What if they gave a festival and too few came?

By LiAmi Lawrence
Published on April 24, 2013

This week in power: Marathom bombing, French rabbi, Class assignment, Independence Day

By Danny Groner
Published on April 18, 2013

The IDF vs. Bar Refaeli is Really The IDF vs. the Foreign Ministry

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on April 17, 2013

In the wake of Boston Marathon bombings, Israeli Independence Day fetes are toned down

Published on April 16, 2013

Israeli Independence Day celebrations in Boston were muted and security was increased in the wake of bombings that left three dead and dozens injured at the finish line of the Boston Marathon.

A novel meeting of Israeli, Socal culinary worlds

Published on April 10, 2013

Given the similarities between their respective climates and diverse populations, the food cultures of Israel and Southern California would seem to have much in common. Chefs Assaf Granit and Uri Navon of Jerusalem’s lauded Machneyuda restaurant are about to find out firsthand whether this is so.

Israeli-Palestinian tensions rise in Jerusalem, West Bank as Nakba Day nears

Published on May 13, 2011

Israel Defense Force soldiers and Palestinians clashed on Friday throughout the West Bank, days before planned demonstrations to commemorate the Nakba.

Why Israel Matters

Published on May 3, 2011

Zionism is like democracy. Winston Churchill said that democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the other kinds, and the same can be said, on its 63rd birthday, of the State of Israel. The Zionist project, in 2011, may be shot through with thorny problems, but it is still the best answer to the question it was designed to resolve, the so-called “Jewish Question.”

Stories of Pre-state Israel’s Helpers Now on Film

Published on May 3, 2011

Ruth Stern could have lived a life of privilege and security in her native South Africa. Instead, in 1946, while still in her teens, she and two dozen other South African youths boarded a ship bound for Palestine.

Kids Page

By Abby Gilad
Published on April 30, 2003

Kids Page