Here Next Year, in partnership with Nefesh B’Nefesh, hosted its fifth annual Israel Fair on Saturday night in the center of Jerusalem. The fair is designed to help young potential olim who … more

The era of chaos in the Middle East is drawing to a close, and a new phase with its own dangers is taking shape, a senior former intelligence official has told JNS. Brig. Gen. (res.) Eli Ben Meir, … more

For the first time, Israel announced that Jewish immigrants to Israel were outnumbered by non-Jewish immigrants. The headline might suggest that Christians and perhaps Muslims … more

With a lump in his throat, a new recruit to the Israel Border Police said that he knew one of the soldiers who had been laid to rest a day earlier after being shot by a terrorist at a West Bank bus stop. … more

If there’s one good thing about President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw American forces from Syria, it’s this: The move makes it clear to all those promoting anti-Semitic conspiracy ; more

Israel’s first soldiers from the 1948 War of Independence are passing on their memories to a new generation of combat officers. During a meeting with Leah Feldman, a signals operator in … more

Ten years ago, the idea that leading corporations and tech companies would actively grow business opportunities in the Negev Desert would have sounded like a fantasy. No longer. In November, for … more

The recent succession of deadly Palestinian terrorist attacks in Judea and Samaria is a painful reminder of a bigger truth, and that is that the quiet that prevailed until recently was little more … more

Medical staff at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem were still battling on Tuesday to save the life of a baby delivered by cesarean section after his mother, Shira Ish-Ran, was shot in her … more

Israel’s Chief Rabbinate has published a list of 69 rabbinical courts it trusts on Jewish conversions. Advocates for religious reform called it a mixed bag: While happy to see transparency, … more