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Parashat Pinchas: A prophet for difficult times

The Three Weeks do not ask us to despair. They ask us to remember what we lost, why we lost it, and, above all, that God has never stopped remembering us.

|ByMICHAEL FREUND
Jerusalem Day at the Western Wall.
DEJA VU: Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks in Tehran, 2015.

Voices from the Arab press: Will Tehran celebrate while Netanyahu waits in the wings?

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

|ByTHE MEDIA LINE
At Picual, even before the first course reaches the table, the air is filled with the aromas of fresh olive oil, damp wood, and wild herbs.

Picual fine dining: Serving the Land of Israel, one course at a time - review

Picual is a glatt kosher fine dining restaurant in Rishon Lezion, founded by restaurateur Itzik Kadosh and chef Dor Benjamin.

|ByJACOB MAOR
A JEWISH GIRL and her Chinese friends in the Shanghai Ghetto, 1945, from the collection of the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum.

'Kotsuji's Gift': The Japanese scholar who rescued Jewish refugees during World War II - review

The picture is cropped. A Japanese man standing to one side has been cut away. That man is Kotsuji, and the book is the long work of putting him back.

|ByRAFFI CROUSE

Reim Bistro: Friends for a Kosher dinner - restaurant review

Pizza and pasta are on the border of Bnei Brak and Tel Aviv, along with some very enticing fish dishes, salads, and homemade versions of popular spreads such as tehina.

MAY 16, 2026ByGLORIA DEUTSCH
Tortellini

In the kitchen with Henny: Cheesy does it

This year’s recipes are fresh, cheesy, a little nostalgic, and perfect for this special time of year.

MAY 16, 2026ByHENNY SHOR
Cheese and fruit board

This month in Jewish history: Revelation, thrill of victory, agony of defeat

A highly abridged monthly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

MAY 16, 2026BySTEVEN DRUCKER
THE PALMAH’S ‘German Squad’ on a training march, 1942.

Grapevine: Commemorating Jerusalem's favorite son

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MAY 16, 2026ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Archival image of Yossi and Gavri Banai during the 1980s.

From Sinai to today: Judaism and the long march of monotheism - opinion

We were not selected for privilege but to carry God’s presence and moral vision into a broader world.

MAY 16, 2026ByMOSHE TARAGIN
MONOTHEISM WAS never intended to remain the private inheritance of a single nation.

Ukraine’s sling against Russia: How 'geniuses in garages' transformed robotic warfare

The road to becoming a robotic superpower was paved with skepticism, but Ukraine did not set out to become a world leader in military robotics - it set out to survive.

MAY 15, 2026ByAMICHAI STEIN
OLEKSII REZNIKOV, Ukraine’s former defense minister, attends a parliament session in Kyiv, June 2023.

Jerusalem Highlights: May 15-21

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

MAY 15, 2026ByHAGAY HACOHEN
‘Angel for Jerusalem’

Parashat Bamidbar: ‘Machar Chodesh’

This week’s haftarah offers a timely message about longing, loyalty, and the enduring bond between the Jewish people and their homeland.

MAY 15, 2026ByMICHAEL FREUND
IDF SOLDIERS stand at the Western Wall in June 1967 after it was captured during the Six Day War.

Parashat Bamidbar: The individual within the collective

When the Torah counts the people by tribes and families, it teaches the art of integration: Each individual is counted on his or her own, yet as part of a larger structure.

MAY 15, 2026ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
THE PURSUIT of individuality is one of modern culture’s most prominent trends.

'Eishet Chayil': Who is the biblical woman of valor? - book review

Eishet Chayil is re-examined as a theological statement about women’s role in Jewish survival, leadership, and destiny.

MAY 10, 2026ByRIVKAH LAMBERT ADLER
Hannah Arendt, pictured in 1958, was a German-American historian and philosopher. She was imprisoned by the Nazis for doing research into antisemitism.