Tonight, many Jews will celebrate Hanukkah. Also called the Festival of Rededication, Hanukkah was added to the Jewish calendar in 164 BCE after the defilement of the Temple by the […]

Have you ever heard of the Jewish holidays Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah? Shemini Atzeret occurs on the eighth day of Sukkot. This year, it will begin on the evening […]

Five days after Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement), the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, the holiday of Sukkot begins. Sukkot, Hebrew for “huts,” is a commemoration commanded in […]

The terror organization Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) was founded around the period of the late 1970s or early 1980s by Fathi Shaqaqi and Abd al-Aziz Awda as an offshoot of […]

The US-Israel relationship is founded on shared values, such as a love of life and liberty. But the true depth of friendship is often realized on one’s darkest day. Today, […]

Next week, Jews around the world will observe the most significant day of communal mourning on the Jewish calendar, Tisha B’Av or the ninth of Av (Av on the Jewish […]

For decades, the few hundred Jewish residents of the city of Hebron lived in peace with their thousands of Arab neighbors. But one night, on August 23, 1929, the Jewish […]

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF), founded in 1948, is the military force of the State of Israel. It exists to defend the Jewish state, protect Israel’s citizens, and thwart the […]

In July 2000, President Bill Clinton invited Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Yasser Arafat back to the negotiating table at Camp David to negotiate a […]

Jerusalem, the city of peace, has been the most treasured city of the Jewish people for centuries. However, until 1967, Jews had been barred from entering the city and visiting […]