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FAITH

Paper Shields

The Minchenbergs had offered to serve as a drop-off site for an impromptu “IDF Mezuzah Project,” a grassroots campaign that…

ISRAEL

Tribute to a Lone Soldier

Even amidst all of the funerals being held in the country because of the horrific massacre, hundreds of Jews from…

COVER STORY

Through Their Eyes: Israel at 75

Reflections on the founding of the Jewish State

COVER STORY

Medinat Yisrael: Through a Torah Lens

How did a variety of great religious personalities respond to the founding of the State of Israel?

COVER STORY

The Birth of the Jewish State: Rabbinic Views and Perspectives 

We were not only “few against many,” but a small settlement of less than a million souls, with a few…

BOOKS

The Return to Zion: An Excerpt

The question of the Land of Israel reaches even deeper than we imagine. The whole future of the Torah depends…

COVER STORY

Voices of Faith: Memories of 1948

These firsthand testimonies capture the miraculous events of 1948 from a uniquely religious perspective.  

ALIYAH

A Bridge of Paper

As much as we’d like to think of it as a sober, careful decision, we have yet to understand the…

ISRAEL

What’s The Truth About…The Kotel Being Judaism’s Holiest Site?

Misconception: The “Kotel”1—the Western or Wailing Wall—is Judaism’s holiest site. Fact:  The location of the Kodesh Hakodashim (the “Holy of…

ALIYAH

Our Tenth Aliyaversary

Even after living in Yerushalayim for more than ten years now, I still experience a sense of wonderment when I…

ISRAEL

Zionism

What does it mean to be a Zionist who chooses to live in the United States and not in Israel?

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