A Jewish state is established in Palestine. The land of Israel was the birthplace of the Jewish people. Here their spiritual, religious and national identity was formed. Here they achieved ...

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — As a 4-year-old, Ghalia Abu Moteir was driven to live in a tent in Khan Younis after her family fled their home in what’s now Israel, escaping advancing Israeli forces.

This week we celebrate modern-day Israel’s 77 th Independence Day. On Hanukkah 1948, when Israel was 7 months old, it was fresh out of a War of Independence that claimed 6,500 lives, one percent of ...

One of our members recently noticed that Temple Akiba is the only congregation in Culver City that does not have our front doors open for entrance. It’s a sad secuity reality. And it is not new. My ...

The conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people is one of the longest-running and most violent disputes in the world. Its origins go back more than a century. There have been a series of wars ...