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Traumatized Israelis living near Gaza turn to unusual source for help

Sponsored By Elana Sztokman SDEROT, Israel — Whenever Efraim Rozenfeld hears a plane flying overhead, his body tenses up. The 52-year-old father of seven and grandfather...

8 dead as IDF launches extensive West Bank raid

The Israel Defense Forces launched a large-scale raid on suspected terrorists in the northern West Bank city of Jenin on Monday, killing at least...

Israeli minister’s visit with local Jewish leaders canceled

Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli’s scheduled meeting on Thursday with Jewish leaders in North Bethesda area was canceled, according to Hebrew media reports. Maariv...

A new destination for troubled Jewish youth trying to kick drug dependency: Cyprus

Sponsored content By Larry Luxner Young people with substance-abuse dependencies often face a stark challenge when trying to overcome their problem: Any kind of lapse is...

Looming Jewish teacher shortage prompts new accelerated training in well-known Jerusalem program

Sponsored content By Elana Sztokman When Rabbi David Wallach was looking for an institution to help him become a better Jewish day school...

At this unique yearlong Torah study program in Jerusalem, students are encouraged to ask...

Sponsored By Judith Sudilovsky Walk the streets of Jerusalem on any given weekday morning, and you will discover there’s no shortage of intensive...

How one special Pink Day helps save and support cancer patients

Sponsored By Eric Berger  When Rachel Wojnilower was an undergraduate at American University in Washington, D.C., she did all kinds of activities with her...

For one group of friends separated by geography, a single Israel experience builds lifelong...

Sponsored By Larry Luxner When Ashley Inbar of Portland, Maine, got married in a traditional Jewish ceremony at the Jamaican beach resort of Ocho Rios in...

This unusual Israeli podcast covers everything from sentient AI to extending the human lifespan

Sponsored By Renee Ghert-Zand If an alien spacecraft landed in Prof. Avi Loeb’s backyard tomorrow, he would readily step on, leave his family...

Local pulpit rabbis on Israel: ‘We don’t give up on family’

A New York City rabbi recently made national headlines when he announced that, as an act of protest against extremists in the government of...