America

Trump signs executive order to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America

The executive order follows the collapse of trade talks between the US and Canada last week, with each side ‌blaming the ⁠other for derailing three days of intensive negotiations.

A map naming Lake Ontario as "Lake America" is displayed as U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order during an event in the Oval Office of the White House on August 27, 2026 in Washington, DC.
Abdul El-Sayed, winner of Michigan US Democratic primary, speaks during a press conference in Detroit, Michigan, US August 5, 2026.

El-Sayed win puts Democrats and pro-Israel voters at a crossroads - opinion

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 29, 2025.

Israel’s close ties with Trump cannot replace strategic independence - opinion

(Illustrative) A man casts his ballot at a voting station on the morning of the municipal elections, in Ashdod, February 27, 2024

Israeli citizens abroad still have a stake in Israel and its future - opinion


'Proclaim Liberty Throughout the Land': America’s relationship with the Torah - review

The language America reaches for, at its best moments and its worst, has always been ours. Not borrowed. Ours. We wrote the story it keeps retelling. We are still here to see how it ends.

Rare medieval Sefardi Torah scroll from the late 13th or early 14th century on display at ANU, Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv.

Saying thank you to the United States as it celebrates 250 years of freedom - opinion

America’s Founding Fathers, devout Christians for the most part, saw themselves as the Children of Israel, and their journey from Europe to freedom on the new continent as an Exodus from Egypt.

Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue in Charleston, South Carolina, March 1938.

Israel's cycle of crisis and renewal: The five stages of Jewish history - opinion

Despite recurring crises and global hostility, Jewish history is framed as ending not in decline but in renewal and survival.

History repeats itself ...

America at 250: The promise of equality is still worth defending - editorial

As America marks 250 years, its unfinished promise of equality can offer Israel the lesson that democracies endure when citizens defend their ideals while demanding better from their country.

US and Israeli flags fill the field at Statler Park in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 18, 2023

Turkey's Erdogan is waging war on the West and Israel - NATO must not ignore it - opinion

It is time to confront Erdogan about his much-too-close alignment with Russia, China, and Iran; his military occupation of northern Cyprus and northern Syria; and the war he wages against Israel.

 U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan gesture as they pose for a photo, at a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a U.S.-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025.

America at 250: What the Founding Fathers can teach us about fighting antisemitism - opinion

After being elected as president, Washington stated that Article VI of the Constitution nullified any such religious discrimination. Jews were equal under the Constitution.

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Wine Talk: The kosher Michel Rolland

From a small importer to a global powerhouse, Royal Wine Corp reshaped the kosher wine market across continents.

Menachem Israelivitch (2nd R) and Michel Rolland (2nd L) with the winemaker  and ex -director of Château Lascombes. The kosher cuvée is always a team effort.

America at 250, Entebbe at 50: Defining moments for the US-Israel alliance - opinion

The coincidence of dates is not merely a historical curiosity. It is a symbol that captures something essential about the bond between the two nations.

A police officer clears the way for rescued Air France hostages arriving in Tel Aviv after returning from Entebbe

Celebrating the ‘United States of Possibility,' and an Israel of impossible possibles - opinion

For all the tensions of the moment, Israelis and Americans should celebrate America’s 250th, toasting both countries as miracle-makers that keep making the impossible not just possible but routine.

The Statue of Liberty is lit up ahead of the commemoration of the 250th anniversary of US independence, on July 1, 2026.

At 250, Israel needs an angry America to rediscover its way - opinion

Israel is losing both large parties, but there is still hope for the underrepresented pragmatic center.

AMERICAN AND ISRAELI flags fly during a demonstration in support of Israel at the US Capitol in 2002.