Magazine

Planting seeds of the Divine: a weekly Torah guide

Smith invites readers to start their “Inner Garden,” which includes planting and cultivating “forty-seven assorted seeds that correspond to forty-seven weekly Torah portions.

 ‘PUNISHMENT OF the Sons of Korach,’ fresco by Sandro Botticelli.
YEMEI IYUN B’Tanach offered 140 lectures on different Bible stories over four days.

Learning ‘Tanach’ together at annual Torah conference

NO SYROS today – a view of the small Greek island.

‘Tzuris’ in Syros: New enemies don’t deserve our business - opinion

THE GUSH KATIF settlement where we spent most of our time was Morag – seen July 12, 2005.

Not the military experience I intended: Gaza, 2005 and 2025 - opinion


Gaza Disengagement, revisited: Sharon’s gamble, Israel’s price

Disengagement was sold not just as a diplomatic move, but as a security one. Pulling out of Gaza, Ariel Sharon argued, would save lives.

Former prime minister Ariel Sharon is seen in an archive image taken during the 1980s

Twenty years after Gaza withdrawal, threat of terror remains - opinion

The Palestinians had a chance to build a viable and flourishing presence in Gaza; instead, they opted for terrorism and hate.

Palestinians take control of an Israeli tank after crossing the border fence with Israel from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 7, 2023.

Voices from the Arab press: Withdrawal of US forces from the region is off the table

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

RECRUITING POSTER for US armed forces, 1917.

From Manchester to MDA: saving lives in Jerusalem

‘This country is being run by kids, but it works!’

IN HER Magen David Adom uniform.

The youth of Gush Katif: The trauma, struggles of the once-teens of Israel's Gaza settlements

How a few teens dealt with the trauma of the expulsion, and where are they today?

AN IDF soldier uproots residents from their Neveh Dekalim home, Aug. 2005.

Gaza Disengagement twenty years later: A summer of changes and turbulence

Who knew then that 20 years later, Iran would be sending massive rockets, and Houthis would be blowing up ships?

MEDIA CIRCUS on the IDF’s final day, at general headquarters in Khan Yunis, Sept. 11, 2005.

A price too high: The psychological toll of the war in Gaza is overwhelming - opinion

We must ensure another Oct. 7 never happens, but remaining in the Gaza Strip is a recipe for continued disaster at multiple levels.

HUNDREDS OF family, friends, and residents of the Golan Heights stand vigil to accompany the parents of IDF soldier Bezalel Yehoshua Masbaher – who died from his wounds after being injured in combat in Gaza – to his funeral at Mt. Herzl, July 27.

Too holy to care? Examining the ethical divide in the Jewish experience - opinion

This is a morally just war – a war of survival against enemies who openly seek our annihilation.

HAVE WE fallen into a chasm with our Jewish brethren who criticize Israel’s war?

When hassidic masters tried, failed to usher in the messianic age during Napoleon's wars

The Hozeh would later recount that the Heavenly Court had ruled against him on account of his attempts to bring the redemption before the appointed time.

‘SIEGE OF Acre,’ 1799

Barry Diller’s adventures: In and outside of Hollywood

While some people are about breaking molds, the Jewish boy from Beverly Hills is about creating new ones.

BARRY DILLER and wife Diane Von Fürstenberg, 2009 Metropolitan Opera premiere.

It began in Neveh Dekalim: How the Gaza Disengagement led to judicial reform

For Religious Zionists, who link Torah, people, and land, the state’s bulldozers felt like a theological betrayal.

A GIRL is evacuated from Neveh Dekalim, Aug. 2005.