A number of years ago, I struck up a friendship over Pesach with a Holocaust survivor, a former inmate of the Janowska work camp and Auschwitz. Towards the end … more

As the effects of climate change become increasingly apparent to the world, the chronically unstable Middle East may prove to be one of the worst affected areas. This raises the prospect of … more

Here’s the sad paradox of the shooting nearly one year ago at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue: The killing of 11 worshippers. … more

My freshman year in college, I met a woman who identified as a Mizrahi Jew. When I told her I was Sephardic, she was shocked. Taking a look at my blonde hair and green eyes, she laughed. She … more

When Ceen Gabbai argued with her first-grade teacher about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, she didn’t realize how big of a risk she was taking. The year was 2000 and students across the … more

As visitors to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem wind their way through the main exhibition, they are confronted by a series of unsettling photographs from the first decade of Nazi … more

Only in Israel can you be gay, a government minister and right wing. This new, good kind of intersectionality is a strong indication that it is not merely “the only democracy in the Middle … more

Jewish and pro-Israel groups reacted unfavorably to President Donald Trump’s decision on Sunday evening to withdraw U.S. forces from northeast Syria, ahead of an expected invasion by Turkey … more

The decision by President Donald Trump to pull back troops from northern Syria in the face of a likely Turkish offensive against Kurdish forces is a blow to American deterrent power in the Middle … more

Ram Caterers recognizes how overwhelming it can be to plan a magnificent and memorable wedding without “breaking the bank.” Established in 1978 as one … more