Israeli PM to American Jewish leaders: ‘We have to redesign our relationship’
The first thing Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said, facing a room full of the leaders of the American Jewish community: “I wish my...
What the US foreign spending bill means for Israel
To be, or not to be — that is the question when it comes to conditioned aid to Israel.
The annual bill that determines what...
Record-breaking aliyah from North America projected for 2021, with 5,000 expected to make the...
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Leah and Yehuda Smolarcik are moving to Israel from Chicago with their four children this summer. The challenges over the past year...
Weaving home hospitality into Birthright trips forges new bonds between young Israelis and Diaspora...
By Michele Chabin
When Jack McCormack signed up for a Birthright trip several months ago, he looked forward to visiting Israel’s holy, historical and cultural...
Israeli restaurants are changing their kosher certifications
By Linda Gradstein
The Eucalyptus, a restaurant just outside the Old City in Jerusalem, draws in diners by offering “authentic biblical cuisine” — made from...
How US laws against Israel boycotts could hit Ben & Jerry’s
Ben & Jerry’s decision this week to pull out of an agreement that allowed its Israeli franchisee to sell its product in what the...
This is the secret to how Israel’s leading technology institute manages to drive so...
By Renee Ghert-Zand
In the century or so since its founding as Israel’s first university, the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology has acquired a reputation as...
Some Israelis are still traumatized 2 months after the deadly violence between Arabs and...
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Given the torrent of news developments in Israel since its brief war with Hamas in May — a new prime minister and...
Team Israel will make stop in Maryland for pre-Olympic exhibition game
Team Israel Baseball is coming to Maryland. On their way to the Olympics, Team Israel will stop in Maryland for an exhibition game with...
9 firsts for Israel’s new government
By Abigail Klein Leichman
For the first time in 12 years, Israel’s Likud Party and its head, Benjamin Netanyahu, have moved from the prime minister’s...