The Jerusalem Report

To find success, play chess

David Berman believes that learning the ancient board game at an early age can be life-changing.

Days of Outrage

Knesset Member Pnina Tamano-Shata of Blue and White, a member of the Ethiopian-Israeli community, condemned the violence but said the outburst of rage followed years of pent-up frustration.

Israel is not Italy

It would take a cataclysmic change similar to the end of the Cold War – for example, a universal Middle East peace – to change the Israeli political landscape.

The Fourth of July

As a Jewish Confederate Boy Scout in the 1940s and early ’50s, I first learned about the KKK.

14 Days: PILGRIMS’ PATH

Top Israeli and American officials, including US Ambassador David Friedman and Special Representative Jason Greenblatt, attended the opening on June 30 of Jerusalem’s Pilgrimage Road,

Barak’s return

Whether or not you support Ehud Barak, Israel’s most decorated soldier is no idiot.

The Land and the Book

So what has turned this small stretch of much-contested real estate into the object of millennial Jewish longing and the keystone of Jewish identity?

Books: A citizen diplomat reflects

‘Bucharest Diary’ is a vivid memoir by a former US envoy to Romania.

Books: The Cut-Out Girl

Now in her 80s, the protagonist opens up to the sympathetic writer about the horrors of the Holocaust in the Netherlands.

How it really was – and is: Who’s meshugge anyway?

My blessed Yiddishe mother used to ask, when something was weirder than real life, in Yiddish of course, “Am I meshugge, or he is meshugge?�

Rafi Nave: Hi-tech pioneer

I am fortunate to share an office at the Technion’s Samuel Neaman Institute with Rafi Nave, a hi-tech pioneer whose career spans four decades.

The changing Palestinian diet

“A big part of Ramadan is the hospitality we give to others and…one of the big purchases (Muslims here) make is sweetened soft drinks which are very unhealthy,� Barakat told The Jerusalem Report.

Name: Becca Wertman, ID: Fighting boycotts

“I knew that the Canadian government and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had come out a number of times against BDS, even referring to the campaigns as a ‘new form of antisemitism in the world.’

The cousin connection… across continents

One of the biggest concerns about making aliyah is that your children won’t be surrounded by the scores of cousins they are used to sharing birthdays, family celebrations and holidays with each year.

The Spy Behind Home Plate

The story of Moe Berg, the US spy who wanted to be sent to Israel

The Jewish Confederates

On July 3, the United States will mark the 156th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, a decisive engagement in the American Civil War.

14 Days: US-IRAN TENSION

Trump announced on June 22 that the US would impose “major� additional sanctions on Iran in a bid to prevent it from obtaining nuclear weapons, and pressure its leadership to change course.

From the Editor: Captain Appel

His connection with Zionism was reinforced while serving in the Royal Scots Greys cavalry, when he was sent to Mandate Palestine to fight with a saber and rifle on horseback.

Alice Shalvi's memoir is an inspiring gift

Her journey, from Germany to Israel via England, has been a full one so far, packed with accomplishments, lessons, contributions, loves, losses and regrets.

The cost of chaos

There is enormous creative energy in Israel. While politicians play games, scientists continue to do pathbreaking research, and entrepreneurs continue to launch thousands of new start-ups.

Ticho – a capital classic

Ticho House is a popular tourist attraction and art gallery in downtown Jerusalem.

Sitting in the ‘driver’s seat of Jewish destiny’

Newly appointed AJC President Harriet Schleifer discusses mounting global antisemitism and fighting for Israel in the corridors of power.

An exciting Shavuot food festival in the U.S.

Over 2,000 schoolchildren and youth group members were invited to be the bearers of the first-fruit offerings.

Ruderman’s dual challenge

The prominent philanthropist talks about improving ties between US Jews and Israel, and advancing the rights of people with disabilities.

Viewpoint: Why we need new communities

Communal life is a vital component to maintaining Jewish identity, and so Jewish intentional communities – whereby people congregate around a social action – have been on the rise around the world.