Crisis

From war to renewal: The Jewish Agency responds to crisis and builds the future

“When Jews are attacked anywhere, it affects us everywhere. Our answer – now as then – is solidarity, responsibility, and the determination to build a stronger future together.”

JEWISH AGENCY EMBRACE: Jewish Agency Chairman Maj.-Gen. (res.) Doron Almog; Board of Governors Chair Mark Wilf; and Jewish Agency CEO Yehuda Setton  embrace the Horn brothers, two of whom were here held hostage for hundreds of days.
Iranian women perform a prayer for rainfall at the Saleh Shrine in Tehran on November 14, 2025, as the country suffers from severe water shortages. Authorities in Tehran warned last week of possible rolling cuts to water supplies in the capital amid what officials call the worst drought in decades.

Decades of mismanagement, corruption pushed Iran toward water collapse - analysis

The container building for students at Sapir College in Sderot.

How to solve the rental crisis for young people in 120 days

PEOPLE PRAY for rain amid a severe drought in Tehran earlier this month. Western states, Israel, and regional partners should offer technical assistance, but only with full public oversight, say the writers.

Letting a nation go thirsty: Iran’s water disaster is self-inflicted - opinion


Daycares forum threatens not to open daycare on September 1

A decision made by the Pricing Committee last week raised daycare prices for parents but barely raised teachers' salaries.

 PLAYTIME AT the daycare center.

In Lebanon, government employees can’t afford the ride to work

The economic crisis is not the main problem, one expert said.

People queue as a woman carries several loafs of bread at a bakery in Beirut, Lebanon, June 29, 2022.

Israel is facing an unprecedented teacher's shortage - editorial

“Parents do not need to be worried about teachers strikes,” Yaffa Ben-David, head of the Teachers Union said. “They need to be worried about the school year not opening due to the shortage.”

View of the Gan Nayot kindergarten in Jerusalem as they return to kindergarden on May 10, 2020

Does religion have added value during world crises? - opinion

The world now faces one of the greatest man-made calamities of recent times. Religionists worldwide have prayed for the people of Ukraine. Has it helped?

 UKRAINIAN CITIZENS and supporters attend a special prayer for the Ukrainian people, organized by businessman Arie Schwartz, at the Western Wall last month. Among those in attendance was Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk.

Michael Bloomberg to launch program to help mayors lead through crisis - opinion

Amid the recent surge in terrorist attacks in Israel, mayors will play a critical role in helping to keep communities safe.

 MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG. Mayors are thrust into the job and the crises that arise without having a lot of resources to draw upon.

Pakistan demands joint probe into 'accidental' India missile fire

"On 9 March 2022, in the course of a routine maintenance, a technical malfunction led to the accidental firing of a missile," the Indian Ministry of Defense said in a statement.

 An Indian Navy marine commando watches Sea King Mk 42 ASW helicopters during a rehearsal ahead of Navy Day celebrations in Mumbai

Ukraine war-related inflation may drive protests and riots – World Bank

The bank last month warned the impacts could be particularly harsh in the Middle East and North Africa, where countries like Egypt import up to 80% of their wheat from Ukraine and Russia.

 Anti-government protesters throw molotov cocktails during clashes with police, outside Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) in Hong Kong, China November 17, 2019.

US denies Syria-Lebanon-Israel gas deal; was it ever going to happen?

The idea of bailing out Lebanon’s elites to keep Iranian gas off the streets of Beirut may not come to pass because of its complexity.

 DEMONSTRATORS TAKE cover this week during clashes with security forces during a protest near Beiruts’s parliament, as Lebanon marks the one-year anniversary of the explosion in the city.

Colleyville gunman spoke with NY rabbi Angela Buchdahl during standoff

Angela Buchdahl, a leading reform rabbi at Central Synagogue in New York City, was involved in negotiations with the hostage-taker at Congregation Beth Israel on Saturday.

Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl

Tree of Life rabbi shares support for Colleyville synagogue

Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, head of the Pittsburgh synagogue that was targeted in a deadly antisemitic attack in 2018, expressed his support for the Beth Israel synagogue following a hostage crisis.

Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life synagogue walks after speaking to reporters on October 29, 2018