How the Greek Orthodox Church became one of the most influential landlords in Jerusalem is a story of medieval luck, good timing and a certain stubbornness. ...
"There have always been divisions here, ethnic divisions, rivalries and different worldviews. But I think what we've been seeing now is a shift." ...
In 2012, days after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School that killed 20 children and six adults, historian Garry Wills wrote an impassioned essay in The New York Review of Books. ...
Edith Everett’s days continue to be filled with endeavors to repair the world and she encourages others to do the same. ...
Forsaking one’s native country for another place can create an odd mix of new and old identities. ...
Although the Shanghai ghetto was in one of the most dilapidated parts of the city, it was totally unlike the Nazi ghettos of Europe. ...
After years of reporting from war zones, it seemed beshert that Yael Lavie would have no beshert—until she met Oded Toury. ...
President Biden speaks out against extreme elements in the Israeli government, as well as the chances of normalization with Saudi Arabia. ...
AI has a myriad of applications, ranging from medical to legal to Jewish. ...
On the first anniversary of the Dobbs decision, we mark the lasting impact of an illegal 1914 abortion that was desperately sought and tragically botched. ...
"There was no food, no heat. My mother scavenged for wood from bombed and abandoned houses to get heat. Eventually, the Iron Curtain closed the country. My parents felt that we had no future there. We were considered too bourgeois." ...
The art Landau has created in this primal moonscape, the lowest land-based elevation on earth, explores the dualities of life and death, injury and healing, destruction and hope—a central theme of the current exhibition and a motivating force behind Landau’s art. ...