Top baby names in Israel biblical, data over seven decades shows
On March 9, 1950, Iraq’s Chamber of Deputies and Senate approved the "Supplement to Ordinance Cancelling Iraqi Nationality" law. It stipulated that Jews could leave the country, on condition they renounce their citizenship and their...
Jews and Zionism: An ancient bond
How old is the concept of Zionism?
It did not emerge in 1947 from the U.N. General Assembly Resolution 181 Partition Plan, as those who try to weaponize Zionism would have you believe.
It did not emerge...
Phil Lorang Keeps Busy with a Multitude of Tikkun Olam Projects
The volunteer of the month for March is a modest, unassuming man who is also an energizer bunny! Phil Lorang, 71, likes to live by the motto he says a wise co-worker once told...
Jewish Hollywood’s Jewish problem
The 97th annual Academy Awards took place on Sunday night. A bit of mystery was added to all the pageantry. Long before statues were handed out, the anticipation was eclipsed by the glamorous parade...
Dore Gold: An American who ascended to Israel’s political elite
Dr. Dore Gold, an eloquent former Israel ambassador to the United Nations (1997–1999) and a foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, passed away at the age of 71 on Monday.
Gold also served...
3,000 Jews visit Temple Mount, breaking 1,900-year record for wintery Hebrew month
For the first time since the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 C.E., more than 3,000 Jews prayed at Judaism's holiest site during the month of Shevat, the Temple Mount Administration said...
‘Mi amor’: Yarden Bibas bids emotional farewell to wife and sons
The surviving member of the Bibas family, Yarden, shared a poignant eulogy at Kibbutz Nir Oz on Wednesday for the burial of his wife, Shiri, and their two children, Ariel and Kfir who were...
Paul Ehrlich, Discoverer of a Drug to Battle Syphilis
Paul Ehrlich performed pioneering research work in chemistry, medicine, physiology, histology, bacteriology, hematology and oncology and became the founder of immunology and pharmacology and the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine...
Slain Israeli captive Oded Lifshitz buried in Kibbutz Nir Oz
The funeral of Israeli hostage Oded Lifshitz got underway in his hometown of Kibbutz Nir Oz on Tuesday afternoon, five days after his remains were returned from the Gaza Strip for burial by the...
Rose Girone, the Longest-Living Holocaust Survivor, Passes Away at 113
Rose Girone, recognized as the world's longest-living Holocaust survivor, passed away on February 24, 2025, in Bellmore, New York, at the age of 113. Her daughter, Reha Bennicasa, reported that the cause of death...