Life in israel

'Upside-Down Love': An Israeli-Palestinian memoir of marriage across borders

Israeli-American lawyer Sari Bashi recounts in her memoir a relationship shaped by restriction and distance, where love unfolds within the limits of the law

Sari Bashi is an Israeli-American human rights lawyer, author, and activist specializing in international humanitarian law and Israeli policy.
SHEKEL participants with counselor during a siren, in a bomb shelter at the Jerusalem center.

Through a mother's eyes: The wartime struggle of Israelis with special needs - comment

Soldiers stand in front a memorial to fallen soldiers in Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl Cemetery a few days ahead of Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Remembrance Day.

Even in ceasefire, Israelis are still living with the war - from the editor

An Israeli emergency responder inspects the impact of an Iranian missile strike at an apartment in Ramat Gan, March.

Behind the 'secret sauce' of Israeli resilience Americans cannot grasp - comment


We’ll do it our way

Polly Bronstein says she "came back to Israel in 2013 to a changed country."

Polly Bronstein

Moving on, with meaning

Krembo Wings

Aliya Stories: From the big city to pastoral quiet

A wedding, a child, and aliya – a whirlwind ride to immigration.

Elana Joffe Cohen

What do you like to buy?

The rising standard of living, alongside global warming, has transformed air conditioners from a luxury item into a product that is essential for surviving the long, hot Israeli summer.

Ownership of an Air Conditioner in the Large Cities, 1999-2014

The joy of a Jerusalem playground

Gaby Bar Giora in front of the renovated Mifletzet playground.

Combating terror in Israel: A look at what’s being done, and what needs to be done

HOW SHOULD we cope with the current wave of terror in Israel?

A child pays homage at the site in Jerusalem’s Old City where Rabbi Nehemia Lavi and Aharon Banita were stabbed to death on October 3

Out There: Blaming the bees

After more than three decades in this land, I had internalized this country’s penchant for always looking to find someone responsible for everything.

Art by Pepe Fainberg

The Israel that Arabs don’t know

The secret to Israeli’s existence in spite of all the dangers and controversy that surround it is the democracy and freedom of Israeli society.

THE BAHA’I Gardens in Haifa.

Could You Be Happier?

The Jerusalem Post

FINDING THE SPARK - KAV L’NOAR AND GIVATI JOIN TOGETHER TO IGNITE THE SPARK IN OUR YOUTH.

The Jerusalem Post