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


Survey: Israeli bus journeys take 20% longer since 2011

According to the survey, the level of satisfaction from public transportation services in Israel is among the lowest in Europe.

An Egged bus in front of the Jerusalem Central Bus Station

Israelis to enjoy one less hour of work per week

Starting April 1, the workweek will be cut to 42 hours, after which employees will get paid overtime.

Computer keyboard [illustrative].

Slogans that make parenting more serene

Sadly, most of us learn things the hard way, especially our kids.

Sobriety chip given given to Al-Anon or other 12-step group members to denote specified lengths of sobriety; on the back is the Serenity Prayer. Here, green is for six months of sobriety; purple is for nine months

הַמוֹפָע שֶל ד"ר רָפִי קִישוֹן

New performance: The Dr. Rafi Kishon Show

The Dr. Rafi Kishon Show

Despite the complainers, poll finds Israel at 69 is content, optimistic

A young woman dresses up for Independence Day in Jerusalem’s Sacher Park.

Israel's perfect recipe for happiness

Despite the complaints, at the end of the day, most of us have a reason to believe that we are living in a special place and in a special time.

‘The planned Jerusalem housing facility will reflect our commitment to support female soldiers, minimizing their hardship and expressing the gratitude of the Jewish people in Israel and the Diaspora.’

Books: Duplicity and treachery

A Hebrew University professor delves into the history and morality of betrayal.

One of the most famous betrayals in history, when Brutus killed Caesar, portrayed in Karl von Piloty’s ‘The Death of Caesar.’

Quality of Life || Aliyah and Oranit

The Jerusalem Post

Israeli students feel danger, but high quality of life

Students at the Dizengoff School in South Tel Aviv

This Normal Life: Israel — The new shtetl

Back in the European shtetl most Jews didn’t spend inordinate amounts of time thinking about the nuances of keeping kosher etc.

A Hassidic man with his child walking in Jerusalem