Current sectionJewish WorldShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeIsrael Independence Day celebrations in Newton, Massachusetts. Community-building takes precedence over politics. Photo: Yoav Horesh Credit: Yoav HoreshAt a celebration of Israel's Independence Day in Massachusetts, parents and their teenage offspring described how difficult it is to remain Israeli in America – and why some of them still dream of returning home08:08 AM • June 20 2026 IDTThe girl waiting in the long line at the pastry stand was unusually polite – for an Israeli.In the NewsIranian, U.S. Envoys Heading to Switzerland for Nuclear Talks, Axios ReportsIranian, U.S. Envoys Heading to Switzerland for Nuclear Talks, Axios ReportsWith Brain Tumors and No Hope Left, She Went to India. Then She Discovered YogaIsrael Police Arrest Four Family Members on Suspicion of Sexually Abusing Boy, 9Activists Fined for Protest Signs Against Vandalism of Women's ImagesRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIHumiliated by Trump on the Iran Front, Netanyahu May Set the Middle East Ablaze'Once-in-a-lifetime Discovery': 1,700-year-old Roman Busts Found in IsraelIsrael Is Conducting a Systematic Campaign of Ethnic Cleansing in the West BankTrump and Netanyahu Hurtling Toward a Rupture That Could Shock U.S.-Israel TiesNetanyahu's Mouthpieces Turn on Trump, Revealing a Deeper Israeli IngratitudeIsrael Is Bleeding Support in U.S. and Pouring Tens of Millions to Change That