The Blogs: Israel Is Surrounded Today. Are You Aware of What Comes Next? | Celeo Ramirez
Since October 2023, Israel has fought on six fronts: Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. Five of…
Christians and minorities detained by Syrian govt, UN report alleges abuse
Christians and other minority groups have been arbitrarily detained by the Syrian Transitional Government for reasons that “sometimes…
Judaism and politics take center stage at Israel’s biggest Bible study gathering
Every summer, for four days, the picturesque Gush Etzion community of Alon Shvut becomes Israel’s capital of Bible…
The Blogs: Book review – The Koren Tanakh of the Land of Israel: Deuteronomy | Ben Rothke
Imagine reading Shakespeare without knowing anything about Elizabethan England. Much of the language, humor, politics, and cultural references…
The Blogs: Israel, Palestine, and Canaan: Myth, Archaeology, History, and Geopolitics | William Keenan
Who Belongs to the Levant? Why the Question Resists a Single Answer The competing claims to the Levant…
The Blogs: America’s Enduring Covenant with Israel | Saurav Dutt
The relationship between the United States and Israel is frequently explained through the language of military cooperation, intelligence…
Ambassador Mike Huckabee rejects chance of US-Israel alliance split
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said Monday that there was “not a chance” the historic relationship between…
Why shared values keep the US-Israel alliance strong
Benjamin Franklin proposed that the Great Seal of the United States depict Moses parting the Red Sea. The…
Rare cultic stone from Israelite mansion may testify to King Hezekiah’s biblical reform
A massive cultic stone found in an Israelite mansion destroyed by the Assyrians in the late 8th century…
Who Built the Biblical-era Fortresses in the Deserts of Israel and Jordan?
They could be proverbial white elephants: monumental fortresses built thousands of years ago in the desolation of modern-day…
What Shavuot teaches about Israel’s haredi military service debate
Mount Sinai and the giving of the Torah stand at the seminal moment of Jewish faith. God spoke…
The Blogs: Israel & the Diaspora Moving Apart: Déjà Vu All Over Again | Sam Lehman-Wilzig
The relationship between Israel and world Diaspora Jews, especially American Jewry, has been deteriorating these past few years.…