Before Adam sinned, he looked nothing like you or I do today... The Midrash says that he wore kosnos ohr (skin of light). When you looked at Adam, you didn’t see his body but saw Adam himself, i.e., ...

A 17-year-old Jerusalem teen was diagnosed Wednesday with the infantile paralysis strain of the polio virus, Israel’s Health Ministry confirmed at its virus laboratory. The teen was not vaccinated ...

In 1777, Hanukkah candles were lit during the Valley Forge encampment, the turning point of the Revolutionary War, which solidified the victory of George Washington’s Continental Army over the British ...

The ubiquitous Israeli Hanukkah donut — sufgania — has taken on new meaning this year. For the Weiser family, whose 21-year-old son Roey fell in battle against hundreds of Hamas terrorists during ...

This pathology in human herd mentality has been successfully exploited by Russian Communists, German Nazis and Arab Islamists over the past century, and has led to disastrous results, not least for th ...

This reopening marks a significant step toward healing, resilience, and the continued preservation of Israel's rich natural heritage.

I began putting on tefillin daily for the first time in nearly five years, more out of a transactional hope – a gumball machine theology – than genuine devotion. I figured if I gave something to G ...

To meet rising antisemitic threats, the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and the Yael Foundation launch new security project for Jewish communities.

As of 2010, the Jerusalem municipality has issued demolition orders for 43 out of the 90 illegal structures in Al-Bustan.

The IDF Rabbinate’s guidelines aim to answer many of the countless questions of Jewish law it has received in recent weeks regarding how to best fulfill the mitzvah of lighting Chanukah candles duri ...

Defense Minister Israel Katz on Monday night claimed responsibility for the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on July 31, saying that “We will behead” the Houthi leaders, “just ...

Preliminary findings suggest the crash was caused by a collision with a flock of birds, according to the airline's statement.