Soon after the Hamas-led attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, I met a senior lawmaker in the Likud party who explained to me in detail how Israel would use the ...

One in seven Jews worldwide are strictly Orthodox, or Haredi. It's a population of roughly 2 million out of 15 million Jews, ...

Mamdani, a democratic socialist, added to his margin of victory over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo after the ranked-choice votes ...

After centuries of isolation, ultra-Orthodox Jews are engaging with the world more than ever - One in seven Jews worldwide ...

So it has been maddening to see people claim that Mamdani’s win was a victory for antisemitism. A Republican running for ...

Hard right politician Naftali Bennett has said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’must go’ as controversy over his ...

In 2023, a branch of the Palestinian restaurant Ayat opened in Brooklyn’s Ditmas Park, not far from where I live. The eatery trumpets its politics; the seafood section on the menu is headed “From the ...

In sum, this regional war for the players in the Middle East was the equivalent of World War II for Europe: It completely shakes up the status quo and opens the way for something new.

I write today as a secular American Jew, I’m not an Israeli or a Zionist. Like so many secular Jews in America, I despise Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who ...

Netanyahu’s Likud gains seats after Israel’s war on Iran, but his coalition still falls short of a majority, with key allies ...

Many haredi Jews in Israel use so-called "kosher phones" to curtail exposure to what they see as harmful influences.The post Ultra-Orthodox using basic cell phones’ miss missiles alerts appeared first ...