Israelis

AI meets education: A vision for personalized learning

At AMIT, AI helps teachers reach students more deeply and compassionately, especially in communities too often left behind.

Deep breaths: Smoking pollution in Tel Aviv

One-in-five Israelis smoke cigarettes, 30% more than global average

A first-of-its-kind survey among haredi youth found that 54% of those in high schools and 80% of those in dropout programs have experimented with smoking.

Emotional trauma in a post-October 7 world: How are Israel's children coping?

“Many children, especially the younger ones, are suffering from emotional trauma,” educational psychologist and former longtime school principal Dr. Zipi Golan told The Jerusalem Post.

An October 7 hero: The story of Nova music festival's Janusz Korczak

From his perch amplifying the trance music on October 7, Matan Lior took charge and saved dozens of lives.

01/06/2025

Capital Jewish Museum to reopen after fatal shooting of Israeli embassy staff

"This tragedy will not keep us from telling the story of the greater Washington region’s Jewish history for visitors from around the world," the museum's Executive Director said.

  RIDING IN the Salute to Israel parade, New York City

Being Jewish is a roller coaster: We need to keep the faith and hang on

Do not let causes of concern blind us to the fact that we are truly blessed to live in this fast-moving, spectacular age in history.

Jerusalem Day 2025: What Israel's capital means to us, 48 years since aliyah

Fourteen years later, in 1977, we made aliyah!  And here I am, almost 48 years later, in our Jerusalem.

By DAVID GEFFEN
25/05/2025
 JULIE ROTHSCHILD LEVI, aka ‘Julie Shtick.’

Julie Rothschild Levi: Becoming an accidental influencer in Israel

“I learned Hebrew. I became a Zionist. Israel got into my blood, and I knew Israel was going to be in my life somehow,” she says. 

Between two homes: The unsettled identity of an oleh

The oleh identity is unique. Maybe that’s the cost of choosing a new home – you have to live with the ghost of the old.

By SHANNA FULD
24/05/2025
 RECONNAISSANCE FORCES from the IDF’s Shaked Unit in Sinai during the Six Day War.

Jewish people must remember their history and regain religious pride

History may confront us with sorrow or struggle, but we still choose whether to respond with pride and confidence or with frustration and self-doubt.

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