Is the continent where most of world Jewry has roots – and where such concepts as liberalism, human rights, nationalism, and even Zionism were born – crumbling beneath us?

Is the continent where most of world Jewry has roots – and where such concepts as liberalism, human rights, nationalism, and even Zionism were born – crumbling beneath us?

Tisha B’Av can become a more significant day for every Israeli — a day that unites the religious with the national and the historical for the Jews living in Israel and for the Zionist enterprise.

In agreeing to limited separation in academia, the Court rejected the extreme positions of both the Haredim and those who oppose them

Israel’s hasbara problem is, of course, only a symptom of much more serious phenomena, among them: the threat to our relations with the US and its Jews.

Main Findings Twitter followers of AIPAC and J Street are equally likely to have bios that contain the word “Jewish”, while AIPAC supporters are significantly more likely to have “Israel” in their bios. Around the same percent of AIPAC followers (48.1%) and J Street followers (39.5%) mention Israel at least once in their previous 200 tweets. J Street followers are…

Israel should focus on a quiet dialogue with the Biden administration, in which it will clarify its expectations and its positions on the diplomatic effort vis-à-vis Iran, while reserving the right to take action against the Iranian nuclear program

Comparative research is enriched by new items that allow for tracing trends and outlining differences, discovering patterns, or disproving existing conceptions.

A culture of to-and-fro is not only respected in Jewish custom, it is positively sanctified. . .We know we are not weakened by debate; we are strengthened by it. Today, however, I fear this is a lesson we need to learn afresh. –Israel President Reuven Rivlin, Forward, 8 February 2021 Talmudic discourse shows that Jews are encouraged to ask questions;…