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May 14, 2026, 10:01 PM

I want Israel to be a guy from Oklahoma

Wouldn't it be nice if the Jewish state were ordinary, like that date who sent me decent music and never added any conflict to my life?

May 8, 2026, 12:02 PM

The Principal Risk of Hantavirus Lies in Its Long Incubation Period

An unprecedented outbreak at sea On April 1, 2026, the polar cruise ship MV Hondius departed Ushuaia, Argentina, bound for Antarctica and remote Atlantic islands. Nearly 150 passengers and crew of 23 nationalities were on board. On April 11, a...

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Apr 17, 2026, 7:39 AM

Resilience isn’t always a good thing

An El Al plane takes off at Ben Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, March 5, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/ Flash90)

Israelis have been moving away in record numbers - which is just one of the ways the population is coping with too much adversity

Anna Hershkowitz

Mar 23, 2026, 11:38 AM

I’m tired of being told I’m resilient

Illustrative. People wait in a bomb shelter during a siren alert for a reported incoming Iranian missile strike near the coastal city of Tel Aviv, on March 5, 2026. (Olympia de Maismont/AFP)

My kids, who have built their Barbies a safe room, complete with siren sound effects, absorb more stress than we think. We all do

Jan 12, 2026, 10:45 PM

The Stigma of the Masks

It is indisputable that major league mistakes were made by the governments of both Israel and the United States in dealing with the recent 2019 – 2023 global COVID-19 pandemic. I have previously noted here some failings in Israel's...

Dec 11, 2025, 9:47 AM

How Viruses Make Us Ill

From Lab to Life Ever wonder how those sneaky viruses penetrate our cell walls, use the cell’s own DNA factory to reproduce – and make us ill? During the Corona COVID virus pandemic, we became aware that viruses penetrate our cells...

Aug 6, 2025, 12:29 AM

Smelling the Change in the Air: Sniffing Out Cancer Before it Starts

In the evolving battle against cancer, two pioneering Israeli companies, SpotItEarly and Edity Therapeutics, are using the power of bio-convergence to rewrite the rules of diagnosis and treatment. By integrating biology, engineering, artificial intelligence, and personalized medicine, they are...

Aug 1, 2025, 12:04 AM

Grief These Days

Photo: AntonioGuillem/istockphoto.com

“How is it,” opens the Book of Lamentations, “that she came to sit alone?” Likening the destroyed city of Jerusalem to a widow, the traditional reading on Tisha B’Av reminds us of the loneliness of grief. Psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler...

May 28, 2025, 9:58 PM

Crisis, Conflict and the Kindest Generation

National Service volunteers at Jewish National Fund-USA affiliate ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran are all smiles while celebrating Yom Haatzmaut with residents and students with severe disabilities.

Growing up in the suburban United States during simpler times, I was largely sheltered from the storms of life. Though I marched and rallied for the freedom of fellow Jews around the world from a very young age, their trials...

Mar 16, 2025, 10:45 PM

COVID-19 Five Years Later: Time to Move On

In this past week’s Torah portion, Ki Tisa, we read how the Israelites fashioned a golden calf while Moses was atop Mount Sinai. As Divine Retribution for their sin, the Israelites were to be punished with a plague, although...

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