Israel Independence Day

by Sara Yoheved Rigler

The spiritual power of God's special place.

by Rabbi Shraga Simmons

Memorial Day is especially painful for the families of soldiers whose fate remains unknown.

by Vadim Sirotnikov

An Israeli high school student falls victim to Arab terror. Her schoolmate recounts how.

by Dr. Avraham Rivkind

Being in charge of the only Level I trauma center from the Jordan Valley to Beersheba, I have seen indescribable anguish, and hope.

by Sara Yoheved Rigler

Israel's moment of truth forces Jews worldwide to identify themselves.

by Rabbi Ken Spiro

In the final analysis, Jewish history makes no rational sense.

by Rabbi Ken Spiro

Since its founding in 1948, Israel has been in a constant state of war, and yet has achieved great economic success.

by Sara Yoheved Rigler

Is Israel fighting a losing battle?

by Rabbi Ken Spiro

After the British turned away Holocaust survivors from Israel, the UN voted to partition the land.

by Rabbi Ken Spiro

The British promised to create a Jewish state, but served their own Arab-linked interests as millions died in the Holocaust.

by Rabbi Ken Spiro

Herzl launched the political framework for the modern State of Israel.

by Yechezkel Chezi Goldberg

Chilling words from Chezi Goldberg z"l, a 42-year-old father of seven, killed in the recent Jerusalem bus bombing.

by Sara Yoheved Rigler

On a bus targeted by a terrorist, a 16-year-old girl faces death.

by Liba Pearson

My mother led a one-woman solidarity mission to Israel to prop up the nation's economy and flagging spirits.

by Sol Jakubowicz

Making Aliyah is no picnic. But the daily challenges are insignificant since I'm playing a vital role in the Jewish people's destined return to the land of Israel.

When her son, an Israeli soldier, was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists, his mother mobilized the world to save him.

by Yaffa Ganz

Thousands of strangers come to the funeral of a soldier who was kidnapped, tortured and killed because of his Star of David.

by Rabbi Noah Weinberg

Israel Independence Day is the time to ask: Where have we been, and where are we heading?

by Sol Jakubowicz

For 2,000 years of exile, Jews had cried and prayed to return to the land. Now we can do it just by hopping on a plane, so why don't we?

by Mara (Frei) Goldblatt

A survivor of an Arab terrorist attack tells of her battle to be liberated from the scars of her experience.