Hike

A milestone birthday: 80-year-old Stuart Gherman climbs Masada

To say that I am proud of Stu does not come close to the way I feel. I never doubted that he could make it to the top. He is truly a role model for our family. 

|ByARLENE GHERMAN
Zaydre Stu Gherman, 80, having climbed Masada.
Eyal Keren, aged 58, and his son, Omer Keren, were from Koranit in the Misgav area of northern Israel, and were found dead during a hiking trip in Austria.

Israeli father and son found dead while hiking in Austrian Alps

The two were hiking, with a second son, on the Stubai High Trail in Neustift in Tyrol's Stubai Valley when the father slipped on the wet ground, prompting his son to try and grab him.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
65-year-old Israeli citizen Ilya Rachitsky has been missing since Tuesday, launching a search and rescue effort nearly a week ago

Search ensues for missing Israeli-Ukrainian in Canada

His family told local authorities that he left around 5 pm local time on Tuesday for a hike toward Whistler’s MacLaurin’s Crossing, on a path he had taken many times during the day. 

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
India’s Dharamsala region.

Search continues for missing American immigrant to Israel in India

The missing is an immigrant to Israel from the US, who went missing after getting separated from his trekking group nearly a week ago. 

|ByJOANIE MARGULIES

4 years after U.S. gap-year student dies on hike in Israel, guide speaks out

The death of American Ariel Newman on a hike in the Judean Desert in 2014 was a “terrible but unforeseeable tragedy," Josh Ettinger, the guide on the hike told the Jerusalem Post.

JANUARY 16, 2019ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Ein Gedi 465 gallery 4

Hike of the Month – Mount Arbel

The mountain has a very long human history. In the northern cliffs, the Arbel fortress is carved into the cliff.

DECEMBER 2, 2018ByEREZ SPEISER
Mount Arbel

20 Israelis rescued from flash floods in Negev

Police repeatedly called on the the public to refrain from traveling to the area.

NOVEMBER 10, 2018ByYVETTE J. DEANE
An Israeli Air Force Sikorsky CH-53 helicopter flies during an aerial demonstration at a graduation ceremony for Israeli Air Force pilots at the Hatzerim air base in southern Israel, December 27, 2017.

Exclusive: Prosecution asks High Court to close American hiker death case

New witness gives police mixed testimony.

NOVEMBER 8, 2018ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
MARK AND ELLEN NEWMAN with Ariel at his high-school graduation a few months before his death.

Shvil Israel and Shmini Atzeret: Walking the path of contemplation

The special relationship between the Jews and God is one of responsibility and action, not privilege and exclusion, and Shmini Atzeret gives expression to, and celebrates, that singular bond.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018ByARYEH GREEN
Sunrise in Israel

Missing couple found thanks to SOS sign made of stones

The couple's family reported them missing on Monday after realizing they hadn't been in contact since setting off on their trip Sunday morning.

MAY 22, 2018ByTAMARA ZIEVE
SOS sign made of stones

State Comptroller opens investigation into deadly school trip

During the raid, police confiscated documents and computers.

APRIL 29, 2018ByTAMARA ZIEVE
Illustrative photo of handcuffs

Exclusive: Israel to reopen case of American hiker’s death a second time after ‘Post’ exposés

The announcement came less than two weeks after the 'Post' revealed that the police had failed to interview two key witnesses even after the case was first reopened in July.

NOVEMBER 27, 2017ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
MARK AND ELLEN NEWMAN with Ariel at his high-school graduation a few months before his death.

Arad: the city between two deserts

NOVEMBER 1, 2017ByMIRIAM KRESH
Ships of the desert at rest in Kfar Hanokdim.

Five stranded Israelis rescued in Mongolia

The young travelers were stuck for four days on a mountain in Mongolia.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Five Israelis rescued on a mountain in Mongolia