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Mario Tomas Selem

Oct 6, 2026, 5:32 PM

One country, shared responsibilities

My granddaughter comes from a religious family and serves in the army. Like so many grandparents in Israel, I want her to come home safe and sound. But I also want the responsibilities placed on her and thousands of...

Oct 5, 2026, 12:06 PM

Three years on, fare well

Illustrative: Israeli soldiers gather near the border with Gaza before entering the Hamas-run enclave on October 31, 2023. (Gil COHEN-MAGEN / AFP)

In war, we learned to carry one another despite our differences. Now I am trying to bring that way of being together home

David Nekrutman

Oct 5, 2026, 12:03 PM

When Shabbat, Religious Freedom, and Evangelism Collided at One Café

When Café Basimta opened its doors in an unassuming Jerusalem courtyard, it stepped squarely onto Israel’s most sensitive societal third rail: serving espresso on Shabbat. Jerusalem is not Tel Aviv. While commerce hums along in parts of East Jerusalem and...

Oct 5, 2026, 11:59 AM

The best educational system in the world — at 34,000 feet

Asaf Rajuan pumps his fist in the air, informing passengers of the success in subduing the terrorist copilot and taking control of flydubai's Flight 1073. (Screencapture, social media)

The passengers who saved Flight 1073 showed an Israeli talent for acting fast and working together — a hidden curriculum learned from childhood

Sarah Segal-Katz

Oct 2, 2026, 7:02 AM

Carrying What Is Broken Into Simchat Torah

Graffiti on Emek Refaim Street, Jerusalem (November 2023)

This year, in Israel, Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah fall on Shabbat for the first time since October 7, 2023. For many of us, this convergence brings back the devastation of that day and the ways our lives have...

Elkana Bar Eitan

Oct 1, 2026, 5:54 PM

What the FlyDubai heroes reveal about the Israeli society

A plumber, a dentist, a finance executive and an underwriter: What the FlyDubai heroes reveal about Israel. In the hours after the terrifying events aboard a FlyDubai flight bound for Tel Aviv, many people pointed to the same explanation for...

Eliezer Avraham

Oct 1, 2026, 6:08 AM

Bravery Without Borders: Honoring Modern Guardians of Jewish Life

AI Illustrated Image

A proposal for Israel to establish a Presidential Citation for Civil Courage and a modern Righteous Guardians of Life classification for non‑Jews who save Jewish lives in moments of war or terror. The Moral Imperative to Recognize Courage Beyond Borders Israel...

Karen Miller Jackson

Oct 1, 2026, 3:03 AM

Simchat Torah: An Unfinished Story

Simchat Torah will never be the same. Three years after October 7, this day will always carry a sense of before and after. A day once associated with joy, dancing, and women’s hakafot is now also a time to...

Sagit Alkobi Fishman

Sep 30, 2026, 12:24 AM

What the Sukkah Knows That the Safe Room Doesn’t

A sukkah beside a reinforced safe room. AI-generated photorealistic illustration.

This Sukkot, two shelters stand side by side in countless Israeli homes. One has reinforced concrete walls, a steel door, and a window designed to seal from within. The other has flimsy walls and a roof of branches through...

Sep 29, 2026, 11:38 AM

Two Out of Three

Herodotus relates that the Athenian lawgiver Solon passed through Sardis when Croesus ruled Lydia and had subdued nearly all his neighbors, and that the king had his treasuries thrown open for the visitor before asking him who was the...

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