On May 14, 1948, Israel declared its independence. It did so following a United Nations vote to partition British-ruled ...

Avi Rivkind, head of the Shock Trauma Center at Hadassah Ein Kerem and recipient of this year’s Israel Prize. He is already ...

For the Israeli right, it was, as Settlement and National Missions Minister Orit Strook put it last year, “a time of miracles.” Much has been left ambiguous in the White House’s 20-point plan, but ...

It is not a coincidence that Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, which Jews around the world are celebrating this week, occurs during the darkest time of the year. It is only against the darkness that ...

I was imagining myself living in Israel while lighting the first candle on the first night of Hanukkah. If I would meditate on that flame in the holy land, what would come to mind? First, of course, ...

“This people of mine, this nation of mine, has been such a light to me.” This week, as Jews around the world celebrate the eight days of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, these words are fitting, aren ...