WWI’s ‘Christmas truce’ remembered with ‘international language’ of soccer
British Consulate marks centennial of brief, informal pause in fighting by holding soccer match for Arab, Jewish kids
View ArticleZidan Saif’s family ‘honored’ by baby name
Jewish couple in New York names newborn after Druze policeman killed in Har Nof synagogue attack
View ArticleThe Palestinians who ventured into the line of fire for Israel
A remarkable documentary tells the story of 19 firefighters from the West Bank who came to the rescue during 2010’s deadly Carmel blaze
View ArticleIn Tel Aviv, English-speakers angle for Knesset representation
Community has unique needs best served by someone connected to the issues, says US-born MK Dov Lipman of Yesh Atid
View ArticleLapid to Western immigrants: We’re working on it
Yesh Atid chairman tells young English-speakers in Tel Aviv his economic plans were disrupted by early elections
View ArticleDecember in Haifa, when menorahs mingle with Christmas trees and crescents
Festival of Festivals celebrates the 3 major monotheistic religions plus Druze and Bah’ai minorities with a 200,000-strong street party
View ArticleGolan exploratory oil drilling to begin within the month
High Court throws out petition from environmentalists to stop project, which will drill 10 wells
View ArticleBlack Hebrews leader dies at 75
Ben Ammi Ben-Israel, the Chicago-born spiritual leader of the Negev-based sect, fought for acceptance in Israel society
View ArticleGolan exploratory oil drilling begins
Afek begins work on preliminary search for petroleum after the High Court dismisses a petition to stop project
View ArticleTransgendered woman barred from Western Wall prayer
Kay Long denied access to Jerusalem holy site because ‘modesty police’ would not allow her in women’s or men’s sections
View ArticleHundreds in Tel Aviv remember French terror victims
250 people, mostly French Jews, turn out for memorial rapidly organized by municipality
View ArticleIn Tel Aviv, a concrete elephant goes from blight to bloom
Local activists are slowly turning TA’s giant, long neglected Central Bus Station into an oasis of urban ecology
View ArticleWould Moses retweet that?
929 project brings new media approach to learning a chapter of the Bible every day, aimed at both religious and secular communities
View ArticleIsraelis to dedicate largest solar field in East Africa
Gigawatt Global will formally open $23 million project to power 15,000 Rwandan homes
View ArticleRabbis rule that people with cognitive disabilities can marry
Beit Hillel organization declares support for weddings of people with Down syndrome, autism and other conditions
View ArticleYiddish revival in a bus station? Oy gevalt!
A Tu Bishvat event in Tel Aviv’s dilapidated Central Bus Station celebrates the Jewish migrant language among a sea of foreign workers
View ArticleThe South is on red alert again — in a good way
Six months after war with Hamas, the anemones are blooming near the Gaza border, but small businesses, desperate for an influx of visitors at the Darom Adom festival, are battered by poor weather
View ArticleAs tents return to Tel Aviv, protesters hope second time’s the charm
In throwback to massive demonstration of 2011, activist celebrates 40th birthday by heading to Rothschild Blvd. in bid to bring election discussion back to economic issues
View ArticleJewish-Arab running group leaves race out of marathon
A Jerusalem teenager is spearheading a running club for girls that aims at coexistence via positive body image
View ArticleIn Kenya’s highlands, a Jewish community struggles for recognition
Praying in a mix of Hebrew and the local Kikuya language, the self-taught Kasuku Jews battle to maintain their identity
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