Rabbi Uri Lupolianski, first haredi mayor of Jerusalem and Yad Sarah founder, dies at 74
He served as mayor of Jerusalem from 2003 to 2008, becoming the first haredi (ultra-Orthodox) politician elected to the role.
Israel News
Israeli students caught after making approx. NIS 600,000 selling bagrut cheat sheets
Netanyahu vows to ‘return Negev to Israel,’ pledges settlement growth during visit
Israel's ban on unsupervised reporters in Gaza causes strategic harm to legitimacy - report
'God does not do a half job,' Safed's Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu says following Maduro's detention
“The shared denominator is clear,” Eliyahu wrote, describing systems built on oppression, corruption, and fear, and arguing that such a rule “will not survive over time,” according to the statement.
The best of 2025 in Israeli and international cinema
The following lists – which are in no particular order – feature movies that played in theatres in Israel, or that were in several film festivals and then shown on local television.
Goldknopf likens sanctions on haredi draft dodgers to placing 'yellow badge' on them at the Knesset
“I beg you, exempt them from everything,” United Torah Judaism chairperson Goldknopf told the panel, before seeming to refer to the yellow star that Nazi’s placed on Jews during the Holocaust.
Israeli teen injured in suspected West Bank car ramming, IDF blocks roads near Ramallah
The IDF set up roadblocks near Ramallah and Bir Zeit, and is searching for the suspect.
WATCH: IDF destroys two-kilometer-long Gaza terror tunnel in Beit Lahiya
IDF soldiers destroyed a two-kilometer-long terror tunnel in northern Gaza as part of ongoing operations to dismantle Hamas infrastructure, the military said.
Suspect caught at Ben-Gurion Airport after Kadima shooting, while drugs were found in Netanya
The suspect was transferred for questioning. Police said a decision on seeking to extend his detention will follow the interrogation and the review of evidence.
The next Seventh of October could be socio-economic
Loss of governance in the Negev and the North is not local malfunction but the result of a centralized and failing governmental structure. Neglecting the periphery leads to socio-political revolution
This high school’s library is now a memorial to 25 fallen alumni in Efrat
Modern Orthodox high school in Efrat, south of Jerusalem, unveils a memorial to 25 graduates who fell in Israel’s wars and terror attacks, integrating remembrance into daily study.
Magen David Adom’s 2025 in numbers
MDA emergency vehicles were dispatched 1,383,026 times; on average, a team was dispatched every 22.8 seconds
Civil Advocacy Center head urges single ‘command’ for Israel’s public diplomacy - interview
Fragmented responsibility, unfilled top post, short-term thinking undermined Israel’s international messaging, even as civil initiatives fill gaps left by the state.
