‘We kept our promise’: Final Shabbat service held at Hostages Square

With the return of the body of police officer Ran Gvili earlier this week, the last hostage in Gaza, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum held its last Kabbalat Shabbat service at... Read more »

Apple buys Israeli startup, reportedly for $2 billion, that reads facial ‘micro movements’

Apple on Thursday confirmed acquiring the Israeli startup Q.ai, in what appeared to be part of the tech giant’s efforts to make inroads into the wearables market, with the aid of artificial... Read more »

US prepares Iran strike target bank with Israel, allies

The US, in coordination with Britain, France and other countries, including Israel, has prepared a bank of targets for potential strikes on Iran, following the receipt and analysis of intelligence from multiple... Read more »

Iranian Mossad agent details role in internal attacks on regime during 12-day war

An Iranian Mossad agent, who was among those on the ground in Iran carrying out preemptive attacks as Israel launched strikes to destroy Iranian nuclear sites last year, described his actions and... Read more »

Cops reportedly probing right-wing agitator who blocked ex-judge Aharon Barak’s car

Police reportedly opened an investigation Thursday into far-right provocateur Mordechai David and a number of others after they blocked former Supreme Court president Aharon Barak from driving away from a Tel Aviv... Read more »

Parshat Beshalach and Ran Gvili: Why Judaism brings our dead home

Mark Twain once wrote that history doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes. This week, contemporary events in Jewish history did not only rhyme; they resonated deeply with events from thousands of years... Read more »

Trump weighs Iran strikes to inspire renewed protests

The US administration is evaluating military strikes against Iranian security apparatuses and political figures to stimulate renewed internal uprising, Reuters reported, though regional partners remain doubtful that such an approach can successfully... Read more »

Tu Bishvat Seder explained: Guide, origins, and meaning,

In early 2020, I was in my first year as an Israeli emissary at a Conservative synagogue in Maryland. One of the last in-person events we held before COVID hit was a... Read more »

Sarah Mullally confirmed as archbishop of Canterbury, 1st woman to lead Church of England

LONDON (AP) — Sarah Mullally walked into St. Paul’s Cathedral on Wednesday morning as the bishop of London. When she walked out in the afternoon as bells rang out, she was the spiritual... Read more »

Trump Gaza Plan Section 6 Creates Hamas Amnesty Impasse

Hamas has embedded a demand for comprehensive immunity covering its senior commanders and operatives within the list of conditions it presented to American officials and regional mediators regarding disarming. The terror group... Read more »