Israel

Holocaust survivor wants Israel to grant residency to his rescuer’s Dutch great-granddaughter

Israel’s law on Righteous Among the Nations extends to their children and grandchildren, but not to their great-grandchildren.

Kosovo to open embassy in Jerusalem as Israel recognizes the Balkan nation

The United States and Israel are among 117 countries that recognize the landlocked state in what used to be Yugoslavia.

Identity/Crisis Ideas

Secular Israelis are obsessed with traditional Judaism. Micah Goodman helps explain why.

After Micah Goodman published his latest book, “The Wondering Jew: Israel and the Search for Jewish Identity,” in Hebrew last year, he enjoyed a resurgence of interest in his previous work by his fellow Israelis.

United States

New Republican congresswoman says she’ll place Israel flag outside her office next to BDS backer Rashida Tlaib

United States

Israeli reporter’s live broadcast during Capitol riot interrupted by agitator hurling anti-Semitic slurs

Ideas

As an infant, she was airlifted to safety. Today she’s bringing Ethiopian culture alive in Tel Aviv.

Israel

Israel enters third lockdown as vaccination spree sets world records

Israel

Israel bans tourists and brings back quarantine hotels amid latest COVID spike

The Sit-Down

Hasidic rapper Nissim Black opens up about his creative process, spirituality and COVID recovery

Israel

Eatery said to be world’s 1st lab-grown meat restaurant opens near Tel Aviv

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