Trump Peace Plan Revealed
As part of President Donald Trump’s proposed plan for Middle East peace unveiled Tuesday, Israel says it will “apply its laws” to the Jordan...
New Competition Provides $1 Million in Grants to Combat BDS and Israel Delegitimization
The Genesis Prize Foundation and 2019 Genesis Prize laureate Robert Kraft have launched a competition that will award grants to Israeli organizations on the...
240 Congress Members Sign Letter to UN Chief Calling for Israel’s Defense Against Hezbollah
Some 240 Congress members have signed on to a bipartisan letter to the U.N. secretary-general calling for an international effort to defend Israel and...
With Gantz Having Failed to Secure a Coalition, What’s Next for Israel?
By Dov Lipman | JNS
Just hours before Wednesday’s midnight deadline, Blue and White leader Benny Gantz returned the mandate to form a government to...
Trump Administration, in Change of US Policy, Says Israeli Settlements Aren’t Illegal
The Trump administration will no longer regard West Bank Jewish settlement as illegal, another dramatic change that aligns it with Israel’s right-wing government.
Secretary of...
Maimonides Society Hosts Discussion on Gene Editing
Correction: In the original version of this article, Dr. Kahn was quoted as saying "congenital death" was listed as an issue that could be...
Netanyahu Reaches Out to Form Government With Rival — And Gets Rejected
The nearly-final election results give Blue and White a two-seat lead over Netanyahu’s Likud party, 33 to 31.
Near the End of a Tight Race, Examining the Options
"We are cautious, and we have learned from the past; we are waiting for real results."
Rabbi Reuven Hammer, a pioneer of Conservative Judaism in Israel, dies at 86
Rabbi Reuven Hammer, one of the pioneers of Conservative Judaism in Israel, has died at age 86.
Hammer moved to Israel in the 1970s and...
DNA Is No Answer
In a ruling last week, Israel’s Supreme Rabbinical Court made clear that DNA testing cannot be used to answer the religious and politically sensitive...
