New year israel

New Years in Israel: Jaffa clock repaired in time for countdown

Hundreds of Tel Aviv residents gathered on Friday, December 31, at the Clock tower square in Jaffa for a New Year’s countdown.

A general view of Jaffa Clock Tower, in Jaffa, Israel
 RINGING IN the New Year in Tel Aviv: I doubt any other religious or ethnic group has two calendars hanging on the refrigerator.

Celebrating New Year's in Israel? Why not? - opinion

US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman welcomes the new arrival to the family

Israel's first babies of 2021 bring new hope for the new year

LET’S MOVE forward on a better path.

The year of COVID-19: 'Always crashing in the same car'


Syrian children cross border to Israel for medical treatment - photo 7

Top 10 photographs of the decade

Top 10 photographs of the decade

Introducing smartphones to Jerusalem's Western Wall - photo 6

Top 10 photographs of the decade

Top 10 photographs of the decade

Family playing in West Bank settlement of Yitzhar - photo 5

Top 10 photographs of the decade

Top 10 photographs of the decade

Ramallah protester smiles, but cries on camera - photo 3

Top 10 photographs of the decade

Top 10 photographs of the decade

Shimon Peres says goodbye - photo 2

Top 10 photographs of the decade

Top 10 photographs of the decade

A cross-cultural embrace in Gush Etzion - Photo 1

Top 10 photographs of the decade

Top 10 photographs of the decade

The Dead Sea, Israel's natural wonder candidate

Top 10 photographs of the decade

Top 10 photographs of the decade

Welcome 5780

On the eve of Rosh Hashanah and the Jewish New Year of 5780, it is worth asking whether Israel has lived up to this ideal.

Pomegranates seen piled up at Machane Yehuda market, just in time for Rosh Hashana.

Rosh Hashanah humor: It’s no laughing matter

I occasionally thought of Aristotle’s inability to understand the comic spirit, and decided that I had a better sense of humor than the ancient Greek thinker.

A ROSH Hashana card depicts the ‘kohen gadol’ (high priest) pouring oil over the menorah

Know Comment: The quiz that could determine the future...perhaps?

Multiple choices for 5780

APPLES AND honey: The classic Rosh Hashanah combination.