War
Israeli security and rescue forces operate at the scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran struck Beit Shemesh, central Israel, causing extensive destruction and killing at least nine people, March 1, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 4, 2026, 1:24 pm
A war for something
What is most striking about this war is not the fear. It is the clarity.
By Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili
A billboard in New York City’s Times Square displaying a video released by Hamas of one of its Israeli hostages, Evyatar David. (Screenshot)
August 27, 2025, 9:54 am
Israel’s hostage dilemma in the fog of war
Every option is fraught with risk, ambiguity and tragic trade-offs.
By Robert M. Schwartz
U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on April 7, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
July 2, 2025, 9:35 am
How the West got the Israel-Iran war so wrong
Fear, fatalism and faith partnered for the miscaculation
By Adam Slonim
Israeli troops during counterterrorism activity in Tulkarem, northwestern Samaria, September 2024. (Credit: IDF)
February 5, 2025, 9:55 am
Don’t tell me about war
I refuse to listen to opinions about Israel from people who have never lived through a missile attack or attended the funeral of a child bludgeoned by an axe in their community.
By Debby Titlebaum Neuman
Just before sunrise in Tel Aviv (photo by joiseyshowaa, courtesy of flickr.com)
July 17, 2024, 10:10 am
Take your next romantic getaway in a war zone
I expected sirens warning of airstrikes and an edgy war-torn feel. But that wasn’t it at all.
By Doug Frisbee
Rockets being fired from Gaza towards Israel on Nov. 12, 2019 (Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90 via JNS)
July 3, 2024, 10:11 am
The brutal syllogism of this war is a deathtrap for Israel
American criticism, international pressure on Israel, the plight of Palestinian civilians, deepening divisions within the Jewish state — all contribute to Sinwar’s optimism.
By Michael Oren
Just before sunrise in Tel Aviv (photo by joiseyshowaa, courtesy of flickr.com)
May 30, 2024, 9:54 am
Yes, there’s a war. But I felt safe while in Israel
The conflict does not represent what a resilient and vibrant country Israel is.
By Marc Weber Tobias
Israeli forces during Gaza ground operations, Jan. 6, 2024. (Credit: IDF)
January 17, 2024, 1:07 pm
100 days of war
The forces of courage within our midst have erupted in an inspirational manner.
By Isaac Herzog
Michal Berman wishes dirty IDF uniforms for other families. Our Kids. (Photo by it is elisa, courtesy of flickr.com)
December 20, 2023, 2:26 pm
A soldier’s laundry
Michal Berman asks "How do we cope?"
By Michal Berman
Before Adele Raemer returns home to Kibbutz Nirim she wants the Western Negev to be secured by the IDF. (Photo by aocrane, courtesy of flickr.com)
December 6, 2023, 8:45 am
Returning home: The long road ahead
If I am ever able to move back to my home on Kibbutz Nirim, the atmosphere of security will need to be real, solid, tangible.
By Adele Raemer
Flag of Israel close up. (Photo by cottonbro studio, courtesy of Pexels)
December 6, 2023, 8:34 am
We are the lion cub
In the words of the late rock ’n’ roll legend Tom Petty, “You could stand me up to the gates of hell, but I won’t back down.”
By Dena Udren
Jewish Family and Community Services. The organization is just one attempting to serve the community during times of anxiety and stress. It's professional's mental health though, might not be so quickly considered. (Photo provided by Jewish Family and Community Services)
December 5, 2023, 1:32 pm
Jewish communal professionals offer support while tending to their own needs
In a community, she said, it’s essential for people to find a connection and not feel isolated or lonely.
By David Rullo
Daniel Sokol loads his car. Photo courtesy of Daniel Sokol
October 24, 2023, 11:39 am
Behind the wheel of his Subaru, a Pittsburgh native helps in war
For Daniel Sokol, a smiling cicerone, war in Israel has prompted new turns
By Adam Reinherz
View of Gaza Strip from Israel - October 2009. IDF soldiers have gathered outside the city, ready to enter, free hostages taken by Hamas and to knock out the terrorist organization. (Photo by David Berkowitz, courtesy of flickr.com)
October 12, 2023, 10:10 am
Israel’s choices in Gaza all lead to the destruction of the Hamas regime
It is believed Israel will soon enter the city.
By Yaakov Lappin
Sderot, one of the communities attacked by Hamas terrorists on Simchat Torah. (Photo by Catholic Church England and Wales, courtesy of flickr.com)
October 12, 2023, 9:59 am
Now, in the awful quiet of this moment
An Israeli reflects
By Noah Efron
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