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Oct 17, 2026, 8:48 AM

Treasure Trove: Israel’s Aviation History Will Include Flights from Canada Again

From the Herzl and Zionism Collection of David Matlow, Toronto (www.herzlcollection.com). Photograph by David Matlow.

The long awaited resumption of Air Canada’s Toronto-Tel Aviv direct flight is scheduled for November 30, 2026. In anticipation of these flights starting again, Treasure Trove is taking this opportunity to give a brief history of aviation in the...

Michal Slawny Cababia

Oct 15, 2026, 3:11 PM

B’Yachad, we’ll repair ties between Israel and the Jewish world

The writer alongside fellow B'Yachad (Yesh Atid) MK Oz Haim at a meeting of the Knesset Aliyah, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee. (Credit: Danny Shem Tov/ Knesset Spokesperson)

In just under two weeks, Israelis will head to the polls in what will be the most consequential election in our country’s history. As our country grapples with questions of governance, security, national identity, and our standing in the...

Jonathan Shavit

Oct 9, 2026, 6:21 PM

Children of Abraham: A review

Published this year, its author Marc David Baer attempts to apply much-needed nuance to a topic, Jewish-Muslim relations, that usually veers into myths of interfaith utopia or perennial antagonism. Spanning the period from Islamic rule to the present, Baer...

Alexander A. Winogradsky Frenkel

Oct 8, 2026, 11:12 PM

Noodles in Danger

A warning can disappear into a drawer without becoming less true. Someone has registered it, assigned its category, perhaps postponed consideration until after the holiday. Outside the office, people continue breathing without knowing whether their breath has received the...

Oct 6, 2026, 3:34 PM

The Heavens Belong to God: May a Jew Leave Earth?

Apollo 8 Flight Plan, Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-apollo-8-delivered-moment-christmas-eve-peace-and-understanding-world-180976431/
Overlaid with astronaut:, stock photography licensed via Canva

Early Space exploration precipitated an interest in how Jewish law might be kept beyond the confines of planet Earth. Before asking how Halakha could be observed in Space, we need to return to an earlier question: whether humans may...

Sep 30, 2026, 12:16 AM

Trust Them, Challenge Them: Hebrew Education Post-October 7

Hope and Resilience: A mixed-media artwork created by Maimonides eighth-grade student Jacob Levy as the artistic component of his Eitan Hebrew assessment, which he passed with excellence. Published with permission.

Aharon Appelfeld begins his story “Cold Spring,” set at the end of the Second World War, with these words: בְּאִחוּר שֶׁל שִׁבְעָה יָמִים נוֹדַע לָנוּ עַל סִיּוּם הַמִּלְחָמָה. סִפְּרוּ לָנוּ, כִּי הַיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן שֶׁל סִיּוּם הַמִּלְחָמָה שִׂמְחָתוֹ הָיְתָה רַבָּה. וְאָמְנָם,...

Sep 24, 2026, 10:18 PM

Do You Need Hebrew to Make Aliyah? The Honest Answer

No. You don't need a single word of it. There is no language requirement for aliyah. No test, no proficiency level, nobody checking whether you can handle a verb conjugation. If you qualify under the Law of Return, you can...

Sep 22, 2026, 7:21 PM

‘Know Before Whom You Stand’: How Hebrew Creates Belonging

How Serious Hebrew Education Creates Readiness, Recognition, and Belonging Jewish tradition teaches, דַּע לִפְנֵי מִי אַתָּה עוֹמֵד, know before whom you stand (Babylonian Talmud, Berakhot 28b). The words ask us to recognize the presence before us and the responsibility that...

Sep 22, 2026, 3:16 AM

When my Israeli son asked me ‘What is Jewish?’

It took moving our family to Australia for me to understand what my 9-year-old had always taken for granted

Sep 14, 2026, 7:30 PM

From Jerusalem to Jericho, Did Gold Classify Water Quality in the Copper Scroll?

From “Waters of Gold” to a Water Registry: The Linguistic Sources of the Copper Scroll The use of “gold” as a metaphor for exceptional quality, purity, and supreme value is familiar in modern Hebrew expressions such as “the golden age,”...

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