Music reduces anxiety, is a balm for weariness and heightens emotional bonding during sex. New research is exploring how to use music to bring people closer and even to diagnose cognitive decline in the elderly

What it's like to grow up in the shadow of the violence ravaging Israel's Arab society? Activist Adian Handi wants to help solve the problems plaguing her hometown of Lod – 'If only I can remain alive'

There is incessant discussion about wars and bereavement in Israel. Too little is said about Israel's breakthrough peace treaty with Egypt and its astonishing and lasting achievements

Eighteen yeshivas in NYC that have resisted pedagogical supervision could be could be required to submit improvements and undergo monitoring, but it is unclear what consequences they might face if they refuse, according to the New York Times

Data collected by the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reveals that there have been at least 570 attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank this year – an average of three attacks a day

'We're seeing rising antisemitism while Russia is going back to a new kind of Soviet Union, and step by step the iron curtain is coming down again. This is why I believe the best option for Russian Jews is to leave,' Rabbi Goldschmidt told The Guardian in 2022

Ahead of a vote in the Knesset to apply the so-called 'reasonableness standard' that could reduce the courts’ power, leaders of the protest movement have called for the first 'day of disruption'-style protest day in more than two months, to be held on Monday