As Israel celebrates the reunification of Jerusalem in 1967, efforts to preserve and highlight Jewish history on the Temple Mount are in high gear
“When the children of Israel wandered in the desert, we were always by their side,” Israeli Druze Atah Farhat said in a national TV interview.
Islam is trapped in a war between Sunnis and Shiites and the Western world is being dragged into the middle of this religious conflict.
When US President Donald Trump made strong statements of support for Israel during the election campaign, Israelis wanted more than anything to believe him.
The trendy “food truck” will finally roll into Jerusalem this summer after a long battle with Health Ministry regulators, kosher certifiers and municipal planners.
Israel is a global leader in cyber security with 65 new startups created here last year.
“I strongly urge our government that whatever happens to Israel, we should always support that government,” Alaiasa Sepulona Moananu, a member of the Samoan parliament, told his nation.
Moving up from last year’s ranking, Israel has been recognized as the 10th most innovative economy in the world in the 2017 Bloomberg Innovation Index.
Jared, a chef in New York City, was applauded around the world for a simple act of courage.
In today’s media the moments making headlines have to be fiery, fierce or funny.
I was fascinated by an exhibition of the Spanish artist Salvador Dali at the Tel Aviv Port.
In an improbable performance in Tel Aviv, Israeli rock star Aviv Gefen and Iranian exile Shahin Najafi thrilled 6,000 enthusiastic fans with songs in Hebrew and Persian.
Jews and Arabs can be seen battling each other these days in Jerusalem—only this time it is in the game of backgammon!
Anytime someone wants to build or renovate a building in Jerusalem, some unknown mystery of the city is unearthed.
The treatment of wounded soldiers on the battlefield while under fire is a dangerous and life-threatening challenge.
Many imagine that modern Jewish believers in Yeshua (JBY) who practice a Jewish lifestyle and promote unconventional biblical interpretations are being provocative and anachronistic.
On a visit to the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, I could not help but ponder the impact Christian art has had on how we understand Jesus, the gospel and the Bible.
Israel is going back to Africa, and Jerusalem’s interest in the continent is returning to the levels last seen in the 1960s.
The animal world in Israel is extremely diverse, just like the geography of this small but beautiful land.
Another winter of below average rainfall has left the lake where Jesus walked on water at its lowest level in a century.
In 1947, some 100 Jews were flown into the Land of Israel from Iraq in a secret airlift called Operation Michaelberg.
In the article “Praise” or “Acknowledge”?, dealing with Gen. 49:8ff, I suggested that יודוך [YODUKHA]—rendered “will praise you” —might more logically be translated “will acknowledge {‘confess’} you”.
Few would take notice of the original meaning of the name given to the parliament of Israel.
An Orthodox rabbi has complained to Education Minister Naftali Bennett that the history book for the 6th grade is too Christian-oriented.
There are hopes for a new construction boom, particularly in the disputed eastern part of the city
On more than one occasion while interviewing ordinary Palestinians, I’ve been told that the greatest obstacle to real peace was bringing in Yasser Arafat’s Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), which later morphed into the Palestinian Authority.
Aviram Zeevy became known through his activism in the grassroots movement Ad Kan! which loosely translated means, “Enough Is Enough.”
