When Michal Cohen asked her husband to search for a job outside Israel last year, she imagined a life without the constant fear of the next missile attack or phone call ordering her husband back to military reserve duty. Cohen recalled watching her baby experience air raid sirens when they lived in Jerusalem. “I was sitting with my 6-month-old on the grass, and she started shaking,” Cohen told RNS Reporter Michele Chabin. “I thought, if my baby is getting the vibe, imagine how my 4- and 6-year-olds are being affected. I couldn’t take it anymore.” The Cohens are among the growing number of Israelis who have left Israel — at least temporarily — since 2023, a trend that reveals the trauma of ongoing war, the high cost of living and dissatisfaction many have with the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Top Stories | JERUSALEM (RNS) — Emigration has always been part of Israel’s history. What is different now is that some are leaving because they lost faith in the country's direction, said Yossi Klein Halevi of the Shalom Hartman Institute. |
 | (RNS) VIDEO — For years, the Rev. Eduardo Fabian Arias, a Lutheran pastor in Manhattan, has ministered to immigrants. Now, much of his work takes place inside and around Federal Plaza immigration court in Midtown Manhattan. |
 | (RNS) — ‘The challenge is the actual work, the actual relationship, navigating these geopolitical pieces, without having to lose hope,’ said Karim Khayati, the president of the mosque on campus. |
 | (RNS) The Religion and Immigration Litigation Tracker follows federal lawsuits involving religious groups, individual faith leaders, and the second Trump administration over the administration's immigration policies. |
Opinion | (RNS) — The Museum of the Bible seeks to unite people of faith from various life experiences and convince them that modern political efforts to ‘reestablish’ a Christian America are rooted in America's founding. |
 | (RNS) — An old stereotype exists about Jews who started fires for insurance purposes. A new book teaches us about it, and asks: Can we get past these stories? |
ICYMI | SALISBURY, Md. (RNS) — 'When I go to their house, they have to make sure it's me before they even go to the door,' Pastor Jean-Daniel Berard, who leads Passionate LightHouse of God, said of his church members. 'The fear is real.' |
 | (FāVS News) — The Bible-based curriculum, which officials said is open to all regardless of faith, takes children out of class during the school day for religious education. |
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