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Inside Chiburim: Yaron Shane’s mission to help IDF soldiers find Love After War

Yaron Shane shares how Love After War connects Israel’s soldiers and veterans with mentors and potential life partners.

YARON SHANE: Members remain in the database ‘until they break the glass.’
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Israeli community builds world's only mechanical-divide swimming pool

Ohr Torah Stone’s Neveh Shmuel Yeshiva High School dedicated the “Hall of Heroes,” a permanent memorial honoring 25 alumni of the yeshiva who fell in Israel’s wars and terror attacks over the past decades, including 11 who fell in the past two years.

This high school’s library is now a memorial to 25 fallen alumni in Efrat

A VIEW of Efrat: It’s worth reminding ourselves that aliyah is not a nostalgic story from the past but the very heartbeat of Zionism today, the writer affirms.

Aliyah continues to be a driving force behind Israeli communities - opinion


Settler leaders fighting for Netanyahu despite freeze on housing plans

They have supported him, even though Netanyahu had not advanced plans for new settler homes since US President Joe Biden took office in January.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attending a ceremony for a new neighborhood in Kfar Etzion, Gush Etzion, March 14, 2021.

Settlers like me have an alternative: Let’s start by living with each other

In Efrat, where I have served as mayor since 2008, we have pioneered the bottom-up model of diplomacy by engaging with our Palestinian neighbors.

The Israeli national flag flutters as apartments are seen in the background in the Israeli settlement of Efrat in the West Bank August 18, 2020.

Efrat to shutter schools, student transport after mutation outbreak

It is unclear as of yet what the origin of the strain is or what its implications are.

View of the Jewish settlement of Efrat and the surrounding fields, in Gush Etzion, West Bank, on December 1, 2020.

14-year-old girl from Efrat makes taekwondo history

Emunah Samuels has worked her way up to European taekwondo championships, with her sights set on the 2028 Olympics.

Samuels on the floor competition for taekwondo, December 13, 2020.

Efrat settlers hold virtual sukkah meeting with UAE Jews

Efrat Council head Oded Revivi is among those in the settlement movement who has spoken out in favor of Israel’s peace deal with the UAE.

A United Arab Emirates (UAE) flag waves alongside an Israeli flag

Shlomo Riskin: The true legal status of Judea-Samaria, the Jordan Valley

An open letter to King Abdullah of Jordan and to Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba of the United Arab Emirates from Efrat's founding rabbi.

A view of Efrat

A cautious settler

Applying sovereignty will not improve the lives, security, or future of any citizen in Israel including those who live in the so-called settlements.

Construction near Efrat in the West Bank

A place to call home – great destinations for Anglo aliyah


The settler leader who became an advocate for Trump’s peace plan

ANNEXATION AFFAIRS: Efrat Council head Oded Revivi says US vision would eliminate possibility of Palestinian terrorist state

ODED REVIVI: In the Trump deal, there are things that are hard to swallow. There are things that are against what we wanted. But let us give it at least a chance.

Israel to expand Efrat settlement by 7,000 homes, squeezing Bethlehem

Moving the 7,000 unit Givat HaEitam project forward, is one of a number of high level steps Bennett has taken to make his mark in the West Bank.

Construction near Efrat in the West Bank