Safed

Six injured as cluster munition fragments hit central Israel amid intense Iranian barrage

Meanwhile, United Hatzalah paramedics successfully performed CPR on a girl, including using a defibrillator, after she fell out of bed during a siren, intending to rush to a sheltered area.

Damage after Iranian missile fragments hit a residence in the Tel Aviv area, March 26, 2026.
United Hatzalah volunteers respond to the scene of a rocket hit in Nahariya, March 16, 2026.

At least eight wounded after several waves of missiles from Iran, Hezbollah, including direct hit

A poster of nine-year-old Haymanut Kasau, who has been missing since 2023, seen on December 18, 2025

Two years on: Missing young girl Haymanut Kasau still not found

An aerial view of the Kinneret. To the casual observer, the lake, also known as the Sea of Galilee, appears to be a rare environmental success story in an era of climate uncertainty.

Kinneret remains below red line despite above average rainfall this winter


Legacy center dedicated in Safed

President Reuven Rivlin sent a letter that was read at the ceremony saying he was delighted with what he called a “wonderful initiative."

Inside the Old City of Safed

Hashgacha Pratit threatens to sue Safed's chief rabbi, NGO over kashrut slack

A ruling by the High Court of Justice in September gave Hashgacha Pratit greater legal scope for its kashrut supervision service.

Hashgacha Pratit founder Rabbi Aharon Leibowitz (right) presenting a supervision certificate to the Whisky Bar Museum in Tel Aviv.

Veterans: 'I don't take the Torah lightly'

“It’s the word of God and I thought that perhaps I should get serious.”

Jeremiah Benzion, 43 from San Diego, California, to Rosh Pina 2006.

5778, a view from the stars: A kabbalistic astrologer charts the future

Privately, in her fourth house of “home and family,” Israel is idealistic Aquarius, the water-bearer, compassionate, humanitarian, gatherer of diversity, open-minded, futuristic and innovative.

ANDREAS CELLARIUS, 1661: Astrological aspects, such as opposition, conjunction, etc., among the planets.

Safed, spiritualité et musique

La mystique petite ville de Galilée à l’heure du klezmer

Festival klezmer 2013, Safed

Defeat for Chief Rabbi Yosef in High Court ruling on ‘Agunah from Safed’

In 2014, the Safed Rabbinical Court issued an innovative ruling in Jewish law issuing a bill of divorce to a woman whose husband was in a permanent vegetative state, on behalf of the husband.

‘Agunah from Safed’ case

Safed mayor arrested on bribery suspicions

The four individuals arrested and questioned on Monday are suspected of committing a litany of offenses centered around alleged illegal real estate deals.

Inside the Old City of Safed

מַעַרְכוֹת בְּטִיחוּת אַקְטִיבִיוֹת

Active safety systems

Active safety systems

Safed hospital seeks donations to treat wounded Syrian civilians

Hospital director Dr. Salman Zarka thanks all those Israelis who have already contributed and volunteered, as well as the medical staff who are treating the patients.

Esther Ambar, the nurse in charge of the Neonatal Department at the Ziv Medical Center, with the seventh Syrian baby born at the hospital.

Confusing developments in Israel’s rabbinical courts

Can legally divorced people ever feel and act in accordance with their new personal status, or are they wedded to the rabbinical courts forever, in unending anticipation of its reversal of their status?

A still from the film 'Gett,’ which examines Jewish divorce laws