Israel is one of the most talked-about countries on the planet, yet it's also one of the most misunderstood. Tourists arrive carrying a mental picture built from news headlines, social media arguments ...

(RNS) — It was an amazing day in the life of a democratic country. (RNS) — In Israel Sunday (Aug. 17), as many as 500,000 people took to the streets — the per capita equivalent of 34 million U.S.

In a sermon promoting Operation Epic Fury, Christian Zionist Trump ally Pastor John Hagee predicts Russia, Turkey, "what's left of Iran" and "groups of Islamics" will invade Israel, and be destroyed ...

Hundreds of observant Jews convened at a Manhattan synagogue on Sunday to foster an alternative to the prevailing right-wing discourse about Israeli and American politics in the Orthodox world. But ...

Passover is a good indication of the attention Judaism pays to detail. Allegiance to the national narrative is expressed through recitation of the Exodus story, but more importantly through the ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JERUSALEM – JD Vance lowered himself to kneel on a crimson cushion. Head bowed and eyes closed, he raised his right hand to his ...

Most of us are watching the historic events in Egypt with awe, hoping its citizens will nonviolently replace a repressive and dictatorial regime with a democracy. But those of us with ties to Israel ...