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

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

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

Aliyah should not be motivated by antisemitism, alarmism - opinion

 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


In Plain Language: Fact, fantasy and Fatah

"As I write this piece, on the heels of Simhat Torah, meant to be among the happiest days of the year, mourning observances are beginning for a number of pure souls."

Star of david

Pay attention, your new life is about to begin

‘YOU’RE HERE? All of you?’ said a voice in a thick Russian accent. I turned to the kids and counted.

Family

Ask me no questions, I’ll tell you no lies

Dealing with those invasive inquiries.

WATCH: Highlights of 221 Olim Landing on the July 2015 Charter Flight

Mahaneh Yehuda takes center stage

The beating heart of Jerusalem seems to have shifted to the shuk.

Mahaneh Yehuda shuk

The Human Spirit: Season of forgiveness

Looking back on it, asking Yihye to pose with a baby was an act of cruelty. Of course, I didn’t know about her fertility problem. I had committed a serious misdeed without knowing it

Gilat Yihye, posing for the New Year photo for the hospital

Time to count your blessings

I’m hopeful that in the New Year each one of us can count our blessings, see the good that is in so many people around us, and work together to further enhance our collective sense of happiness.

An Orthodox Jewish worshipper prays at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City

Only In Israel

The Jerusalem Post

20 Ways Of Knowing Summer Arrived To Tel Aviv

The Jerusalem Post

Israelis perform lifesaving surgery on 10 Tanzanians

Wolfson hospital sends delegation to save children with congenital heart defects.

Doctors perform surgery

The Human Spirit: From orphan to mother of 17

“I talked to God; I said I didn’t know who my mother and father were, but that now the Holy One would have to be both my mother and my father."

Family