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If you would like to better understand why young Jews are becoming alienated from Israel, and even from the mainstream Jewish community, watch “Israelism,” a documentary released last … more
JTA – Heavy rainfall in Israel’s north and center ended dry weather conditions that had helped spread fires throughout the country. The downpour Dec. 1, the first this winter, caused … more
Matan Graf, a former shaliach (Israeli emissary) to Rhode Island, and Amit Moshe Oren, our new shaliach, will discuss the recent exponential industrial and social growth of our partnership area in … more
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders might be a left-winger, but often he is right. However, about Gaza he is very wrong – as are most of my liberal friends. They blame Israel for genocide. … more
JERUSALEM (JTA) – Hundreds of haredi Orthodox men and women and religious Zionist female seminary students disrupted the monthly Rosh Chodesh morning service of the Women of the Wall group. … more
JERUSALEM (JTA) – The morning after Israel’s second national election in five months, the results are still unclear. According to the latest vote count, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trailing his rival, Benny Gantz, by the slimmest of margins: The incumbent’s Likud and the challenger’s Blue and White remain within a seat of each other. More important, neither candidate appears able to form a governing coalition outright with allies on the right or the left. In the 120-seat Knesset, the right won 55 seats and its opposition, comprised of the left and center, won 56. But 61 seats are needed for a majority. more
(Kveller via JTA) – I have three children. Three healthy, wonderful, grown-up children. I have a wonderful husband. And I have a father, a brother and sister-in-law, and other friends and … more
BY BEN SALES JTA – Jewish converts in America may have a much harder time being accepted in Israel because of a new set of regulations proposed by Israel’s Chief Rabbinate. If … more
JERUSALEM (JTA) – The United States has opened its first official military base on Israeli soil. The base started operating Sept. 18, following a ceremony at the end of the previous week … more
There are plenty of options for travel to Israel. Local synagogues organize trips. So do nonprofit organizations in the United States and around the world. Travel agencies put together trips, too. … more
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