Acre

Baha’i World Center celebrates the festival of Ayyam-i-Ha

The Ayyam-i-Ha festival is celebrated in the days before the Baha’i Fast and is dedicated to community service, hospitality, and generosity.

Guests enter the Baha’i Shrine and Gardens in Bahji, in the northern Israeli port city of Acre, February 26, 2026
Dairy farmers and their supporters protest against the milk reform led by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at the HaGoma Junction near the city of Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel, January 6, 2026.

The education revolution in Acre: Three new schools to open in the upcoming school year

 A soldier in an ISIS uniform prepares ammunition.

Shin Bet, police arrest ISIS-linked suspects plotting attacks on Israelis

 ‘ROOTS MUST be one of Israel’s best kosher restaurants.

Roots: A perfect model of coexistence, and one of the best kosher restaurants in Israel - review


My Word: Captivated by Acre and hopes for coexistence

“It’s a pity that people only think of hummus when they think of Acre.”

THE COURTYARD of the Knights’ Halls (Hospitaller Fortress) in Acre’s Old City

Art Review: Blue Bird Gallery Turkish Bazaar, Old City, Acre

Within the old and traditional, here one finds a modern, well-lit and eye-catching gallery.

The Blue Bird Gallery

Touching and totally believable onstage

Boaz Dvi’s Dragons and Prostitutes won Best Play, Playwright and Best Actor.

A SCENE FROM ‘Celestials,’ which won multiple awards.

Better red than emotionally dead

The Red Couch, an award-winning dance-theater will be presented at the Acre International Fringe Theater Festival

The Red Couch

IN PHOTOS: Northwest tip - Western Galilee Photo Tour

Pack up your car and the kids and head north on the seashore and a little inland on Road number 4 along the stretch between Akko and Rosh Hanikra.

The road up to Rosh Hanikra

Wall in Old Acre collapses

No one was injured or trapped under the debris of the 178-year-old wall.

The section of the walls around old Acre that collapsed

Gray matters: In new exhibit, an Israeli photography confronts memory

A review of Simcha Shirman's "Island of Flies 13 x 18" at the Ashdod Art Museum.

SIMCHA SHIRMAN, whose work is currently on display in the ‘Island of Flies 13 x 18’ exhibition, is considered one of Israel’s most influential photographers

WATCH: Three injured in ramming attack in northern Israel

The IDF said they were looking into the background of the incident.

The site of a suspected ramming attack in Israel's northern city of Acre.

Tsunami warning signs being placed on beaches throughout country

The last tsunami to strike Israel's coast was in 1956, following an earthquake in Greek waters.

Tsunami warning sign on a Tel Aviv beach.

A boutique hotel in Acre’s Old City

The place echoes with history, but no ghost disturbs my peaceful sleep that night.

Arabesque is a boutique hotel in Acre.