Before the Zionist movement began after the Six-Day War in 1967, Jews and state-sponsored antisemitism were in the shadows, their existence secret. This situation forced Jews to be more isolated and ...

It is both the Winter Solstice, the longest night of the year, and the last night of Chanukah, the brightest night when all nine candles of the menorah shine. I love that the Chanukah candles will be ...

The Bottom Line: Don’t be afraid to veer off the itinerary. Israel is a place where history is layered like an onion.

Michael Tilson Thomas (December 21, 1944) is an American conductor, pianist, and composer. He is Artistic Dir ...

Our three days in the Rancho Bernardo neighborhood felt like that kind of moment. Not simply an event, but a gathering of ...

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told a news conference on Saturday that a “fair version” of a peace deal with Russia “would mean that Russian forces would ‘stay’ in the temporarily occupied ...

French citizen Ivan Beltrami saw a tree planted in his honor at Yad Vashem’s Avenue of the Righteous. He commented in wonder: “I don’t think I really deserve this.” The director of Israel’s Holocaust ...

Chanukah teaches us that we must strive with every ounce of our strength to keep this Godly lamp burning continuously despite the adversities. Chanukah teaches us that we must face the world’s ...

Light does not win because it is loud. It wins because it is kept. And in a world increasingly addicted to division, the most radical act may simply be this: to connect, to remember, to speak plainly, ...

Alain de Botton (December 20, 1969) is a Swiss-born British author and public speaker. His books discuss various co ...

According to a recent survey ADL conducted with Jewish Federations of North America, 55 percent of Jewish Americans experienced at least one form of antisemitism in the past year. Nearly one-in-five ...

Decent people have been taught not to speak evil of the dead. A person grieving the loss of loved ones doesn’t want their ones sullied unless they have committed a heinous crime. Donald Trump does not ...