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Hanukkah lights up Israel with festivals, tours, shows and family fun

Israel is glowing this Hanukkah with shows, tours, theater, films, and family-friendly events across the country.

‘King Solomon's Legend’ at the ANU Museum of the Jewish People.
Dr. Norman Bloom.

From Miami to Beit Shemesh: A doctor’s mission to restore Hebrew pronunciation

RANA CHOIR – a women’s Jewish-Arab choir from Jaffa.

Haifa holds Holiday of Holidays Festival

Zim containers are stacked just outside Israel's port of Ashdod February 23, 2012

German bid for Zim with Saudi, Qatari backing raises Israel security concerns


Fatal two-vehicle crash in Haifa area kills one, injures five others

Due to the crash, Highway 70 northbound at the Kfar Hasidim Junction was closed, and drivers were asked to take alternate routes.

Fatal car crash in Haifa area, December 5, 2025.

Shua hits 'hat-trick' in Beitar’s 5-0 rout as Israeli league delivers drama across the board

Meanwhile, Maccabi Tel Aviv managed a narrow 2-1 win over Hapoel Haifa despite playing a man down after Ido Shachar received a straight red card.

BEITAR JERUSALEM'S Yarden Shua celebrates with his teammates after scoring his third goal to complete his first hat-trick during a 5-0 victory over Ironi Tiberias.

New Chef’s restaurant opens at Haifa’s luxury hotel – and it’s Kosher

Fattal Group opened Terrace at Haifa’s Botanica Hotel, one of the few kosher restaurants in the area, offering a Mediterranean menu with Italian touches and views of the Bahai Gardens.

Terrace Restaurant.

Ross Pinsky: Discovering the beauty of the world via mathematics

'We have a picture of my father in 1981, demonstrating in front of the French embassy in Washington with a placard condemning France’s release of Abu Daoud, a mastermind of the Munich massacre.'

Prof. Ross Pinsky teaches a class at the Technion.

In the forests of psychedelia: Israel’s mushroom fair gets underway

The mushrooms are celebrating at the Talpiot Market with creative culinary dishes, cooking workshops, and fascinating lectures about medicinal and psychedelic mushrooms.

Mushrooms

How Haifa can turn defense tech into 10,000 northern jobs - opinion

Rafael, IAI and Elbit activity in Haifa points to a 10,000-job opportunity if the city formalizes a coordinated “Defense City” strategy.

Bahai Gardens, Haifa

For the first time in the north: The beloved fast-food chain – lands in Haifa

Burger King is opening its first Haifa branch — a northern flagship spanning about 220 square meters in the heart of the city’s vibrant lower area.

Hamburger

Court upholds full suspension of Dr. Guy Rofe’s license amid sexual assault charges

The verdict adopts the position of the Health Ministry, leaving in place its decision to bar the physician from practicing medicine in any capacity.

District Court of Jerusalem

Reflexology can reduce patients' anxiety before undergoing surgery, Israeli study finds

Also known as “zone therapy,” reflexology is an ancient practice that began in Egypt, China, and India and made its way to the West a century ago.

DR. SHMUEL ATTIAS treats a patient with reflexology.

Haifa Court indicts school custodian for rape of young security guard

Sexual offenses listed in the indictment were confirmed as rape, forcible indecent acts, and sexual harassment of a young security guard on her first day of work.

Children arrive for the first day of school in the Israeli town of Mevaseret Zion, September 1, 2025.

Prosecution indicts man for incitement to racism, threats against A-G Baharav-Miara

“Did you see what happened to the MAG? We are going to make sure that you commit suicide. Understand this. You will be in the grave, regardless of whether it is legal or not.”

Yaakov Yatach compared the attorney general to Rabin and was accused of attempted threats