There are, it is sometimes said, no controlled experiments in history. Every society, every age, and every set of circumstances is unique. Yet this is not quite true. The history of the past … more

Even though I haven’t technically been a camp counselor for a decade or so, the role has never fully left me. Camp counseloring is an unassuming yet all-powerful part … more

We have all been brought up to believe in the importance of progress. For the past several centuries, the goal of philosophy, religion, culture, and certainly science has been to develop ideas … more

Ahead of the March 2 Israeli elections, officials of both the Likud and Blue and White parties have repeatedly spoken in favor of annexing the Jordan Valley. The Trump … more

While much of the world languishes in coronavirus quarantine, anti-Israel forces around the globe scheme to exploit the crisis to attack the world’s only Jewish state. From official … more

A group of people saying they are “pro G-d, pro Trump, pro health and pro cops” are planning what they are calling a “Freedom Rally” on Sunday, Oct. 25, from 11 am to 1 pm, at … more

No Jews have been as relentlessly maligned as the Jews of Hebron. From the time of their arrival following the 1967 Six-Day War — 40 years after the murderous annihilation of its Jewish … more

Throughout March, the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach participated virtually in Long Island History Day as part … more

Poland is awash in anti-Semitism, and it is the government in Warsaw that is setting the hateful tone amid the worst breakdown in Polish-Jewish relations since the fall of communism more than 30 … more

According to the biblical narrative in Genesis 23, Jewish history in the Land of Israel began in Hebron when Abraham, needing a burial site for Sarah, purchased the Machpelah cave from Ephron the … more