Jerusalem Report

Passover 2025: What wines to drink for the Seder

For a holiday where wine plays such a big role, it can be difficult to find the right wines for Passover. Here are some suggestions.

By LINDA GRADSTEIN
12/04/2025

Passover: The message of empathy in the Haggadah

This Passover, as we retell the story of our journey from slavery to freedom, may we be mindful of the other people seeking to experience the same journey toward freedom.

12/04/2025

The American Heritage Haggadah: A personal story of production and publication

I worked hard to fulfill my dream, and thankfully I was successful. Some 7,000 copies are used at Seder tables throughout the world.

By DAVID GEFFEN
12/04/2025

Elephant in the synagogue: Iconography in thriving post-Temple community raises questions

How can these discoveries be reconciled with the widespread view that the post-Temple remnant of Jews in the Holy Land was insignificant and subject to oppression by the Romans?

By JACOB SIVAK
12/04/2025

'It Takes Chutzpah': Jewish senator's memoir hopes to raise next generation of activists

It Takes Chutzpah is crisply and clearly written, intended to raise a new generation of can-do activists with the ability to build bridges and widen constituencies in order to achieve their goals.

By RALPH AMELAN
12/04/2025

With friends like these: Israel is collateral damage in Trump's trade war on the world

Donald Trump’s transactional politics have never been about values – they’ve always been about leverage.

Trump’s 2025 trade wars: How Israel can navigate the economic storm

Israel, though not a direct target of these tariffs, will experience ripple effects. As a trade-reliant economy, we must brace for currency fluctuations, potential inflation, and more.

By BENJAMIN AVRAHAM
12/04/2025

Trump's danger to US Jewry: Living under autocracy never ends well for Jews

We must not let Trump’s policy of cracking down on far-Left antisemitism lull us into silence while his administration normalizes far-Right extremism and imperils our democracy.

By ROBERT HORENSTEIN
12/04/2025

How did Israel establish democracy in the Middle East? The answer is Jewish cultural tradition

Jews may not have had a state, but for centuries they had been practicing community politics in ways that closely resemble modern elective democracies.

‘Ma nishtana?’: What has changed in Israel’s hi-tech sector this Passover?

We asked a variety of hi-tech industry leaders, “Ma nishtana? What has changed in the tech industry over the past year?” Here are their responses.

By JERUSALEM REPORT STAFF
11/04/2025
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