Hashmonaim

Flowers are a good start, but what could be a better way to impress that special someone on Valentine’s Day than with an unforgettable meal at a…

Starting any new business in Israel presents a raft of challenges, but when the new business involves peddling a product previously unknown to…

Much appreciated Sir, – Dan Halutz, the IDF chief of General Staff who was asleep at the wheel during the Second Lebanon War in 2006, has entered the…

Different concernsSir, – As a first-generation American Jew whose families emigrated in the last century from the most virulently Jew-hating areas of…

‘Study’ makes waves Sir, – I initially reacted to November 23’s lead headline (“PA ‘study’ claims Kotel was never part of Temple Mount”) with mild…

A Lod resident was shot and killed late Monday night, the second person gunned down in the central Israel city in the past two days.  Police said…

Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday evening announced that in the coming days his office will hold a special meeting where he and the…

A 41-year-old Lod resident was shot to death while sitting in his car outside Lod’s city hall on Sunday evening. Police suspect that the motive was…

Standing alone Sir, – I don’t think I have ever been as proud of our prime minister as I am at this critical point in the negotiations with the…

Dozens of left-wing activists protested outside the Jerusalem Municipality succa in Kikar Safra on Monday night while Mayor Nir Barkat held a…

Fallout from Olmert Sir, – One would think that former prime minister Ehud Olmert – under investigation, indictment and on trial for various reasons…

I am a 58-year-old overweight woman with weak knees (a few years ago, I had an operation on one knee and on three toes). I heard about a small…

With tears of pride, 16 young adults from the 200-member Jewish community in Parimaribo, Suriname, openly wept Sunday as they marveled at the…

The 2010 Modi’in Magic Cadet season, perhaps indirectly, started with a disappointing finish to the last game of the prior season, when the…

‘The writing is on the wall,” states the adage, but when it comes to the real-estate market, it may be on more places than that. “How to play the…

Standing in line to pay at the pharmacy, the elderly man pauses. Yes, he needs the medicine, but if he pays for that, he won’t have any money for…

Drive into Hashmonaim and you are struckimmediately by the beautiful mosaics, manicured lawns and idyllicparks. Keep driving down the same street and…

Last week's High Court ruling opening part of Route 443 to Palestinian traffic has set off a firestorm of criticism in Israeli political circles. In…

Israel, the best-performing residential property market this year, may lose its standing after becoming one of the first countries to raise interest…

For six years, Laurie Turnof worked long hours as an assistant vice president at Lehman Brothers; her career was her top priority. But after the…