Jewish identity

'Angelic, full of joy': Ashdod mayor honors 27-year-old Dan Alkayim, killed in Bondi Beach attack

Alkayim's death was announced by French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot in a post to X/Twitter in the hours after the attack.

Friends and family attend the funeral of Dan Alkayim, who was murdered in a mass terrorist shooting attack on December 14, 2025 at Bondi Beach in Sydney, at a cemetery in Ashdod, southern Israel, December 25, 2025.
People attend a Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the New Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City, on December 14, 2025.

One in four Israeli Jews celebrate or consider celebrating Christmas - poll

Heroes from the Israel-Hamas War light candles on the sixth night of Hanukkah with Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana in December 2024

Hanukkah 2025: From Hellenism to today’s culture wars

Noa Tishby hosts Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis for Hanukkah candle lighting

Noa Tishby hosts Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis for Hanukkah candle lighting


From distance to presence, Prizmah’s Israel Educators Mission - opinion

Educators from North American Jewish day schools explore the impact of recent events in Israel, seeking to enhance Israel education in their schools.

 PARTICIPANTS IN Prizmah’s recent Israel Educators Mission visit Sderot. (20/4/2024)

UK Jewish child doxxed for wearing IDF costume on Purim

The picture of the boy wearing a mock IDF paratrooper uniform and toy rifle as part of a traditional Purim masquerade and carnival was shared by accounts with hundreds of thousands of followers.

 An Israeli settler takes part in celebrations marking the Jewish holiday of Purim, as IDF soldiers patrol, in Hebron in the West Bank March 7, 2023.

Loving Jewishness with one's whole being: The head, the heart and the hands - opinion

By engaging in discussions and explorations of Jewish identity, history, experiences and practices, we awaken our consciousness to the power of Jewish Pride.

 Jewish youth from all over the world participating in the March of the Living at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland on April 11, 2018.

How can Israel stay Jewish and democratic? - opinion

Israel has yet to decide if it wants to be a Jewish state, beholden to tradition, however that is defined, or a secular democracy in which “everyone did as he saw fit.”

 Jewish or Israeli? A man wearing a jacket decorated with the Star of David.

Israel's Declaration of Independence includes all - opinion

Israel is both a Jewish state and a democracy and should aim to unite all identities.

 FAMILY AND FRIENDS of IDF solider Adi Malik mourn at his funeral in the Druze village of Beit Jann on Sunday, after he was killed during the ground operation in the Gaza strip

25 ViZionaries: Ben M. Freeman - No. 8

Meet the founder of the modern Jewish Pride movement.

 Ben M. Freeman.

Coming out as Jewish: What being a Jew and LGBTQ+ have in common - opinion

Coming out as Jews in the Diaspora should be understood as just as important – and critical – as it is for those of us in the LGBTQ+ world.

 PARTICIPANTS GATHER at last year's Jerusalem March for Pride and Tolerance. LGBTQ+ people in Jerusalem come from incredibly precarious circumstances and need abundant resources.

Kosher food: A definitive key ingredient of Jewish identity - opinion

While the specific laws of kashrut are mysterious, the broader notion of regulating our diet is obvious. Kosher dietary laws always forged Jewish identity. 

 OUR EXPERIENCE of keeping kosher shifts along with food culture and production methods.

Don't let anti-Zionists define Zionism - opinion

Can we really expect to overcome such close-mindedness and combat antisemitism in the guise of anti-Zionism if we Jews can’t even agree on what it means to be a Zionist? 

 The front page of the ‘New York Post’ after Fatima Mohammed’s CUNY commencement speech

World Indigenous Day: Recognizing Jews' ties to the Land of Israel - opinion

It is crucial that we have a deep understanding of our own identity so that we can proudly declare, “I am a Jew, and I am indigenous to the Land of Israel.”

 SHAVUOT IS celebrated at Moshav Ramot Naftali, in the north, this past May. Festivals like Passover, Sukkot, and Shavuot are linked to agricultural cycles.