomi Ziv (in Nuseirat), Fernando Simon Marman and Louis Har (in Rafah) and the soldier Ori Megidish (in an apartment in the Shati […]

  Sirens rang out across several cities in northern Israel after the IDF intercepted an airborne target that infiltrated from Lebanon amidst the ongoing Gaza war, now in its 248th day. The alarms blared in the coastal cities of Acre, with the blasts heard in the Haifa region as missiles were fired to eliminate the […]

A 'shocking' percentage of American Jews are considering moving to another country because of rising antisemitism. AJC's public opinion poll shows that nearly a quarter of young Jewish-Americans feel 'much less connected' to Israel since October 7

Israeli security forces publish footage of Saturday's operation rescuing Israeli hostages from Gaza ■ U.S. Secretary of State Blinken in Israel; reiterates U.S. support for Gaza cease-fire proposal in meeting with Netanyahu ■ UN Security Council votes in favor of resolution backing U.S.-drafted proposal ■ Netanyahu on U.S.-Hamas talks to release Americans held in Gaza: 'We welcome every attempt to release our hostages'

The Israeli army will soon have dealt a major blow to all of Hamas' 24 territorial brigades in Gaza, possibly creating conditions for a cease-fire. The main factor determining its likelihood is the will on either side – which doesn't appear to be high

According to Hamas' media office, 64 children and 57 women were killed during the operation. Testimonies link the rise in displaced individuals, the time of day and the proximity to a central market with the high number of casualties

Eliran Mizrahi, was diagnosed with PTSD after he fought in Gaza border communities on October 7. The army claims he cannot be recognized as a fallen soldier as he was not in active service when he died