Greer Fay Cashman

Greer Fay Cashman is a veteran Australian born journalist whose by-line has appeared in The Jerusalem Post for some 45 years. She has written on a wide variety of subjects and says she has been educated by her profession.

A SECTION of Jonathan Vidgop’s family tree on the walls of the Am haZikaron office in Tel Aviv.

Tracing roots: Why every Jew should reclaim family histories disrupted by the Holocaust - opinion

Among Jews, tracing ancestry is a voyage of discovery. Many Jews of European background grew up believing that their relatives on both sides of their families had been murdered during the Holocaust

AUGUST 22, 2026

Blowing shofar in Jerusalem's Nahlaot neighborhood

Grapevine: Nahlaot journeys

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

AUGUST 22, 2026

Holocaust survivor rescued by Chief Rabbi Herzog reunites with his grandson, President Herzog

David Danieli survived the Holocaust, was rescued by Rabbi Isaac Herzog’s committee, and later immigrated to Israel. Eighty years after the rescue train departed Poland, he met Herzog’s grandson.

AUGUST 21, 2026

The best person for the role - comment

In delegating ministerial portfolios, the prime minister should forget about jobs for the boys and appoint the most suitable people from those who received the most votes in the primaries.

AUGUST 16, 2026

Education Minister Yoav Kisch, August 31, 2025.

Grapevine: More towers

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

AUGUST 15, 2026

View of the Jerusalem Light Train at the Mount Herzl train station, near where Epstein Tower will be built, August 18, 2024

Grapevine: Jerusalem remembers Peres

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

AUGUST 8, 2026

30 years since Shimon Peres, the world-renowned statesman who had served in multiple governments for an aggregate 24 years, was dethroned by a political novice nearly three decades his junior, Benjamin Netanyahu.

Chile, Honduras return ambassadors to Israel for first time since October 7

During his meeting with Chile's ambassador, Herzog addressed ongoing diplomatic efforts surrounding the Gaza conflict and referred to the Trump Board of Peace initiative.

AUGUST 3, 2026