Tel Aviv exhibit joins Jewish concepts to role-playing games

For the next two weeks, Sunday and Tuesday evenings are game night at the Neve Schechter gallery in Tel Aviv, where the latest exhibit, “Roll of Destiny,” explores how Jewish knowledge engages... Read more »

The world’s most dangerous flashpoints of 2026

2025 was saturated with conflict. The past year saw clashes between Thailand and Cambodia, nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, a direct confrontation between Israel and Iran and the end of the war in... Read more »

Israel’s population growth falls to record low as emigration surges

Israel’s population growth rate in 2025 was the lowest since the country’s establishment, according to a new analysis by the Taub Center for Social Policy Studies. The data show that the population... Read more »

Somaliland’s little-known Jewish past spans Yemenite traders and contested legends

There are no Jews known to be living in Somaliland, which declared its independence from Somalia in 1991. However, the territory can claim some interesting footnotes in Jewish history, beyond Israel’s move... Read more »

Israel expected to soon reopen Rafah Crossing for exit and entry of Gazans — US official

The Trump administration expects that Israel will reopen the Rafah Border Crossing in the coming days to both the entry and exit of Gazans after US President Donald Trump and his aides... Read more »

Israel Braces for Lebanon Strikes as Hezbollah Disarmament Deadline Passes

The American deadline to Lebanon’s government – requiring Hezbollah’s full disarmament by year’s end – expires Wednesday night, with Israel’s security establishment now waiting for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s final go-ahead after... Read more »

In first, Israeli population growth drops below 1 percent; life expectancy also down

For the first time since the establishment of the state, the annual population increase over 2025 is expected to fall below one percent, according to a report released Wednesday by an independent... Read more »

Trump and Netanyahu talk Iran, phase two of Gaza peace plan

United States President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met at Mar-a-Lago on Monday to discuss the next stage of the Gaza peace plan, as well as other issues in... Read more »

Could this ancient engraving be the oldest picture of Jerusalem?

A 2,700-year-old engraving on the walls of an Assyrian palace may be our oldest glimpse into the ancient city of Jerusalem and provide another perspective on a Biblical story of how a... Read more »

Bennett: Netanyahu aides who ‘served the enemy’ in Qatargate deserve life sentence

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett claimed on Tuesday that the suspects in the Qatargate scandal deserve a life sentence for having “maliciously sabotaged” Israel’s ties with Egypt while promoting the image of... Read more »