Theodore Herzl, today considered the Father of the Modern State of Israel, had just hosted the first Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland, with 202 delegates in 1897. The Zionist movement was birthed and began to breathe.

The unlikely friendship of Theodore Herzl and William Hechler led to the modern state of Israel 50 years later.

EU member states have rejected the United States recognition of Israel’s 1981 annexation of the Golan Heights from Syria.

Of 124 nations which actually have border disputes, and some are occupying disputed territory, all have chosen their own capital without any question from the rest of the world. Except Israel.

November 2, 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Balfour Declaration, in which Great Britain declared that “His Majesty’s Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.

A unique group of talented musicians, who play both in Israel and overseas, has hit the music scene with a new sound. The band is called Miqedem.

Is the little country of Israel perfect? Of course not! But perfection was never a prerequisite for God’s love.

Israel is in the midst of celebrating the High Holy Days. It is also a time for acts of kindness. Nowhere was that more evident, recently, than in Eilat where 500 Israeli soldiers wounded in Israel’s wars, terrorist attacks and army accidents, gathered at a local hotel to vacation together.

Mahmoud Abbas  did not instigate the Temple Mount violence, but Abbas also did not stop the escalations in tensions afterwards.