Prayer is precious precisely because it is vulnerable. It is the admission that I am not self-sufficient. That I need help. That I am not the center of the universe. To weaponize and politicize prayer ...

Towards the end of the last decade, Jews have increasingly migrated from their customary support of the Democratic party towards conservatism, seeking refuge among Republicans and national ...

Young Jews face a new kind of captivity: cognitive warfare eroding identity, purpose, and resilience across Israel and the Diaspora.

EDUCATION AFFAIRS: In the aftermath of trauma, Dr. Ben-Shahar advocates for teaching positivity and success in Jewish ...

Shabbat Teaching – We Jews, particularly Israelis, suffered a terrible tragedy on October 7, 2023. Much has been written and said about the “October 8th ...

President Emmanuel Macron Friday denounced what he described as an "antisemitic hydra" that had crept into "every crack" of society two decades after Ilan Halimi, a 23-year-old French Jewish man, was ...

In his memoir 'Brooklyn Odyssey,' author and ex-Hasidic sociologist Schneur Zalman Newfield turns his gaze inward.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has directed that a proposed constitution for a future Palestinian state be ...

This week’s Torah portion, Mishpatim, represents the first extensive listing of laws given by God to the Israelites through Moses. In many ways, it can be seen as an expansion ...

Poet Judith Robinson would no doubt find a more graceful turn of phrase than a simple platitude, but in the truest sense, the ...

Sen. Bernie Moreno, an Ohio Republican, defended immigration agents' actions in Minnesota and argued Thursday that inflammatory rhetoric against those agents led to increases in threats and violence ...

Straddling the political and social realities of both Palestine and Israel, this unique ethno-religious community is striving to preserve its traditions ...