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Israeli community builds world's only mechanical-divide swimming pool

“I love the new Efrat pool, and I am extremely grateful every day. I feel like I should make a blessing every time I go swimming.”

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Ohr Torah Stone’s Neveh Shmuel Yeshiva High School dedicated the “Hall of Heroes,” a permanent memorial honoring 25 alumni of the yeshiva who fell in Israel’s wars and terror attacks over the past decades, including 11 who fell in the past two years.

This high school’s library is now a memorial to 25 fallen alumni in Efrat

A VIEW of Efrat: It’s worth reminding ourselves that aliyah is not a nostalgic story from the past but the very heartbeat of Zionism today, the writer affirms.

Aliyah continues to be a driving force behind Israeli communities - opinion

Efrat Council head Dovi Shefler.

Efrat Council head: We're creating sovereignty 'on the ground' without waiting for declarations


US on Jerusalem annexation bill: Israel, Palestinians must support peace

Politicians spar over the legitimacy of folding more Jewish communities into Jerusalem city limits.

Heather Nauert

Think About It: Unstitching vestiges of statism and national unity

The positions expressed by those who spoke at the ceremony in Gush Etzion were way out of any national consensus.

EFRAT AT sunset. ‘The positions expressed by those who spoke at the ceremony in Gush Etzion were way out of any national consensus.

Grapevine: Yet another milestone

WONDERWOMAN MAY be banned in Lebanon and Ramallah, but last night a group of approximately 130 women went to Cinema City Jerusalem for a special screening.

JAPANESE AMBASSADOR Koji Tomito and President Reuven Rivlin meet at the capital’s King David Hotel.

Chief Rabbinate considers kashrut supervision reforms

The Chief Rabbinate has stated that it is considering the settlement of Efrat's kashrut procedures as a model for the rest of the country.

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Woman to serve as rabbinical court administrator in Efrat

Chief Rabbi of Efrat Rabbi Shlomo Riskin underlined the importance of Rosenfeld’s new role as court administrator as a step which could broaden the appeal of the institution.

Jennie Rosenfeld

Netanyahu: International community must pressure PA to release succah guests

The four Palestinians were part of a group of 30 Palestinians who had attended a Succot celebration at the home of Efrat council head Oded Revivi on Wednesday morning.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

PA detains four Palestinians for drinking coffee with settlers in Efrat succa

“It’s quite pathetic to be arrested for having a cup of coffee with your neighbors,” said Efrat council head Oded Revivi

EFRAT COUNCIL head Oded Revivi hosts 30 Palestinians from the Bethlehem and Hebron area and representatives of the IDF and Border Police in his succa on Wednesday.

Seven decades delayed, Holocaust survivors make aliya

Felix, 94, and Feiga, 90, met in Bergen-Belsen.

FEIGA AND FELIX BANDOS are welcomed by their family to Efrat last week.

Rabbi Riskin’s term extended after Rabbinate had thrown doubt on his continued tenure

“I think this episode was a huge victory for those who want to see changes in the Rabbinate,” says Former Yesh Atid MK Dov Lipman.

Rabbi Shlomo Riskin

They don’t dance on Shabbes

Spotting a lack of opportunity for religious hip-hop dancers, Raquella Siegel Raiz introduced the Battle of the Crews competition for all-female performers and audience.

Raquella Raiz.