On October 6, 1973, my life — and the lives of an entire generation — changed forever. The Yom Kippur War was meant to be the resounding slap in the face after the euphoria of the Six-Day War. That ...

This week’s controversy erupted when several U.S. manufactured F-35 stealth fighter jets, destined for Israel, made an unscheduled stopover at Lajes Air Base in the Azores, Portugal. The incident ...

Nathan Jeffay started working in journalism in 1999, and moved from the UK to Israel in 2007. He is former science and health reporter for The Times of Israel, and has worked with international media ...

Possessed by Possessions . Our gemara on amud aleph discusses the requirement of the Pesach sacrifice to be slaughtered and eaten only from those who registered as part of a ...

1. Sukkot commemorates the 40 years when the ancient Israelites lived in the wilderness in frail huts and were sustained by manna. According to Isaac Arama (1420-1494), author of Akedat Yitzchak, and ...

So why is unity so vital? The Jewish festivals of Sukkot, Pesach, and Shavuot, alongside the wisdom of Jewish thinkers like the Lubavitcher Rebbe and Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, illuminate why unity, ...

And these are just three stories among thousands of similar accounts of heroism amid horror.

Jewish holidays are the stage upon which we enact our spiritual resistance. May we find courage in the vulnerability of Sukkot, knowing that our tradition invites us to face fear head on. We have been ...

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks (z”l) used to remind us that “the Jewish people is a family, not an exclusive club.” The line appears in different forms across his writings, but its moral center never moved ...

The Manchester synagogue attack is a tragedy — but also a test. Britain can either rediscover the civic and moral clarity that once defined it, or continue down the path of fear, fragmentation, and ...

If Israel’s left truly cares about liberty and democracy in Iran, it must abandon its sentimental and selective approach. Backing armed or separatist movements is not an act of courage—it’s an act of ...

According to both the Bible and the Qur’an, since the days of Adam and Eve certain select humans in the distant past have heard the One God speaking to them. These people are usually called Prophets ...