Israeli racing driver Ariel Elkin (17) won first place in the second round of the Formula 4 USF Juniors Championship held in Alabama.

The event will include a line-up of some of Israel's biggest artists and will raise funds for victim families and survivors.

The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies mission is to "meet the Middle East’s environmental challenges with innovative peace-building solutions." Will this win them the Nobel Peace Prize?

Back-and-forth game goes down to the wire, with Brown hitting winning free-throws for yellow-and-blue

In Reversing Entropy, the 95-year-old poet looks lovingly at creation.Luci Shaw is a legend in Christian literary circles. Her many volumes of poetry—named for rivers and clay, the color green, the glint of seaglass—speak to the beauty of creation and the generosity of the Creator. She has written on faith and art, the Christian imagination, and prayer, including a few books co-authored with her friend, Madeleine L’Engle. Shaw is also a beloved teacher, serving as longtime writer-in-residence at Regent College.Speaking with the poet about her latest collection Reversing Entropy (out this spring from Paraclete Press), I understood how she has served as an inspiration for generations of students and readers. She’s gentle, curious, and wise. Her way of seeing the world is wondrous—everything from lichens, to a shivering little lake, to “jewel dew” in the grass, is significant. All the world inspires praise.Reversing Entropy doesn’t just look around; it looks ahead. Luci Shaw is 95 years old, and this collection is understandably full of endings. Leaves fall; ripe apricots drop from a tree; her brother passes away. There is “the inevitable decay / the leaving and the dying.”But there’s also hope. From the collection’s final entry, a long, tumbling prose poem that Shaw says “poured out” of her “like a gift”:Give praise, now, to our God, the Quickener, the One who stirs us into such new life that we, and all creation, may wake to the sound of a fresh music, and start to sing again the songs of love, and longing, and refreshment. …Come Springtime, that most beneficent of seasons, all, everything, every thing, will be thawing, rising, joyful, laughing, tuning up for the evermore, and in every green ...Continue reading...

The system, the Tactical Very Short-range Air Defense (VSHORAD) system, combines soft-kill and hard-kill capabilities.

During a meeting with forums of families of hostages and fallen soldiers, who are affiliated with the right and support invading Rafah, Netanyahu pledged that Israel would invade the city.

Regarding when elections should be held, 54% of respondents said they should be brought forward.

This year marked a significant turn towards Israeli wines, a change driven by a mix of cultural pride and geopolitical solidarity - according to an article by Market Watch.

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Police cover memorial for 6 million Jews murdered in Holocaust due to concerns pro-Palestinian activists might vandalize it; 'Those who are Jew haters, those who are Holocaust deniers, they are winning because we are afraid of them,' Holocaust survivor says

Christian worship leader and activist Sean Feucht is taking action in response to anti-Israel protests at well-known campuses such as Columbia University and New York University.

Anselm is perhaps best known for the “ontological argument” for the existence of God.

If there was ever a doubt about Tucker Carlson being an antisemite, not anymore. ? It's clear that he's a card-carrying member of a club that embodies and propagates the oldest hate.

There is to be one defining mark of a political Christian.

Religious freedom activists urged Americans to learn from Christians who live in countries where they face persecution or death for their faith and develop a willingness to “follow Jesus no matter the cost.”?

Christian parents must allow their children to occasionally endure hardship to build resilience if they want them to understand God's purpose for them, according to an education expert.

An appeals court has ruled that West Virginia and North Carolina cannot prohibit Medicaid coverage for so-called gender reassignment procedures for trans-identified individuals.

Former president and presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has been found in contempt of court for violating a gag order related to his Stormy Daniels hush money case in New York and has been fined $9,000.

"American Idol" stars Danny Gokey, Melinda Doolittle and Colton Dixon performed "Shackles (Praise You)" by duo Mary Mary on Monday's episode as a tribute to Mandisa two weeks after her death.

A community in Nashville, Tennessee, gathered to bid farewell to Mandisa, the Christian singer and former “American Idol” contestant who died at 47. The funeral service was held at Brentwood Baptist on Saturday morning, where her family, church members and mourners came together to remember the life of a singer whose voice and spirit touched many.

Roman Catholic bishops in England and Wales released guidance last week urging against medical and social transitioning for trans-identified children.

A United Methodist Church bishop, whose election was declared invalid in 2017 for being in a same-sex marriage but who remains in office, has denounced the denomination's ban on “queer clergy” in a General Conference sermon.