Since the 1990s, the dominant view in Israel’s national security community has been that Israel’s top priority in relation to the Palestinians is to maintain the stability of their … more

The British baroness Ruth Deech, whose family were Jewish refugees from Nazism, recently delivered an impassioned address to the Oxford Jewish community about the way the Holocaust is being … more

More than 350 years ago, a plague took a deadly toll on Hamburg, Germany. As the High Holidays approached, fear and panic set in and many of the city’s Jewish families fled. Among them were … more

You have heard of the wandering Jew, but have you heard of the wandering Jewish cookie? As Jews move from country to country, they pick up recipes, spices, and dishes along the way. Sometimes, … more

Last summer my family and I relocated from New York to Israel, a pretty hot country with an affinity for minty beverages. Tea with spearmint is a Middle Eastern staple, and “limonana,” … more

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is un-der fire for identifying a    head piece of tefillin, with the Hebrew letter shin   clearly visible, as  an Egyptian … more

Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah have reached a fever pitch over the last week, with Israel’s defense establishment readying for an attack by the Lebanese terror group. On Monday, a … more

It’s one anniversary that no one is celebrating. Twenty years ago this summer, President Bill Clinton welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to a … more

Could democracy take a page from the Talmud? The creators of Sefaria, a project to digitize Jewish texts, think so. Since 2012 Sefaria, a database of Jewish writings that allows users to read … more

Days before NFL star DeSean Jackson posted anti-Semitic quotes falsely attributed to Adolf Hitler that set off a nationwide debate about anti-Semitism, Jackson praised Nation of Islam … more