High holidays

Getting out of the routine without losing balance: The healthy guide to Sukkot

Dr. Sigal Mazor recommends using the Sukkot holiday for family time, more movement, and fewer screens, enjoying food in moderation and choosing pleasant hours and shade for outdoor activities.

Sukkot.
For us, these are the holidays. For the body, it is a change in schedule.

Before the next holiday meal, you should know what happens to your body

ARMED POLICE officers stand outside Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester following the attack there on Yom Kippur.

UK police thwart suspected terror plot targeting Manchester Jewish community ahead of High Holy Day

Streets in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem are named after Britain’s King George V due to the Balfour Declaration supporting the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in what was then known as Palestine, which was issued during his reign.

Grapevine: Goodbye, King George?


Over 250 people injured in Yom Kippur road accidents in 2025, road safety group warns

Over the past decade, approximately 2,472 people were injured in road accidents on Yom Kippur.

The empty streets in Tel Aviv, on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, and the holiest of Jewish holidays. Israel came to a standstill for 25-hours during the high holiday of Yom Kippur when observant Jews fast and Israelis are prohibited from driving, October 2, 2025.

16 days at home: Who approved the holiday break fiasco?

The Education Ministry and the economy live in parallel universes: Just two weeks after summer vacation, Israeli parents face another two and a half weeks of bridging days and improvisation.

The opening of the schoolyear.

Beyond the Headlines: 'But I already heard the shofar at Selichot' - opinion

A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news.

Franny Weiss with Holocaust survivor Adelle.

Ahead of the holiday: Shoppers are not rushing yet, but supermarket prices are already rising

Two days before Rosh Hashanah, retail chains report weaker-than-usual customer traffic and are cutting back on deep discounts.

"You do not feel the holiday yet."

UK police step up security measures amid antisemitism concerns before Jewish holidays

UK police launched Operation Tishrei to protect Jewish communities during the High Holy Days, deploying armed officers, patrols and specialist units amid rising antisemitic threats worldwide.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria Starmer visit the site of the Manchester synagogue attack, where multiple people were killed on Yom Kippur in what police have declared a terrorist incident, in north Manchester, Britain, October 3, 2025.

New Dead Sea camping complex opens for the holidays

The tent area in Ein Bokek will operate from Sept 10 - Oct 3, with showers and restrooms, a short distance from the beach and tourism center. Tents and equipment are at campers' own expense.

New camping complex in Ein Bokek.

Where will you find the cheapest Rosh Hashanah shopping basket?

Survey shows 35% gap between cheapest and most expensive baskets ahead of holiday.

A NIS 577.18 gap for the exact same shopping basket.

Demand for food assistance surges 32% ahead of Rosh Hashanah

The campaign includes food and cash donations, food package-packing events, fundraising from the public and business sector, and collaborations through online and digital platforms.

A worker pours honey into a jar at the Raikin apiary in Moshav Sde Eliezer in northern Israel on September 19, 2022 ahead of the Jewish New Year holiday of Rosh Hashanah; illustrative

Weekend festival brings top authors and musicians to the Western Negev

Western Negev's Lev Koter festival features workshops, shows, and artist encounters across local kibbutzim and natural sites on September 17-18.

Yali Sobol.

Chocolate festival to transform Nof Hagalil into sweet kingdom over Sukkot

Nof Hagalil’s Chocolate Festival offers free shows, workshops, and parades for families during Sukkot, turning the city into a sweet kingdom.

Chocolate in the shape of rabbits.