Israel is one of the few modern states without a fundamental charter delineating the structure of its government. But enacting one poses its own risks.

Istanbul has Turkey’s largest Jewish population, but some of those residents originally from Bursa and Antakya go home to support their former communities. At first

Israel’s leading environmentalist remains as busy as ever, founding one ecological group after another in his singleminded pursuit to save the country’s natural treasures. Alon

In Connecticut, New York and California, young Jewish activists are taking responsibility for procuring, slaughtering and distributing kosher meat. Why the sudden interest? On a

Julie Burchill, 49, is an exceptionally popular yet wildly controversial British columnist who for decades has defended Israel in British newspapers such as The Sunday Times,

The Sudanese security officer fingered my American passport and asked where my family was from. “America,” I said. He smiled, and then pressed further: “Where

Ismail Ahmed is one of the lucky ones. He works 13 hours a day, 7 days a week, in his shop in Tel Aviv. Many

When he was 13, Akon told us, the government-backed militia came to his village in southern Sudan. “They started killing people and burning their houses,”