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


Looking over your shoulder

Coping strategies for yourself and your family, Part II.

Soldiers guard pedestrians on Jaffa Road

An army marches on its stomach

"I just loved the country and everything about it...I really believe that there’s nowhere else for us to be living than here.”

Bonnie Rosenbaum

Jerusalem residents express opposing views over dividing capital

"Dividing the city is surrendering to terrorists," says one woman.

A WOMAN PASSES a section of the uncompleted temporary barrier being erected yesterday to separate the Jerusalem neighborhoods of Armon Hanatziv and Jebl Mukaber.

On alert in the Holy City

As a thousand more border police officers are deployed in Jerusalem, those patrolling the dangerous streets amid a wave of terror balance restraint with a firm response.

Muslim and Jewish women walk past one of the newly installed metal detectors in the Old City

In Plain Language: Fact, fantasy and Fatah

"As I write this piece, on the heels of Simhat Torah, meant to be among the happiest days of the year, mourning observances are beginning for a number of pure souls."

Star of david

Pay attention, your new life is about to begin

‘YOU’RE HERE? All of you?’ said a voice in a thick Russian accent. I turned to the kids and counted.

Family

Ask me no questions, I’ll tell you no lies

Dealing with those invasive inquiries.

WATCH: Highlights of 221 Olim Landing on the July 2015 Charter Flight

Mahaneh Yehuda takes center stage

The beating heart of Jerusalem seems to have shifted to the shuk.

Mahaneh Yehuda shuk

The Human Spirit: Season of forgiveness

Looking back on it, asking Yihye to pose with a baby was an act of cruelty. Of course, I didn’t know about her fertility problem. I had committed a serious misdeed without knowing it

Gilat Yihye, posing for the New Year photo for the hospital

Time to count your blessings

I’m hopeful that in the New Year each one of us can count our blessings, see the good that is in so many people around us, and work together to further enhance our collective sense of happiness.

An Orthodox Jewish worshipper prays at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City