Our Jewish identity isn’t bound to an academic calendar. There’s no “off-season” for mitzvot. Tefillot are still recited, ...

Israel is different from most countries in one important way.

Exhibited here is a page from the November 1, 1884 Illustrated London News, which was accompanied by the following description of the service at the Bevis Marks Synagogue in London commemorating ...

The tool could also have major implications in the legal world. In forensic cases, just a speck of DNA might soon offer ...

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The U.S. Security Council unanimously approved the mandate extension as the Syrian government gains more trust from the United States and Israel.The post Israel-Syria border UN peacekeeping mission re ...

In this video I talk about the different calendars that exist throughout the world. I explain how, in general, calendars are categorized as either being Solar, Lunar, or Lunisolar; with the first ...

Ireland appears closer to passing a bill that will ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements in occupied territories in the ...

Yamim Ba’im, starring Orthodox Israeli superstar Ishay Ribo, will take place Aug. 7 at Bethel Woods Center for the Arts — the ...

Syria has been wracked by a new wave of deadly sectarian violence that has placed the spotlight on the Druze minority at the center of rising tensions with Israel. Dozens of people were killed this we ...

A sweeping national study conducted by the Israel Center for Addiction and Mental Health (ICAMH), at Hebrew University of Jerusalem has revealed a troubling rise in substance use, behavioral ...

The four-decade-old Nativ program was put on hiatus in 2024 after it failed to recruit enough students to be sustainable.