Life in israel

Israel in the frame: How Local Testimony 2025 builds a public record

How an Israeli photography exhibition turns a year of war, protest, and hostage returns into a public record

|ByCHANI KAPLAN
Itai Ron’s image showing shadows of ultra-Orthodox men and soldiers on the wall of a house in the Palestinian village of Kifl Haris was selected as Photo of the Year by ‘Local Testimony 2025.’
An Israeli soldier with a prayer shawl seen during a morning prayer near his tank near the border with Lebanon, northern Israel, October 25, 2023

Living in Israel's war two years on: Moving forward on the moral high road - comment

Looking back now, it’s hard to imagine life before October 7.

|ByBATSHEVA SHULMAN
NEW IMMIGRANTS from France arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport in June.

Aliyah should not be motivated by antisemitism, alarmism - opinion

The ideal aliyah is not one made out of fear, but rather out of love and longing.

|BySHIMSHON HAKOHEN NADEL
IN BAT YAM, following an Iranian missile strike there last month, a sign reads: ‘Bat Yam is strong. Israel is winning!’ Says the writer: ‘Despite the divisiveness, I continue to find myself in awe of the Israeli nation’s resilience.’

If we don’t laugh, we’ll cry: Humor as a sign of resilience in Israel - opinion

Israelis manage to find humor in everyday life, even during the scariest of times.

|ByBATSHEVA SHULMAN

The joy of a Jerusalem playground

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016ByDAVID GEFFEN
Gaby Bar Giora in front of the renovated Mifletzet playground.

Combating terror in Israel: A look at what’s being done, and what needs to be done

HOW SHOULD we cope with the current wave of terror in Israel?

MAY 1, 2016ByBOAZ GANOR
A child pays homage at the site in Jerusalem’s Old City where Rabbi Nehemia Lavi and Aharon Banita were stabbed to death on October 3

Out There: Blaming the bees

After more than three decades in this land, I had internalized this country’s penchant for always looking to find someone responsible for everything.

APRIL 27, 2016ByHERB KEINON
Art by Pepe Fainberg

The Israel that Arabs don’t know

The secret to Israeli’s existence in spite of all the dangers and controversy that surround it is the democracy and freedom of Israeli society.

MARCH 28, 2016ByRAMY AZIZ
THE BAHA’I Gardens in Haifa.

Could You Be Happier?

MARCH 13, 2016ByN.S. PALMER
The Jerusalem Post

FINDING THE SPARK - KAV L’NOAR AND GIVATI JOIN TOGETHER TO IGNITE THE SPARK IN OUR YOUTH.

MARCH 3, 2016ByRONALD WACHTEL
The Jerusalem Post

Big city transit

One way to view the quality of transit in cities is from the perspective of the customer – the rider.

FEBRUARY 11, 2016ByYAIR ASSAF-SHAPIRA
Public transit use rate 2013,14

Just imagine

I image that Pablo Picasso was right: “Everything you can imagine is real.”

FEBRUARY 11, 2016ByROGER KAYE
Kuwaiti exiles read a local newspaper announcing the start of the Gulf War in Dubai on January 17, 1991

Rekindling the romance in a love-lost marriage

FEBRUARY 2, 2016ByBRIAN BLUM
The Jerusalem Post

A lifetime of deception

What happens when you lie about who you are to circumvent being unfairly sidelined?

JANUARY 27, 2016ByELAINE MARGOLIN
A business interview