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Aug 21, 2026, 6:52 PM

Copper Scroll: From the Pool of Siloam to the Jordan River Basin and Qumran

Trying to Decipher Section 47 of the Copper Scroll: A New Hypothesis on the Hidden Engineering of the Pool of Siloam. Following the hydro-archaeological analysis that proposed identifying Section 46 of the Copper Scroll with the mysterious tunnel at Ramat...

Jul 8, 2026, 11:25 AM

Israel’s Universities Are Slipping to the Margins. It’s Time to Reach Back

The quiet boycott is cutting our researchers off from the world and its funding. The countermeasures are many, but every one of them ends with a person we must persuade

Silas Anastacio

Jul 3, 2026, 4:37 AM

Legacy Begins with Stories

Educator connected to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Dana L. Revi turns a lifelong dream into a children’s book that brings families closer to Jewish tradition through literature. Some dreams change over time. Others remain for a lifetime. For Dana L....

Jun 30, 2026, 3:19 PM

1,000 days after: How will the voices of October 7 be heard?

Guy Shema, one of the survivors of the October 7 attack on the Supernova music festival by Palestinian terrorists, speaks to journalists after returning to the site near Kibbutz Reim in southern Israel on April 10, 2024. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)

In an era of misinformation, denial, and information overload, preserving survivor testimony is no longer enough: We need a living archive of the present

Mihran Kalaydjian

Jun 24, 2026, 5:55 AM

America Didn’t Create Israel—Jerusalem Helped Create America

Vice President JD Vance recently expressed frustration with Israel, accusing Israeli cabinet ministers of “personally attacking” President Donald Trump over his administration’s memorandum of understanding with Iran. Around the same time, President Trump declared that without America, there would...

Feb 18, 2026, 1:33 PM

What makes students in Israel show solidarity with a terrorist hotbed?

On January 6, 2026, Border Police and IDF forces carried out a raid on Birzeit University in the West Bank following riots involving hundreds of suspects, which included stone- and rock-throwing from rooftops toward the forces. Eleven people were...

Dec 24, 2025, 9:36 AM

Mount Scopus: History and the Lie of Erasure

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk (AI)

Mount Scopus: History, Coexistence, and the Lie of Erasure Mount Scopus is often mentioned casually in political debates about Jerusalem, sometimes even framed as a “contested” or “colonial” site. That framing collapses under the weight of history. Mount Scopus is...

Dec 24, 2025, 6:55 AM

Remembering Mileva Marić-Einstein, Wife of Israel’s Would Be 2nd President

Milena Marić Einstein and husband Albert, 1912. Credit: ETH Zurich Archives

This past Friday marked the 150th birthday of Mileva Marić, the intellectual and first wife of famed mathematician and physicist Albert Einstein. In science history, Mileva Marić-Einstein occupies a complex and increasingly significant place, not only as the first...

Mihran Kalaydjian

Dec 14, 2025, 3:48 PM

A Very Happy Chanukah: From Light in the United States to Light in Israel

Chanukah arrives each year with a quiet confidence. It does not demand attention. It does not overwhelm with spectacle. Instead, it offers something far more enduring: a reminder that even the smallest light, tended with care and conviction, can...

Oct 11, 2025, 10:53 PM

I rely upon Canada to do its share with increased devotion

Flags from rallies held in Toronto since October 7, 2023. Photograph by David Matlow.

“I rely upon Canada to do its share with increased devotion.” These words could be uttered today by the leader of any Canadian Jewish organization. They could also be the words that each of us say daily knowing the major needs...

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