Celebration

Megillah in the Miklat: Tel Aviv moves Purim underground as Operation Roaring Lion rages

Despite Operation Roaring Lion, Israelis continue to celebrate Purim in shelters and homes, with community efforts to ensure the mitzvot are fulfilled, including sending gift packages to the needy.

Israelis take cover in Tel Aviv as a siren sounds warning of incoming ballistic missiles fired from Iran toward Israel, March 1, 2026; illustrative.
Rekenati Winery.

Valentine’s Day 2026: Restaurants that will make your date unforgettable

Bar Mitzvah in Israel.

 Bar Mitzvah in Israel: Why more families are choosing Israel for their Bar Mitzvah celebrations

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To a tastier, better New Year: The delicious guide to New Year's Eve 2026


Year of the Snake begins with celebrations across Asia

The Year of the Snake commenced on January 29, ushering in Lunar New Year celebrations across Asia and beyond, with more than a billion people participating in rituals and festivities.

 Year of the Snake begins with celebrations across Asia.

The hostage deal: A time for dancing and for mourning - analysis

Fixating on hypotheticals won’t change reality. What matters now is learning from mistakes, not rewriting history to fit convenient narratives.

THURSDAY’S LONG-AWAITED news of a hostage deal finally hammered out thrust the nation into a whirlpool of mixed emotions. There is elation and despair. Here, protesters in Tel Aviv react after the ceasefire deal was announced on Wednesday evening.

Sheila Patz: A 100-year-old woman's secret to a long life

“The whole of life is a challenge. You must understand what your challenge is.” 

 Sheila Patz and her two sisters, Jean and Ruth.

We will dance again - opinion

We have the power to continue their legacy by remembering every name, by dancing for them, and by sharing their light. Because if we don’t – who else will?

Friends and family members of October 7 victims grieve over loved ones' deaths at the site of the Nova music festival a year after the Hamas massacre.

The beautiful paradox of celebrations amid our national grief - opinion

A combined New Year's Eve and Hanukkah celebration fills us with warmth amid a collision with mourning and pain for the hostages and their families

 Lighting the Hanukkiah in Jerusalem's Nachlaot alleyways

2.5 million people expected to attend New Year celebration in Copacabana, Rio

Visitors from around the world are arriving to experience the festivities.

 2.5 million people expected to attend New Year celebration in Copacabana, Rio.

Bat Mitzvah at the club: Unforgettable celebration & exciting attractions

The Bat Mitzvah marks a special transition from childhood to adulthood, celebrated at clubs with vibrant energy, personalized design, and a variety of unforgettable attractions and activities.

 Bat Mitzvah at the club: an unforgettable celebration with exciting attractions

Coofandy Celebrates 9th Anniversary with Savings for Father’s Day


Holding the bitter and the sweet: Remembrance and Independence Day 2024 - opinion

In these moments, we can try to view these emotions not as conflicting but as parallel emotions. 

 MANCHESTER STREET scene: A notoriously rainy region.

Jerusalem Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar calls for Mimouna to be canceled this year due to the war

Rabbi Amar used to hold a public Mimouna event every year with rabbis and public figures, but this year, he canceled it.

 Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, Rabbi Moshe Shlomo Amar, and the senior Moroccan Imam, Prof. Smaili Mohammed Amin speak at the Museum of Tolerance, Jerusalem, Israel, September 7, 2023