In Focus

Dr. Mike Evans leads October 7 solidarity gathering in Jerusalem

More than 2,000 people from 123 countries attended the Friends of Zion event, which featured released hostages, bereaved families and Christian and Jewish leaders.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, IN COLLABORATION WITH FOZ
“This evening is much more than an event. It is a message to the world: Israel and the Jewish people are not alone,” Dr Mike Evans
Sylvan Adams, president of the World Jewish Congress Israel, spoke in Jerusalem, three years after the October 7 Hamas massacre.

‘This is war’: Sylvan Adams warns of global campaign against Israel

“The world’s oldest hatred, antisemitism, was back with a vengeance, although the sad reality is that it had never really left,” he said.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Prof. Shimon Rachmilevitch celebrates the inauguration of Desert Stars, a community education center in Marsabit, Kenya that the Goldman Sonnenfeldt School helped establish.

When a desert university thinks globally

In only five years, BGU’s Goldman Sonnenfeldt School of Sustainability and Climate Change has become a global hub for dryland climate research

|ByELLIOT HELLER, IN COLLABORATION WITH BGU
Miami: Students at Lehrman Community Day School mark Oct. 7, as part of UnitEd’s global schools Zoom ceremony in 2024.

More than a safe haven: Jewish schools after Oct. 7

Jewish educators worldwide grapple with security, identity, & preparing students for life beyond the classroom – issues taking center stage at next week’s Global Jewish Educators Summit in Jerusalem

|ByALAN ROSENBAUM, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MINISTRY OF DIASPORA AFFAIRS

The "90-Second" vision is scaling for life-saving impact

By leveraging a "crowd-sourced" model, United Hatzalah seeks to drastically improve survival rates

JULY 14, 2026ByRONNIE ROSENMAN, IN COLLABORATION WITH UNITED HATZALAH
United Hatzalah volunteers respond to the site of a projectile hit in southern Israel on March 24, 2026.

Creating healing through art

How Ono International School's English-language master's program in visual art therapy is preparing a new generation of therapists.

JULY 14, 2026ByALAN ROSENBAUM, IN COLLABORATION WITH ONO ACADEMIC COLLEGE
Keren Seelenfreund, a student in Ono Academic College’s M.A. program in Art Therapies – Visual Art Therapy

Nefesh B'Nefesh launches fellowship to strengthen Israel education in North American schools

The inaugural cohort brings 12 Jewish educators to Israel for a yearlong program focused on teaching Zionism, Jewish identity and Israel.

JULY 13, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, IN COLLABORATION WITH NEFESH B’NEFESH
Representing Jewish day schools from New York, New Jersey, Florida, Texas, Maryland, Washington State, and Toronto, the fellows include department chairs, school administrators and educational leaders

Trauma is a reality, but hope is a strategy

Hope is a rigorous, strategic framework built on early intervention, structured support, and a collective refusal to let trauma dictate a child's future.

JULY 12, 2026ByERAN ZIMRIN
A father talking to his son on a winter morning in Jaffa street, both wearing protective masks, Jerusalem, November 5th, 2020

A summer of new beginnings

More than 2,300 North American olim will make aliyah this summer, embarking on new lives in Israel with dreams of building their future in the Jewish homeland

JULY 9, 2026ByALAN ROSENBAUM, IN COLLABORATION WITH NEFESH B’NEFESH
Making aliyah was a lifelong dream: Alex and Arielle Sabol with children Romi and Libi, from Brooklyn, NY.

Tel Aviv University opens $35m Sylvan Adams Sport Science Institute

The new institute will partner with the Olympic Committee of Israel to provide scientific support for athletes preparing for the 2028 and 2032 Olympic Games.

JULY 9, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, IN COLLABORATION WITH TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY
The opening of the Sylvan Adams Sport Science Institute with Prof. Ariel Porat, Prof. Eran Ben Gal, Yael Arad and Sylvan Adams.

Aerial innovation: United Hatzalah’s expanding drone capabilities

Eli Beer, Founder and President, "A lot of new things are coming out of United Hatzalah. We are an innovation center." 

JULY 9, 2026ByRONNIE ROSENMAN, IN COLLABORATION WITH UNITED HATZALAH
A United Hatzalah emergency responder using a drone to scan roofs for fallen shrapnel, central Israel, March 26, 2026.

Breathing Data: How environmental data is rewriting public health in Israel

Ben-Gurion University’s Prof. Lena Novack turns pollution, climate, and even drinking water into large-scale health data that is shaping national policy.

JULY 9, 2026ByRONNIE ROSENMAN, IN COLLABORATION WITH BGU
Prof. Lena Novack at Soroka Medical Center

Shared vulnerability: Addressing child abuse in diverse Israeli communities

Our children's futures depend entirely on our willingness to build bridges of trust, unique to every neighborhood, across Israel.

JULY 8, 2026ByERAN ZIMRIN
Little girl with teddy bear near light wall indoors, back view

Twenty years after Israel's class action law, is it time to recalibrate the system?

Class actions remain an essential tool for protecting consumers, but the legal framework should better distinguish between cases that serve the public interest and those that impose unnecessary costs

JULY 7, 2026ByMENI NEEMAN, MICHAL LIPEL, IN COLLABORATION WITH PHOENIX FINANCIAL
Meni Neeman, Deputy CEO and Chief Legal Counsel at The Phoenix Group