Israel

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President Trump accomplished a lot for Israel. Can Joe Biden do the same?

The president-elect must prove his friendship with deeds, not just words. And he has a tough act to follow, writes a Jerusalem-based editor for Mishpacha magazine.

By Binyamin Rose November 10, 2020 3:30 pm

Abraham Grossman, center. (Courtesy of his family)

Abraham Grossman, 95, fled Germany as a boy but returned as a soldier bearing Jewish insignia

Grossman fought the Nazis in the British army’s Jewish Brigade and downed an Egyptian plane during Israel’s War of Independence.

October 28, 2020 1:33 pm

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My two homes — Israel and the US — feel like they’re in collapse. What do I do next?

I’ve spent the past 17 or so years with a foot in both countries. For the first time, I’m considering leaving them both, writes Ben Hartman.

October 21, 2020 4:36 pm

Ideas

COVID-19 hit my Orthodox Israeli town early and hard. Coming together helped us stop the spread.

By Carol Ungar October 9, 2020 1:22 pm

Eight months into the pandemic, Israel is readying refrigerated morgues. How did it get here?

By Marcy Oster and Gabe Friedman October 2, 2020 5:24 pm

Ideas

Student, soldier, doctor, teacher: How my family sits at the intersection of Israel’s COVID-19 crisis

By Marcy Oster October 2, 2020 2:22 pm

The city of Tyre in southern Lebanon seen from its coastline. (Wikimedia Commons/Roman Deckert)

Lebanon agrees to maritime border talks with Israel

By Cnaan Liphshiz October 2, 2020 12:08 pm

Israeli police officer speaking to a haredi student in Bnei Brak, Israel on April 2, 2020. (Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images)

Israel goes into 2nd lockdown to stop record spread of coronavirus

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 18, 2020 10:07 am

Kosovo’s Jews cheer their Muslim-majority state’s new deal with Israel

By Cnaan Liphshiz September 14, 2020 1:26 pm

Top Orthodox minister resigns as backlash against new COVID lockdown mounts in Israel

By Philissa Cramer September 13, 2020 12:10 pm

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President Trump accomplished a lot for Israel. Can Joe Biden do the same?

Abraham Grossman, 95, fled Germany as a boy but returned as a soldier bearing Jewish insignia

My two homes — Israel and the US — feel like they’re in collapse. What do I do next?

COVID-19 hit my Orthodox Israeli town early and hard. Coming together helped us stop the spread.

Eight months into the pandemic, Israel is readying refrigerated morgues. How did it get here?

Student, soldier, doctor, teacher: How my family sits at the intersection of Israel’s COVID-19 crisis

Lebanon agrees to maritime border talks with Israel

Israel goes into 2nd lockdown to stop record spread of coronavirus

Kosovo’s Jews cheer their Muslim-majority state’s new deal with Israel

Top Orthodox minister resigns as backlash against new COVID lockdown mounts in Israel

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