Celebration

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

Bar Mitzvah in Israel.
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To a tastier, better New Year: The delicious guide to New Year's Eve 2026

Freed hostage twins Gali and Ziv Berman attend an Israeli soccer match, Tel Aviv, November 9, 2025; illustrative.

Freed hostages Gali, Ziv Berman return to Festigal stage after 738 days in captivity - N12

A dress designed by Yaron Minkowski.

The designer who clients didn’t let retire celebrates 40 years – with a surprise for brides


This year’s ‘Little Purim’ is a great opportunity to appreciate the good, especially during the bad

During leap years, while we await actual Purim in Second Adar, we have the opportunity to reflect on how the Purim story relates to modern history and our contemporary lives.

 A print depicts an attack on the Jewish quarter in Frankfurt am Main, 1612, led by Vincenz Fettmilch and his followers.

IDF's 'end of combat ceremony' is an event like no other - opinion

These types of events often artificially attempt to instill a feeling in the crowd to “rally the troops.” This time the crowd was the source of the energy.

 ORTHODOX SOLDIERS participate in an IDF swearing-in ceremony in Jerusalem.

New Year's Eve 2023: This is how you will shine for New Year's Eve

Shine for New Year's Eve: From the perfect kiss to radiant products to peak-end perfumes | Blue and white shelf section introduced.

 New month on the shelf: blue and white

Savyon's Moses SHOP chain is expanding

Opens the 12th branch in the new shopping center in Savyon with an estimated investment of about NIS 1.2 million.


Thousands gather in Times Square for New Year ball drop

"A once in a lifetime experience," crowds waited up to fifteen hours in the cold for the ball to drop.

 People watch confetti flying around after the clock strikes midnight during New Year celebrations at Times Square, in New York City, New York, U.S., January 1, 2024.

Fireworks are not for birds! Causes confusion for migrating birds during flight

Birds are very sensitive and can easily be confused, suffer accidents, and their path shifted by noises like fireworks.

 CRANES AT Hula Valley Lake.

Here is a list of free family-friendly Hanukkah activities in Israel happening despite war

With larger festivals scrapped, holiday fun for the whole family can still be found throughout the country.

 CHILDREN TAKE part in a Hanukkah candle lighting.

Simchat Torah: The joy of Torah and the prayer for rain - opinion

It is a fitting benediction to end the festival of Simchat Torah and Sukkot, in which three times we are commanded to rejoice.

 PRAYER FOR rain: Strong stream of rainwater in Ein Prat Nature Reserve, Wadi Qelt, south of Jerusalem, this past Feb.

Heaven will help us for peace, but only after helping ourselves first - comment

It is the spirit of Sukkot and Simchat Torah that will somehow bring us together rather than the specter of war or some other external crisis.

 LET US lead the way back to civility

How 'The Holiday' Sukkot is celebrated throughout the ages - opinion

Sukkot, as a holiday, is imbued with significance.

 A CHABAD sukkah is positioned in Union Square Park, New York City, in 2016