Recent comments by US President Donald Trump have raised questions about who initiated next week’s meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, what it is meant to achieve and why it is happening... Read more »

Hey everyone. I’m Noam Weissman. And this is Unpacking Israeli History, the podcast that takes a deep dive into some of the most intense, historically fascinating and often misunderstood events and stories... Read more »

A ping-pong movie shouldn’t feel like a crime thriller. And yet Jewish director Josh Safdie turns “Marty Supreme” into a pressure-cooker story about a Lower East Side striver who treats table tennis... Read more »

This is a story about oppression, tyranny, and the hunger for power. It’s yet another testament to Western leaders’ willful blindness, purchased with staggering wealth. Donations, investments in sports and academia, polished... Read more »

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s defense attorney was threatened with a fine on Wednesday after shouting at the judges during a hearing in the premier’s corruption trial. Amit Hadad objected when Judge Rivka... Read more »

Growing up, my parents had a number of friends who were regular visitors at our house. There were some families we always had Passover Seder with. There was my dad’s friend Percy... Read more »

Netanyahu said on Monday that the Iranian issue was not at the top of the agenda for his forthcoming meeting with Trump, a statement intended to lower media expectations. However, Israeli and... Read more »

Israel’s State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman released a scathing audit Tuesday exposing catastrophic security failures along Jerusalem’s border area – where Palestinians cross freely into Israel without inspection, female IDF observers sit in... Read more »

The Australian state where Bondi Beach is located was set on Tuesday to approve sweeping laws banning terror symbols, giving authorities the power to bar protests, and cracking down on guns, after... Read more »