"Don't forget us," said an Ethiopian Jewish youth in Independence Day video.

Celebrating 70 years in pictures

In 1947, a year before Israel's birth, Iraq’s Jewish community numbered around 150,000. Now their numbers are in single figures. And they are missed.

Despite Western airstrikes, the Syrian government continued its advance, with Russian and Iranian aid.

Mazal tov.

When newly-minted Israel Prize winner Natan Sharansky became the head of the Jewish Agency nearly 10 years ago, the former refusenik did what he does best: shake things up.

Miri Regev mocked for ‘inviting Margaret Thatcher.’

Anniversaries like this one obligate us all to step back from the daily arguments and violence and complaints and scandals and whatnot that plague Israel, and take a longer look.