Israel News
Israeli TV will air Seders for viewers isolated by Passover lockdown
Some of Israel’s most beloved celebrities will participate in “The Great Israeli Seder,” a Passover broadcast on the country’s biggest network.
Israel’s health minister tests positive for coronavirus
Litzman cannot participate in videoconferences with other Israeli leaders because he does not own a computer or smartphone.
Lovers of street protest, Israelis take their anger to computer screens, cars, balconies
“I can’t stay at home when I see all these bad things happening,” she said. “I am very happy we did find a way to say what we believe in.”
Savoring a last hour at the beach, as new coronavirus rules descend on Israel
It’s a spit of dirty sand — not glamorous. Yet there were other people there, like me, visiting the beach for the last time, until who knows when.
Longing for Yesterday: a tribute to the late David Ehrlich of Tmol Shilshom
The bookstore café that David Ehrlich opened as a dream 26 years ago, a place that became a Jerusalem institution for people who appreciated words, was called Tmol Shilshom. It’s Hebrew for “Only Yesterday”, taken from the title of the great Hebrew writer Shai Agnon’s masterpiece.
Orthodox groups surge, progressives falter in World Zionist Congress election
The two main Orthodox parties combined for more than a third of delegates - far beyond their share of the American Jewish population.
That Israeli mom whose rant-video about distance-learning went viral? She’s a special-ed teacher.
“If coronavirus doesn’t kill us, distance learning will.”
Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews protest against Israel’s quarantine measures
Some protesters yelled that police officers who responded were “Nazis.”
Quarantine Diary Day 12: The final day!
Five days ago there were about 50 cases of Coronavirus in Israel; now there are 200.
I’m an American in Israel, and I feel safer here during this pandemic.
You may not like who is at the wheel in Israel, but at least it feels like there’s someone driving.
