few kilometers beyond the city of Beit Shemesh, the road wends its way among flowering green fields to the Valley of Elah. Here alongside the satellite dishes, as we enter the Adulam Forest, we...

With all the hullabaloo ensuing from US President Donald Trump’s recent encounter with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, the comparatively lesser turmoil surrounding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit with Putin in Moscow...

Charred cacti, incinerated turtles and snails, black bones of animals that could not escape the fire, thousands of acres of decimated fields. This has been the reality for much of the Israeli countryside adjoining...

The train rumbles noisily across the German Fatherland, and for one 14-year-old passenger there is little to do other than stare out the window. This boy, like thousands of other Jewish children, is leaving...

The Ninth of Av 5252 (1492) was a dark day in the history of our people. After living on the Iberian Peninsula for more than 14 centuries, the Jewish community, which had contributed so...

One early November morning nearly four years ago, Anna Brzyska set out from her home in Krakow to the town of Brzesko, called Brigel in Yiddish. Her plan was simple. She would accompany her...

If you’re having company and you don’t have time to chop, many supermarkets have beautifully cut-up fruits already done! Just add in flavoring, and you have a unique dessert. If you don’t want to...

“Since I am old enough to remember, summers were spent by the beach/pool, eating tuna sandwiches. Or chicken salad depending on my mother’s mood and if we were going to get ice cream after! I...

“It’s hot out, we’ve been at the pool for a few hours, or sitting outside watching the kids play in the yard or in the park….or we’re running late from work or rushing home...

A daring and desperate rescue inside a sprawling cave complex in Thailand has put nerves on edge around the world, with hope for the survival of 12 teens and their soccer coach. It was when...