Tag: War

People check the destruction caused by overnight Israeli bombardment in Rafah on Feb. 23. Photo by Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images Contributing ...

Jared Armstrong’s season was supposed to start on Oct. 7. Now he’s using basketball to help Israeli children escape the realities of war.

Jared Armstrong, center, is running free basketball clinics for children in Ashkelon, Israel. (Courtesy of Armstrong) By Jacob Gurvis February ...

Jared Armstrong’s season was about to start on Oct. 7. Now he’s using basketball to help Israeli children escape the realities of war.

(JTA) — Last summer, Jared Armstrong traveled from his adopted home of Israel back to the United States to confront ...

Undeterred by protests over the war in Gaza, Christie’s is hosting a show of Israeli art

From left, Reuven Rubin’s Olive Trees in the Galilee, and Mordechai Ardon’s A View of the Western Wall, are on ...

540 ultra-Orthodox enlisted for mandatory service since the beginning of the war

February 21, 2024

Last update: 21.02.2024 | 18:23 Related topics: Only 540 of those who define themselves as ultra-Orthodox enlisted for mandatory service ...

As Ukraine war enters Year 3, Odessa Jewish Children’s Home struggles with new challenges

February 20, 2024

When Rabbi Avraham Wolff leaves the Mishpacha Children’s Home in Odessa, Ukraine, most evenings, he whispers a silent prayer. He ...

It Was Never a Civil War

February 20, 2024

Many constitutional scholars and historians make strong legal arguments that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment disqualifies former President Donald ...

Escaping Gaza, for fun: Israelis take to ‘escape rooms’ that mimic war

February 15, 2024

Arik Turkenich outside his Tel Aviv escape room business. He lets all players win because, he said, Israelis “can’t afford ...

Yeshiva Loses its Ninth Student in War in Gaza

February 13, 2024