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The Blogs on The Times of Israel is the largest online conversation about Israel, the Middle East, Judaism and Jewish community. It’s a vibrant, first-person forum for sharing ideas, opinions ... read more

Israel must never stand alone

Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor ... read more

American Jews need to learn Hebrew

Please note that the posts on The Blogs are ... have been learning Hebrew for the last year and a half, and it has connected me more than I ever could imagine to Judaism, Israel, and my fellow ... read more

Is Israel a Jewish ghetto or Hebrew kingdom in our ancestral homeland? - opinion

Holy nation in Hebrew is “goy kadosh.” Protesters call for the release of the hostages and elections in Tel Aviv, March 30, 2024. (credit: AVSHALOM SASSONI) The idea of modern Israel being a ... read more

New Doc Examines Hamas Massacre at Nova Music Festival

A documentary on Hama’s Oct. 7 attack at the Nova Music festival in Israel, titled We Will Dance Again, will be released on Paramount+ this fall. The film will be “told through the eyes of ... read more

ISRAEL: Yale sided with democracy — you should too.

We, a group of undergraduate students, graduate students, alumni, professors and parents, write in the wake of Iran’s unprecedented and dangerous attack on Israel. We write to thank President Salovey ... read more

Israel's Not-So-Secret Nuclear Weapons Program Has Just One Goal

Israel is a tiny country, and its majority-Muslim neighbors have attempted to annihilate it since its founding. If not for Israel’s nuclear weapons arsenal, it is likely that the small democracy ... read more

Israel rejects Amnesty's apartheid label for Israel (Hebrew)

Amnesty alleged in a major report released last week that Israel has maintained “a system of oppression and domination” over the Palestinians going all the way back to the establishment of ... read more

Israel News

Israel's Welfare and Social Affairs Ministry announced that 86 Holocaust survivors had died since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war. When war broke out on October 7, Israel's hospitals faced ... read more

Jordanian Newspaper Prints Front Page in Hebrew: ‘What Will Be After Israel?’

As Israeli forces advance against Hamas in Gaza, a Jordanian newspaper on Wednesday ran a front-page editorial — in Hebrew — under the headline: "What will be after Israel?" “The whole world ... read more

Hebrew U prof who denied Oct. 7 atrocities arrested

Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, the Hebrew University professor who was temporarily suspended for denying the rapes committed by Hamas terrorists on October 7 and accusing the State of Israel of ... read more