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B'nai Akiva emissary Rafi Engelhart sets out with a neighbor who is an EMT to rescue stranded Houstonians from Tropical Storm Harvey, August 27. (Courtesy)
August 29, 2017, 2:54 pm
Into the eye of the storm: The Jewish heroes of Hurricane Harvey
With floodwaters reaching second-story levels, 30,000 people displaced, and 100,000 without power, these are a few of the people who put themselves in danger to save lives
By Yaakov Schwartz
This Sunday, August 27, 2017, photo provided by Ramit Plushnick-Masti, shows her husband, Rafi, standing in waist-high water inside their flooded home in Houston's Meyerland neighborhood that was caused by Tropical Storm Harvey. (Ramit Plushnick-Masti via AP)
August 29, 2017, 3:47 am
Riding out Harvey, as the floodwaters rose over our heads
An Israeli living in Houston rethought her decision not to evacuate once water started to come in through the walls. Hours later, with beds and TVs bobbing in the water, she and her family were finally rescued
By Ramit Plushnick-Masti
File: Education Minister Naftali Bennett attends a committee meeting in the Knesset in Jerusalem on August 23, 2017 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 27, 2017, 6:47 pm
After Charlottesville, Diaspora minister says Israel can’t protect all Jews
Naftali Bennett insists the ‘lion’s share’ of anti-Semitism in the US is ‘BDS, pro-Arab, anti-Israeli anti-Semitism which is on the rise’
By Marissa Newman
Working in Kaima's cherry tomato fields. Tomatoes and cucumbers are two of the farm's staples. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
August 26, 2017, 8:43 am
Outside Jerusalem, troubled teens find a place in the farmlands
The non-profit Kaima farms provide a home, and structure, for Israeli youth with nowhere else to go. And it’s working
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Clockwise, from left: Hubert Butler with daughter Julia in 1960; two couples Butler helped save from the Nazis. (Courtesy)
August 25, 2017, 4:18 pm
When Ireland rejected Jewish orphans fleeing Nazis, this man saved dozens
A new film chronicling Irish anti-Semitism stars one WWII hero, essayist Hubert Butler, who was ostracized for speaking against the Catholic church
By Robert Philpot
Center: Master mezuzah maker Ric von Neumann in his rural Ontario workshop where he makes his custom cases. Sides: A custom dancer mezuzah case, and a Gibson Les Paul replica mezuzah case. (Courtesy/Libby von Neumann)
August 25, 2017, 3:04 am
The non-Jewish mezuzah master whose custom cases are affixed to door posts around the globe
Far removed from any Jewish community, Ric von Neumann makes some of the world’s most creative scroll holders — in the middle of a remote Canadian wilderness
By Robert Sarner
A Syrian rebel commander, known only by his nom de guerre, Abu Hamad, speaks to journalists in Jerusalem from Syria via Skype on August 23, 2017. (Media Central)
August 24, 2017, 7:27 pm
Taking Israeli aid, Syrian rebel says crisis on Golan overrides old hatreds
Militia commander says Jewish state’s assistance is life-saving, as pro-regime groups, Islamic State besiege Syrian Golan
By Judah Ari Gross
Rabbi Steven Kane of Congregation Sons of Israel, or CSI, and its Community Organic Farm in Briarcliff Manor, New York. (Courtesy)
August 23, 2017, 11:00 pm
Synagogues bet the farm on community-grown organic gardens
Access to spare land and urban farming awareness has congregants pitching in to feed local needy
By Cathryn J. Prince
An archaeologist works on part of a 1,500-year-old mosaic floor bearing the names of Byzantine Emperor Justinian, at the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem, on August 23, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / AHMAD GHARABLI)
August 23, 2017, 11:18 am
Outside Jerusalem’s Old City, a once-in-a-lifetime find of ancient Greek inscription
During a salvage excavation ahead of telephone cable infrastructure placement, archaeologists uncover a rare intact 1,500-year-old mosaic from the dawn of the Christian empire
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
'Faces of Power,' a temporary exhibit of the Victor A. Adda collection at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem (Elie Posner)
August 21, 2017, 9:27 am
Israel Museum coin exhibit shows a daughter’s love is worth more than gold
Priceless collection of 75 gold Roman coins depicts evolution of propaganda and portraiture over 300 years
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Abby Sher, author of 'All the Ways the World Can End.' (Courtesy/Franck Goldberg)
August 21, 2017, 3:00 am
A young adult novel gives cancer the comic treatment
Abby Sher has written soulful nonfiction and performed with Chicago’s Second City. Now two worlds combine in a hilariously touching coming of age story
By Judy Batalion
Seth Stephens-Davidowicz, data scientist and author of 'Everybody Lies.' (Courtesy)
August 20, 2017, 1:55 pm
Racism and white lies: What your Google searches say about you
Author Seth Stephens-Davidowicz says you can hide untruths from family and friends, but not from data science
By Jordan Hoffman
The blue vehicle attempts to pass the white truck by merging into the oncoming traffic lane, nearly colliding with the approaching vehicle on Route 60 in the West Bank. (Courtesy: Avraham Binyamin)
August 17, 2017, 6:55 am
In the wild West Bank, traffic laws are mere recommendations
With car crash fatalities beyond the Green Line soaring, Palestinians and Israelis set out to change the driving culture and save lives
By Jacob Magid
The southern Israeli city of Eilat and Jordanian city of Aqaba seen, December 18, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
August 16, 2017, 11:34 am
Experts say Red Sea-Dead Sea pipe dream isn’t worth its salt
Plan to ‘save’ the wonder of the world through multi-million dollar pipeline is criticized as a political tool to win international donor money
By Melanie Lidman
Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the Islamic Movement's Northern Branch, arrives at court in Jerusalem, on November 5, 2009. (Kobi Gideon / FLASH90)
August 16, 2017, 6:53 am
The rise of Raed Salah, Israel’s Islamist leader who wants Jerusalem at the heart of a caliphate
The recently rearrested preacher has built a career ‘defending’ Al-Aqsa against Israel’s purported planned takeover, building vast support among Arab Israelis
By Dov Lieber
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