'You can't allow yourself to feel'
Paris photojournalist recounts capturing Notre Dame fire.
Paris photojournalist recounts capturing Notre Dame fire.

Many people today struggle with questions of historicity, meaning – did the Exodus really happen? Here is the answer for them.

The ‘speaking mouth’ of Passover: Letting the world know that G-d is one.

Hear about the connection of Passover to the state of Israel, the IDF, politics and Jewish Mysticism.

Gil Hoffman analyzes the strategy of the 11 parties that made it in to the next Knesset

Matti Friedman pays homage to little known individuals whose lives as Arab Muslims was a sacrifice that led to the birth of the state.

Batya Ruddell shares stories and advice for families of kids who have paved a new path.

A most eventful week.

Will the new Knesset be better than the one before it? Is the fact that the prime minister was not replaced good or bad?

Shabbat HaGadol is more than a pointer towards Pesach - it is the major postscript to it.

How attempts to persuade Jews not to immigrate to Israel by means of 'facts' do not achieve their goal.

Are you subconsciously making investment mistakes?

Prof. Lior Sternfeld thinks that "Likud's popularity is the part of the global trend of right-wing politics".

An Israeli political expert talks about the strengths and weaknesses of Binyamin Netanyahu.

The prime minister says he is already talking to his partners. Who are they, and is there any chance for surprises?

A politics professor from the Hebrew University talks about the mistakes of Benny Gantz and the chances that Netanyahu completes his term.

A former State Department official who led the outreach to the Muslim world after the 9/11 attacks.

Dan Diker explains what could happen in the days and weeks following the election as coalition negotiations get into high gear.

The Israeli election is a waste of time and money.

Benny Gantz vows in interview to win the election and form a government that will not include Netanyahu.

Could Israeli citizens go back to the ballot boxes in another six months? How could a scenario like that actualize?

Is it a coincidence that Israel goes to the polls this week, or are Israeli elections an integral part of the process of redemption?

Too many people around us have yet to decide what to vote for in the Knesset elections. Why did this happen?

We'll all be glad when it's over.

NATO at 70: The alliance that the United States wants to keep for the future.

Our partnership with G-d in setting up the calendar.

'Practical Reasons' for not making Aliyah could create unnecessary and dangerous obstacles along the Aliyah Trail

Will the 2009 precedent repeat itself and will Netanyahu’s legal woes make coalition forming more difficult after this election?

Whether we sit right or left of the respective aisle, can we have different views on some topics than our co-lemmings?

Why does the Israeli leadership not take out and uproot this terrorist entity?

How are medieval blood libels manifesting themselves today, and does the old UN resolution ‘Zionism is racism’ fit with evil forces?

Should Israel go into Gaza, clean out the terrorists, and bring Jews back there to live?

Professor Mordechai Nisan claims that the left maintains the mindset of Israel through the media, the courts, culture and military.

The search for the lost Ark seemingly reveals a politically incorrect heritage

Howie Silbiger talks to filmmaker Ryan Mauro about his trip to Saudi Arabia in search of Mount Sinai.

Ancient Temple discoveries, Red Heifers, and the Golan Heights.

Maurice Hirsch worried about Israel’s response to rocket attacks.

Anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism – What is the difference? Is there a difference?

What happens when the son of a prominent Messianic leader leaves Christianity?

Avi Eastman's journey includes a conversion while serving in the US army in Germany.

God's creation from an unusual angle: Life in the International Space Station.

A Jew is supposed to be a good partner to his/her soul, meaning, to live a Torah life.

When is the best time to let go of financial responsibility?

The adage that a country's continuously poor economy leads to rising Jew hatred is being challenged in modern times.

How do the Arabs vote and why should this interest us?

What does it mean to take refuge in the divine? How does it trickle down to real life?

Dr. Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler of the Israel Democracy Institute measures the extent Israeli elections are influenced by digital campaigns.

Escalation in the shadow of the elections - what will be the impact?

Dr. Sam Minskoff claims that anti-Zionism, anti-Semitism, and BDS affect Aliyah rate.

With ISIS and Al-Qaida weakened, US faces an evolving anti-terror mission.

Serving G-d with joy, according to His rules.

Yitzhak Pindrus blasts Blue and White Benny chairman Gantz for his statements supporting an egalitarian prayer site at the Western Wall.

What is it like to be a mother of seven children who lives under red alert sirens and rocket fire?

Can Israel and the US avoid interfering in each other’s election campaigns?

Yisrael Medad explains from a historical, legal, and security perspective why the Golan should always be in Israeli hands.

Eran Lerman, a former deputy director of Israel’s National Security Council, thinks that "Hamas is playing with fire.”

The well known writer and commentator talks about why she decided to put aside her pen and paper and enter politics in the New Right Party.

With Trump’s Golan Heights move, Netanyahu may be the biggest winner in the elections.

We need to seriously change our attitudes towards how we argue with each other.

Joel is part of a small but growing group of Hassidim who love Israel.
