New year israel

Hiking in the Holyland: A new year brings a change in the air

Rambam said the call of the shofar is there to awaken us from our slumber. This New Year, we can tune in to the rhythm our surroundings here in Israel offer so naturally.

Walking in the Judean Hills, it’s clear that the end of summer has descended upon the Land of Israel.
A general view of Jaffa Clock Tower, in Jaffa, Israel

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

 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


Israeli policeman saves child in Jerusalem Nakba riots - photo 8

Top 10 photographs of the decade

Top 10 photographs of the decade

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