Safed

MK Tsega Melaku: Missing girl Haymanut Kasau ignored for nearly two years - interview

Melaku added that she distributed Kasau’s photo to fellow MKs "so they will remember: there is a kidnapped child, and nobody is talking about her."

A poster of nine-year-old Haymanut Kasau, who has been missing since 2023, seen on December 18, 2025
Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu and Jewish children take part in a special prayer for rain at the Kinneret, the Sea of Galilee, in northern Israel, October 29, 2025.

'God does not do a half job,' Safed's Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu says following Maduro's detention

Nine-year-old Haymanot Kasau.

Court clears Beersheba assault suspect of link to Haymanut Kasau disappearance, extends detention

Nine-year-old Haymanot Kasau.

Nearly two year after disappearance: Police arrest suspect linked to missing girl Haymanut Kasau


Safed, spiritualité et musique

La mystique petite ville de Galilée à l’heure du klezmer

Festival klezmer 2013, Safed

Defeat for Chief Rabbi Yosef in High Court ruling on ‘Agunah from Safed’

In 2014, the Safed Rabbinical Court issued an innovative ruling in Jewish law issuing a bill of divorce to a woman whose husband was in a permanent vegetative state, on behalf of the husband.

‘Agunah from Safed’ case

Safed mayor arrested on bribery suspicions

The four individuals arrested and questioned on Monday are suspected of committing a litany of offenses centered around alleged illegal real estate deals.

Inside the Old City of Safed

מַעַרְכוֹת בְּטִיחוּת אַקְטִיבִיוֹת

Active safety systems

Active safety systems

Safed hospital seeks donations to treat wounded Syrian civilians

Hospital director Dr. Salman Zarka thanks all those Israelis who have already contributed and volunteered, as well as the medical staff who are treating the patients.

Esther Ambar, the nurse in charge of the Neonatal Department at the Ziv Medical Center, with the seventh Syrian baby born at the hospital.

Confusing developments in Israel’s rabbinical courts

Can legally divorced people ever feel and act in accordance with their new personal status, or are they wedded to the rabbinical courts forever, in unending anticipation of its reversal of their status?

A still from the film 'Gett,’ which examines Jewish divorce laws

Safed’s chief rabbi nixes coed musical performance in synagogue

The Safed Municipal Council strongly criticized Eliyahu’s decision, calling it “astonishing and outrageous” and incommensurate with the consensus in the city.

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu

This Week in Israeli History: 1929 Arab Riots

The Jerusalem Post

Finding peace in the North through a Japanese weaving method

Since arriving in Israel in August 2008, the family has also tended goats, ducks, dogs, cats and a host of other creatures.

Ja’el Batyah Hatch

A gleesome threesome

The Simply Tzfat trio is a mainstay at the annual Klezmer Festival.

The Simply Tzfat trio