Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Haifa, the third-largest city in Israel. It is a major seaport located in the country’s north.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Haifa, the third-largest city in Israel. It is a major seaport located in the country’s north.
My heady Haifa romance couldn't last. But it made me relate to Israel in a whole new way
With the norms of teenage life on pause, Israeli high school students are volunteering in farms, kitchens, and centers for displaced families
From Haifa, nearly 200 set sail on the Royal Caribbean Rhapsody, chartered by the US government
With rising rents and dimming hopes for peace, what if we strove to be good neighbors instead?
Maccabi Haifa snuck into the Champions League. Its reward: Facing one of the greatest soccer teams ever assembled
A 104-year-old Holocaust survivor wanted to celebrate her birthday by praying with her descendants at the Western Wall — and 400 people showed up, leading to a massively viral photo, the Algemeiner reported. For her 104th birthday, Shoshana Ovitz had initially asked her eldest granddaughter, Panini Friedman for “a list of all the grandchildren and…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale was felt throughout Israel. The temblor at about 8 p.m. Wednesday was centered about 125 miles off the coast of the Mediterranean Sea between the northern Israeli cities of Haifa and Hadera, according to Israel’s Geophysical Institute. No injuries or damage have been reported….
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An artist who created a sculpture of Ronald McDonald on a crucifix has asked a Haifa museum to remove the work, saying that he joined the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel. Jani Leinonen of Finland demanded that the Haifa Museum of Art take down his “McJesus” sculpture. Hundreds of Arab-Christian protesters…
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