ISRAEL: Israel marks second Memorial Day since October 7 attack ■ GAZA: Hamas-run Health Ministry says 35 killed in Israeli strikes in last day ■ SYRIA: IDF carries out 'warning operation' against extremists planning attack on Druze community, Netanyahu and Katz say

The fires that broke out Wednesday are still not under control, in what has already become the largest fire in Israel's history

Israel could have been a global leader in handling wildfires, but to be a model country, it must reorder its priorities – instead of seeking revenge, it must make an effort to protect its citizens

Paramount on the minds of Jewish voters in past elections were issues like the economy and environment. Today, antisemitism seems to be overshadowing everything else. That is not good news for Labor in districts where the Jewish vote matters

An Israeli scholar who is in contact with the family of Bipin Joshi, a Nepalese student being held hostage in Gaza, asked his cousin for one message for Israelis: All he asked her was to 'Tell everyone to stop the war, release all the hostages – and free Bipin too'

For a decade, U.S. audiences seemed ravenous for programming about ultra-Orthodox Jews. Now it seems to be the turn of liberal Judaism, at least based on the success of 'Nobody Wants This,' about a Conservative rabbi, and 'Reformed,' which is based on the career of one of France's only female rabbis