Israel’s High Court of Justice upheld a previous decision concerning the ‘Citizenship and Entry Law’ in which a Palestinian spouse of an Israeli citizen is not permitted to live inside Israel’s ‘green line’. After a very narrow vote of 6-5, the Justice’s decision continues to uphold the law, which has separated many families in which [...]
After a two week courageous struggle to save the live of American teenager Danny Wultz, staff physicians at Tel Aviv’s Icilov Hospital gave the sad announcement that the sixteen year old tourist had finally succumbed to his wounds.
Wultz and his father (who was lightly wounded) were eating lunch together in a popular fast [...]
By Debbie Gold Hadar
My usual jocular tone will be somewhat muted in today’s piece. Lag Ba’Omer marks a personal anniversary for me. It’s the date in the Hebrew calendar on which my grandfather died.
And this year marks twenty years since that day.
I don’t talk about my grandfather much. It’s just not a topic of conversation [...]
The first Jazz Festival of Jerusalem will take place between 19-22 of June. It will present a large scale of Jazz styles. It will take place in four locations: The train site, the roof of Shaananim residents, the hall of the Cinematec where a Jam Session will take place, and the hall of The Yellow [...]
On the eighth of June, the singer Sting, the former Police lead singer, will be coming to Israel to perform in the Ramat-Gan stadium. And as if that isn’t enough, he will be preceded by the Hassid rapper, Matisyahu. The Jewish rapper Matisyahu has become a star in the states, ever since he performed on [...]
The much publicized purchase of the Iscar precision tool company by American investor Warren Buffet, makes one wonder why this particular company was chosen by the billionaire investor, ranked as the world’s No. 2 richest man. It doesn’t take much to figure out the answer, if one looks at the success behind Iscar and the [...]
Dining out in Israel has always been a challenge for observant people who want quality dining as well as top notch service. With the opening of a new quality restaurant, The Meat and Wine Company, in Herzlia Petuah, kosher diners will now have an opportunity to enjoy a truly quality meat restaurant without compromising their [...]
Israel’s Transport Ministry has introduced a new law to attempt to reduce the number of road accidents by impounding and removing vehicles driven by traffic offenders. In effect since Thursday, May 11, police offices will now impound both cars and commercial vehicles for periods up to 60 days. Drunk drivers, especially young adults, as well [...]
Israelis sometime refer to the Banai family as royalty, that’s because of the many singers, actors and writers the Banai family has produced. So if it were a royal family, Yossi Banai would have been undoubtedly the king.
Banai was born in 1932 and whilst serving in the army, he was a member of the [...]
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By Raz Koller
“I feel like i’m living in a Alfred Hitchcock movie”, says Shimshon Badash from Ramat Hasharon, who has been suffering attacks from a crow for the last week.
The story began about eight days ago. Badash says that “In Ramat Hasharon there are many crows and sometimes the fledglings [...]
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