Hamas is far from gone from Gaza, little progress has been made on 19 out of Trump's 20 points in his plan and not all of the hostages' remains have been returned. Is Hamas winning?

Could a political assassination still occur in Israel today? Has the danger passed? Thirty years have gone by, full of fierce internal struggles, yet without an outbreak of extreme violence.

Pope Leo XIV’s task is clear: to ensure that the lofty words of 1965 are matched by deeds in 2025. That means denouncing antisemitism unequivocally, whether it hides behind anti-Zionism or any other guise.

Israel’s political disputes are legitimate, but these arguments must be conducted with decorum, with respect for those who hold office, and with esteem for the institutions they represent.

Will anyone champion the average Israeli fed up with both extremes’ take-no-prisoners, often self-sabotaging, rigidity?

Hate crimes against Jews nearly doubled in 2024, and there are few signs of abatement so far in 2025. Jews in Milan and Rome now ask questions they thought had been buried since 1945

Increasingly, Israelis are forgoing the religious-secular binary. Instead, many are locating themselves along a continuum.

For many US Jews, October 7 brought a stronger sense of identity and a deeper bond with Israel; now, that bond is clouded by growing embarrassment

Did the strikes in Qatar move the country closer toward ending the war and bringing the hostages home, or did it push both goals further away?