01 January 2015

Playing without Zahavi, yellow-and-blue claims 2-1 victory in Netanya to clinch season’s first title.

There was further bad news for Jerusalem on Wednesday, with veteran center Yaniv Green suffering what is likely a season-ending knee injury after slipping in the second quarter.

Shekem kiosks of old undergo rebranding, expansion after 67 years to "keep up with modern marketing trends."

More cabinet decisions are bureaucratic and administrative in nature than a decade ago, a government watchdog found in an analysis.

Loyalists of Shas leader Arye Deri began a countdown Wednesday night at the tent they erected outside his home in Jerusalem’s Har Nof neighborhood.

Shimon Riklin hopes to be Bayit Yehudi MK, but for him, free markets come before settlements.

True, Israel’s position in the international arena is difficult – but it has always been so.

The National Fraud Squad’s case against Ben-Eliezer deals with suspicions of wrongdoing surrounding his purchase of a multimillion shekel house in Jaffa.

Blue-and-white technology converts toxic hydrocarbons into benign material, without further harm to flora and fauna.

Rabbi Elyse Winick leads trip for individuals with autistic-spectrum and related disorders.

A bombshell has fallen within the ranks, turning military commanders and lawyers against each other on a possibly unprecedented level.

Official list of the Likud leadership is released on Thursday evening after a final count of votes.

In Israel, MDA paramedics treated 137 people injured during celebrations.

Morality police detain women in boots and leggings.

Paper praises Rivlin for working to fight racism and standing up for Palestinian rights.

After more than 40 years, the musical is still considered an entertainment classic.

The Ba-Rock troupe performs chamber operas with a modern twist.

Our film critic selects her favorites that played in Israel.

The two-week Women Create Dance festival begins Monday.

PM addresses Likud after party primaries, praising list and slamming parties whose lists are not chosen by election.

A meal at Mezze can satisfy any palate.

Staffed by volunteers, United Hatzalah offers a first-responder model that has been replicated internationally.

The militant Islamist threat has over the years become too dangerous to be overlooked.

A British troupe brings Shakespeare’s ‘3D thinking’ to life in theaters around the world, including to audiences that understand little English.

12 children to run for Netanya children’s home in Miami Half-Marathon in memory of IDF fallen.

The real cost of Israel’s national elections is driven by their uncommon frequency

We often dismiss the effect our words and behaviors have on our children’s self-esteem.

Jerusalem City Councilor Aryeh King is bent on judaizing East Jerusalem.

Roundup of local stories from across the country.

In addition to global warming, excess CO2 is also responsible for breathing difficulties, pollution and nutritionally poor grains.

Ethiopian performers fight for their place in the cultural scene

Experiencing 5,000 years of history in Acre’s Crusader fortress.

State television airs footage of Assad talking to troops, embracing them and sharing a meal outside.

Whatever the political differences between Israelis and Palestinians, and despite the recent wave of attacks, there are Palestinians engaged in peaceful activities with Israelis.

The composition of the next government could be in Moshe Kahlon’s hands

Tip for the week: Take your time…change is on the way and soon you will be able to put your plans into action.

When parties are weak both democracy and governance suffer; Israel must reform its nationwide proportional representation system

Some cafés and restaurants in the city are taking part in an alternative kashrut program that places trust at the center of things.

My party of choice must subscribe to a simple proposition: The Land of Israel belongs to the Jewish people.

The National Library is holding a special evening to celebrate the acquisition of a 200-year-old Yiddish manuscript that documents the trade in and manufacture of alcohol.

The wounded Gazelle was evacuated and saved.

The Jerusalem Theater is finally hosting a repertory troupe.

Police said they are now working on extraditing the man to Sweden to face abduction charges.

Brothers Shai and Tal Macmull make vintage-style guitars, proving that passion is the key to success.

Israeli citizens must vote for a center-left pro-peace government that will give us all a chance for a better life.

Peggy Cidor’s round-up of city affairs.

JPost.com brings you all the latest news on Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World.

Throughout Israel, there are so-called parliaments of prominent personalities who get together each week to coming up with solutions for Israel’s myriad problems.

Israel’s worst-ever environmental disaster has focused public scrutiny on the mysterious Eilat-Ashkelon Pipeline Company.

While both Egypt and Tunisia have seen Islamist regimes gain and lose power, the differences in their trajectories are stark.

Joshua Muravchik’s new book warns that the relentless campaign to recast Israel as a malevolent Goliath places it in grave peril.

2014 was a good year for Israel from a military standpoint, but a number of threats still remain.

Flamenco is a lot more than black shoes, fabulous dresses and magnificent music.

Ahuva Yanai, the CEO of Matan – Investing in the Community, talks about organizations creating a civil society in Israel, a country that deals with occasional but regular crises.

If you have some money in the bank that you are prepared to invest, you’d better do so on the safe side. Adi Wolf of the Tiltan investment house shares some tips for 2015.

Bayit Yehudi, Meretz put out special New Year videos for voters from the Former Soviet Union, while Likud's Edelstein doubts "the Russian vote" exists as a bloc.

For Jewish refugees in war-ravaged Ukraine, the help from Jewish communities abroad has made an immense difference in their lives in the old country, and their decisions to move to a new one.

A would-be MK’s loose lips on smoking marijuana sheds light on how commonplace casual pot smoking is in Israel, and how police enforcement policies are woefully out of touch

Eliezer Lesovoy grapples with the unique challenges facing Jews of the former Soviet Union.

English-speakers share their New Year's experience in Jerusalem.

The steel city has transformed itself into a hi-tech hub with an artistic twist, and has a surprising amount in common with Israel’s start-up city.

Over 50 primary candidates are vying for eight or nine realistic open slots.

Academic, economist, philanthropist, activist – but through it all Noreena Hertz has focused on the science of free choice.

This should lead Israel to adopt, to paraphrase Henry Kissinger, a precautionary policy, to take the initiative rather than wait to be attacked.

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How a song survived the Holocaust, traveled around the world and returned to the city of its birth.

Although it seems like breaking the rules of design to put stripes together with floral, Elkin has the confidence to do it – and it looks wonderful.

Today, there are 97 rooms and more than 200 employees. Still, more than 30 years after Hazan bought it, the hotel is known for its simplicity and peacefulness.

A fresh perspective

Hana Rado is the force behind advertising giant McCann-Erickson’s new move to Mitzpe Ramon.

Earlier this week, reports in Indian media said the state-owned company ONGC Videsh (OVL) had expressed interest in buying a stake in Leviathan.

What citizens of other countries are reading about the Middle East.

European news outlets recap last year’s events in the Middle East, and give their predictions for the coming year.

Hamas employs "deliberate policy of concealment to serve diplomatic campaign against Israel," study says.

A groundbreaking new study situates the Turkish revolution of the 1920s amidst Nazi political thought.

The book is colored by Segal’s wryly humorous style, which makes this otherwise morbid and depressing chapter in pre-state history almost enthralling.

Dealing with her own feelings of trauma from her husband’s illness, Pamela Becker realized a support group for her children was sorely missing.

I’m beginning to wonder whether there’s any upright, law-abiding society left, or whether this country has become a catch-as- catch-can free-for-all.

“Jacob called for his sons and said, ‘Gather and I will tell you what will happen to you at the end of days. Gather and listen, sons of Jacob, and listen to Israel, your father.’” Genesis 49: 1-2.

The writer explores the idea of being able to grasp the holiness of the Land of Israel without being there.

A survey of 17,600 consumers in 22 countries found that Israelis are among the top buyers of cross-border products online.

The Jerusalem Post's top reporters and editors discuss the most important news of 2014.

‘Post’ crossword editor promises fresh challenges.

Explosive device fails to explode outside palace in Turkey's largest city.

What to look out for this week.

At Tzalmon prison, a culinary course helps prisoners learn a trade to prepare them for life on the outside.

Three female rhinoceroses manage to wander outside the bounds of the zoo' facility.

The Arava is hot, dry and inhospitable, one of the most forbidding areas on the planet.

Every cook and every family has a Shakshuka recipe they swear by, and variations are easy to creat

The Ruth Rimonim Hotel in Safed celebrates its present and honors its past.

Yullia Gal has created a small cosmetology empire on her own.

Prime Minister Netanyahu attacks Palestinian Authority.

"Give us our country back, corrupt people," Yesh Atid leader says, firing at political rivals on Right and Left.

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UN Resolution 242 is recognized as the key UN resolution relating to the Israeli-Arab conflict which could alter how many reveal the issues in dispute especially as regards to borders.

Earlier this week, an Egyptian court permanently banned a Jewish celebration that has taken place since the 1979 peace deal with Israel.

Morocco bans new biblical film Exodus: Gods and Kings.

Netanyahu beat enemies Danon, Feiglin, Liberman, Deri, Abbas and the press – all in a week. What will he do for an encore?

Unnamed student in Ukrainian city says he was robbed at gunpoint by 4 men who forced him to enter their car at gunpoint, after which the robbed and beat him.

It is important to note that example Gisha's examples are far from unique.

Like Yugoslavia after Tito, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef’s crumbling estate can no longer be reassembled.

Data predicted equal Jewish, Arab population in Israel and territories by 2016.

Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states have found common ground in the threats posed by radical Islam.

I am filled with excitement and enthusiasm regarding how much Yesh Atid will be able to do with a full four-year term.

Abbas is not interested in justice. And he’s not interested in peace.

Report: Outgoing Shas leader expected to return to party leadership as early as next week.

Israel faces a twin peril, far more menacing to its survival as the nation-state of the Jewish people than the Iranian nuclear program or a Palestinian state.

If the present status quo – which gives a monopoly to the Chief Rabbinate and its courts – continues, the gap between Israel and Diaspora Jewry will continue to grow toward disastrous proportions.

During my two weeks’ break, one thing became clear: Our national obsession with the news is just that – an obsession.

In my political forecast for the year ahead, I see an Israeli unity government forming, Obama further appeasing Iran, and Abbas in the dock for war crimes.

British newspaper The Guardian is not particularly well-disposed toward Israel, and certainly not toward its right-wing politicians.

This Shabbat, as we listen to the Torah portion, we will hear about the sons standing around Yaakov Avinu’s bed.

I’ve been an easy target for Arab MKs such as Ahmed Tibi of Ta’al, who call me a traitor and accuse me of being “a crazy, attention-seeker out to make personal gains.

Far more unites Israel’s Jews and Arabs than pulls them apart.

Our answer to darkness is light; our antidote for fear is joy.

In recent years the debate over Israel’s efforts in public diplomacy, or hasbara, has been a recurring topic on the agenda of the Jewish state and its supporters around the globe.