Magazine
What Shavuot teaches about Israel’s haredi military service debate
On Shavuot, we recenter Torah study as our supreme value, even as we divert some of its precious human resources toward protecting our people and defending our land.
In the age of AI, Shavuot reminds us that wisdom is not data - opinion
Romania: Fashionable antisemitism
Shavuot 2026: Why the Torah still matters in the age of AI and technology
Voices from the Arab press: Reading the Jeddah statement
A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.
The miracle that shaped Israel Prize winner Avi Rivkind’s life and career - opinion
How one trauma surgeon’s split-second decision changed the course of a young soldier’s life.
CAR-T therapy saved my life: One year since I nearly died - opinion
If I were to require more treatment – if the cancer were to come back or something new cropped up – would the question my doctor never asked a year ago become relevant this time?
Inside Jerusalem’s 1948 siege through the eyes of a child who survived the Old City’s fall
In her book ‘Forever My Jerusalem,’ Shteiner recalls life in the Old City before its fall in 1948 and the emotional return decades later.
WhatsApp founder Jan Koum makes largest-ever donation to Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek hospital
With an unprecedented $200 million donation from the Koum Family Foundation, SZMC will build a huge 800-bed hospitalization tower over the next six years and fill the entire space within a decade.
'Power with Purpose': Gordon Brown, the British PM who ‘saved the world’ - review
For the last half a century – before, in, and after high office – Brown has embraced unpopular and underpublicized causes and spoken truth to power.
'Children of the American Jewish Ghetto': A Jewish community’s cherished past - review
A reference book recounting the lives and careers of a complete generation of accomplished American Jews, successful in a wide variety of careers and occupations.
Lilian Gandelman: How the ‘girl from Ipanema’ became the woman from Tel Aviv
The lawyer from Brazil, who also navigates life in Israel as an amputee, is on a personal mission to educate and change attitudes – one Israeli at a time.
What raising my children in Israel is teaching me - opinion
As we celebrate our independence this year, and Jerusalem Day this week, I find that my sense of pride is not only in the state itself but in the next generation who will continue to shape it.
The little shop on Jaffa Street that captured old Jerusalem - opinion
As Jerusalem Day approaches and we emerge from the trauma of Oct. 7 and the war with Iran, we are yet again reminded of the preciousness of our city.