The Jerusalem Report

THREE YEARS, THREE LIVES

ON OCTOBER 7, 2023, Israelis awoke to the familiar sound of Color Red rocket-warning sirens piercing the air and the unfamiliar sight of a white pickup truck flashing across their screens. The armed, masked men hanging off the back, we would soon...

America’s UN dilemma

Washington should not pay billions to preserve a single vote in an organization increasingly hostile to US and Israeli interests

America’s strategic October 7

Is a multifront crisis pushing Washington toward a deal with Iran?

Laughter therapy

• The Yiddish comeback • Trump’s Gaza fail • Syria’s road to recovery

Israel is the trigger. Can it be the cure?

Protecting Jews worldwide requires more than good intentions – it demands a clearer Israeli strategy

Tourism in trouble

• Tel Aviv waits it out • Mystery meals • Lebanon’s Syria nightmare

Trump’s man in Israel

From biblical conviction to diplomatic mission, Ambassador Mike Huckabee brings a uniquely personal vision of the US-Israel relationship

• Israel’s Somaliland moment

Repairing ties

World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder says Israel must urgently repair ties with Diaspora Jews before its too late

Lihi Lapid

• Literature’s Jewish question • Writing to heal • Israel-Lebanon peace

Choosing life after loss

• Sirens and shelters • Recovery nation • Lionesses of Iran

The drone age

• AI frontier • Desert for innovation • Security costs

Heritage wars

• Knowing the past • Hezbollah's gamble • The Al fog

The new Middle East

– Sirens and Sabras – Hope and fear in Iran – Gulf miscalculation

Denial is antisemitism

– Female film directors – Remembering heroines – Speaking for the IDF

DOXING

Seeing sinkholes

How one of the region’s worst environmental disasters has become a popular tourist excursion

Media revolution or power grab?

Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi says it’s time to open up Israel’s media market, some say that will weaken press freedom

Preserving the memory

Bearing witness to the Holocaust, one artifact at a time

Hands that Rebuild, Hearts that Renew

EVERY ACT of kindness carries within it the power to rebuild. As Israel continues to heal from crisis and war, Meir Panim’s Restaurant-Style Soup Kitchens have become centers of renewal, where volunteers and recipients experience comfort, connection,...

On the front

Protego Ventures is the only Israeli venture capital fund investing in defense tech that is led by two women

Jews taking a stand – online

AS THE influencer economy explodes, a growing number of Jewish voices around the world are harnessing social media not for fame or fortune but for something deeper – to defend their identity, share the truth about Israel, and stay visible in an...