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WATCH: 'All of Israel is ours': Smotrich calls to annex West Bank in Jerusalem Day speech

"The time has come for us to finally erase the lines that distinguish between Areas A, B, and C, the entire Land of Israel is ours," Smotrich said at the Religious Zionist Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva.

|ByANNA BARSKY
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich gives a Jerusalem Day address, May 14, 2026.
PEOPLE PLANT trees ahead of the Jewish holiday of Tu Bishvat on January 31, 2026.

The trees’ hidden hope: A 2026 reflection on Tu Bishvat - opinion

This year, wherever in the world you find yourself as you gaze outside on Tu Bishvat, look not only at the trees themselves, but rather at the hope and promise that lie within.

|ByGAEL GRUNEWALD
LEONARD BERNSTEIN emblazoned on Austrian stamp, 2018.

This week in Jewish history: 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion' published

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

|BySTEVEN DRUCKER
Renee Binstock with her sons

A moment for celebration: 105 years young

Beyond the Headlines: A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news

|BySIVAN RAHAV MEIR

This Week in Israeli History: Rav Kook’s 80th Yahrzeit, Three NOs and Operation Elkayam

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015ByEYTAN MEIR
The Jerusalem Post

A living memorial

Beit Harav Kook marks the religious giant’s 80th yahrzeit.

AUGUST 23, 2015ByGIL STERN STERN ZOHAR
A historic photo hanging in the ‘beit midrash’ (study hall) depicts Rabbi Abraham Isaac Hacohen Kook giving a talk

Wanted: Two chief rabbis, down and dirty

It is no easy task to be the rabbi of this diverse, demanding, distinctive community of Israel. But if you dare to run for the office, you had better be prepared to meet that challenge.

MARCH 8, 2013ByRABBI STEWART WEISS
311_Amar and Metzger at Joseph's Tomb