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Almost all of Sderot's 30,000 residents have cleared out to state-funded hotel rooms elsewhere in Israel, but some 10% are standing their ground, urging the IDF to finish off Hamas

The month of September is usually a time when the Jewish people celebrate many of their festivals. They begin with the Jewish New Year followed by the Day

Hamas unleashed an unprovoked attack on Israel early Saturday, Oct. 7, during Shabbat and the Simhat Torah holiday.

Just a few weeks ago, before a huge Rosh Hashanah audience, Rabbi Rachel Timoner thundered from the pulpit of her large Brooklyn synagogue against the government in Israel.

On October 7, members of the military wing of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad launched a surprise attack on civilian and military targets in southern

The tears do not come at first. My friend texts me Saturday morning, attaching one of the early articles. I read it dry-eyed, scrolling, watching […]

Separated from their friends and families with few prospects of getting back, Israelis in the city face a range of difficult emotions following Saturday terror onslaught from Gaza

From the blog of Michel M.J. Shore at The Times of Israel

'I couldn’t live with myself if I stayed here,' says passenger, as expats and vacationers desperately try to board flights to Jewish state, many of which have been canceled

Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg was about to deliver a sermon as part of a normally cheerful Jewish holiday celebration when word came that the “unthinkable” had happened: The militant group Hamas