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.

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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

At Confederation House, the poetry festival operates under the theme “Poets Are Called Alive in Death.” The event utilizes the traditional sukkah as a metaphor for an inner artistic sanctuary.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Ovdat National Park.

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

Ovdat National Park will host a Tu B'Av wine event with Negev tastings, ancient winepress tours, sunset music, and family activities.

|ByMEITAL SHARABI
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 rehearsal dinner with about 100 guests will be held Thursday night at the Infosys Theater inside MSG. More than 1,000 guests are expected at the wedding, per Page Six.

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New Year's Eve 2023: This is how you will shine for New Year's Eve

Shine for New Year's Eve: From the perfect kiss to radiant products to peak-end perfumes | Blue and white shelf section introduced.

FEBRUARY 1, 2024BySHOVAL AZOR/MAARIV ONLINE
New month on the shelf: blue and white

Savyon's Moses SHOP chain is expanding

Opens the 12th branch in the new shopping center in Savyon with an estimated investment of about NIS 1.2 million.

JANUARY 7, 2024ByDANIT SAGI

Thousands gather in Times Square for New Year ball drop

"A once in a lifetime experience," crowds waited up to fifteen hours in the cold for the ball to drop.

JANUARY 1, 2024ByREUTERS
People watch confetti flying around after the clock strikes midnight during New Year celebrations at Times Square, in New York City, New York, U.S., January 1, 2024.

Fireworks are not for birds! Causes confusion for migrating birds during flight

Birds are very sensitive and can easily be confused, suffer accidents, and their path shifted by noises like fireworks.

DECEMBER 14, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
CRANES AT Hula Valley Lake.

Here is a list of free family-friendly Hanukkah activities in Israel happening despite war

With larger festivals scrapped, holiday fun for the whole family can still be found throughout the country.

DECEMBER 3, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
CHILDREN TAKE part in a Hanukkah candle lighting.

Simchat Torah: The joy of Torah and the prayer for rain - opinion

It is a fitting benediction to end the festival of Simchat Torah and Sukkot, in which three times we are commanded to rejoice.

OCTOBER 6, 2023ByDVORA WAYSMAN
PRAYER FOR rain: Strong stream of rainwater in Ein Prat Nature Reserve, Wadi Qelt, south of Jerusalem, this past Feb.

Heaven will help us for peace, but only after helping ourselves first - comment

It is the spirit of Sukkot and Simchat Torah that will somehow bring us together rather than the specter of war or some other external crisis.

OCTOBER 6, 2023BySTEWART WEISS
LET US lead the way back to civility

How 'The Holiday' Sukkot is celebrated throughout the ages - opinion

Sukkot, as a holiday, is imbued with significance.

OCTOBER 2, 2023ByMICAH HALPERN
A CHABAD sukkah is positioned in Union Square Park, New York City, in 2016

Unveiling the unsung: Rosh Hashanah's hidden harmonies

Discovering the profound meaning behind the silence of Rosh Hashanah prayers and the concealed spiritual harmonies within.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023ByMARK FISH

Led by Rabbi Pinto: Thousands attended the largest Jewish event in the world

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023ByMARK FISH