On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, Israel is mired in crises on several fronts, foreign and domestic. The October 27 election offers a glimmer of hope

Israeli's are busy trying to build an ideal slate of candidates at home, forming unions and dissolutions, writing platforms and crafting talking points. In this cacophony of resolute knowledge, it seems the only action missing is actually voting

Is the purpose of the sermon to bring people together or to challenge them? For some rabbis, politics is verboten; others say talking about Israel is unavoidable – even if it risks upsetting their congregants