Celebration

Jewish music’s biggest stars unite on one stage to celebrate United Hatzalah’s 20 years of unity

Ishay Ribo, Avraham Fried, Yaakov Shwekey, Zusha and Yair Elaytzur together at Jerusalem’s Sultan’s Pool for one historic night on Wednesday, September 30th.

Amb. David Friedman at United Hatzalah's 2025 annual Sukkot concert.
Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu and his students hold the Four Species as they attend a morning prayer during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, in Katzrin, northern Israel, on October 12, 2025.

Two three-day cultural festivals to mark Sukkot with poetry, dance, and eco-tours

Ovdat National Park.

Wine, sunset, and music among the ruins: Tu B'Av celebration returns to Ovdat

Taylor Swift announces her engagement to Travis Kelce, August 26 2025.

Game on: Chiefs' Travis Kelce, pop star Taylor Swift to wed Friday in NYC ceremony - report


The beautiful paradox of celebrations amid our national grief - opinion

A combined New Year's Eve and Hanukkah celebration fills us with warmth amid a collision with mourning and pain for the hostages and their families

 Lighting the Hanukkiah in Jerusalem's Nachlaot alleyways

2.5 million people expected to attend New Year celebration in Copacabana, Rio

Visitors from around the world are arriving to experience the festivities.

 2.5 million people expected to attend New Year celebration in Copacabana, Rio.

Bat Mitzvah at the club: Unforgettable celebration & exciting attractions

The Bat Mitzvah marks a special transition from childhood to adulthood, celebrated at clubs with vibrant energy, personalized design, and a variety of unforgettable attractions and activities.

 Bat Mitzvah at the club: an unforgettable celebration with exciting attractions

Coofandy Celebrates 9th Anniversary with Savings for Father’s Day


Holding the bitter and the sweet: Remembrance and Independence Day 2024 - opinion

In these moments, we can try to view these emotions not as conflicting but as parallel emotions. 

 MANCHESTER STREET scene: A notoriously rainy region.

Jerusalem Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar calls for Mimouna to be canceled this year due to the war

Rabbi Amar used to hold a public Mimouna event every year with rabbis and public figures, but this year, he canceled it.

 Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem, Rabbi Moshe Shlomo Amar, and the senior Moroccan Imam, Prof. Smaili Mohammed Amin speak at the Museum of Tolerance, Jerusalem, Israel, September 7, 2023

Is Israeli society at the fifth stage of grief? - opinion

The past debate on public celebrations – either on Purim or Independence Day – suggests we might move to the fifth stage, acceptance.

 TWO WOMEN, Arab and Jew, involved in the Together Beyond Words organization, share their grief.

My Word: International Women’s Day, celebrations & commemorations

Being alive is cause enough to celebrate. On this birthday, I am counting the years, the days, and my blessings.

 IDF WOMEN at an armored forces staging area in southern Israel near the border with Gaza, earlier this year.

This year’s ‘Little Purim’ is a great opportunity to appreciate the good, especially during the bad

During leap years, while we await actual Purim in Second Adar, we have the opportunity to reflect on how the Purim story relates to modern history and our contemporary lives.

 A print depicts an attack on the Jewish quarter in Frankfurt am Main, 1612, led by Vincenz Fettmilch and his followers.

IDF's 'end of combat ceremony' is an event like no other - opinion

These types of events often artificially attempt to instill a feeling in the crowd to “rally the troops.” This time the crowd was the source of the energy.

 ORTHODOX SOLDIERS participate in an IDF swearing-in ceremony in Jerusalem.