Yom Kippur

A man skipped synagogue, opened ChatGPT instead, and got a prayer that knew his life. Is AI-generated prayer real prayer?

A majority of secular Israeli Jews fast on Yom Kippur. What the data say about how faith gets handed down — and how observance becomes a weapon.

Twenty-five hours without water is a different problem than twenty-five hours without food. Here's the physiology of dehydration — and how to prepare.

Eleven spices, 368 maneh, and one pinch of smoke-raiser that even Alexandria's scientists couldn't crack.

The shofar wasn't just a Rosh Hashanah thing. In the Temple, horns sounded 21 times a day — marking work, worship, and water.

Stomach bug recovery advice is being retired — and if you've had your gallbladder out, fasting hits differently.

Dried fava beans, a slow cooker, and one overnight soak — the idiot-proof path to Egyptian street-style ful medames.

An ideal of universal rest meets a city that doubles in size. Who kept the lights on during the pilgrim festivals?

A 24-hour pedestrian crossing between Eilat and Taba, where a free stamp, a one-kilometer fee waiver, and four treaty zones shape every trip into S...

Netanyahu's quick UN trip sparks a bigger question: how do you actually measure a country's isolation? We build seven heuristics.

Same La Roche-Posay cream: $17 on Amazon, 160 shekels in Jerusalem. Here's where the markup actually happens.

Fifteen hours of torch juggling, nonstop music, and a rain ritual the Torah never commanded — inside the Second Temple's wildest celebration.

10,340 unsold apartments, 15,000 ghost homes, and luxury towers pre-sold to buyers who visit twice a year. What is Jerusalem becoming?