A Jewish-themed Disney Park is Coming to Israel!
The city of Dimona in the south of Israel is in the “advanced stages” of planning a Disneyland-like theme park, The Jerusalem Post reported.
Pla’im (Hebrew for ‘wonders’), or “Park of Wonders,” is slated to have a similar...
After 40 years, Lionel Richie gives first concert in Israel
American singer Lionel Richie performed his first concert in Israel on Monday night at Tel Aviv’s Menora Mivtachim Arena.
The “All Night Long” singer, who began his 90-minute show an hour-and-a-half earlier than originally announced to...
Strong Shekel Defies Bank Interventions
YERUSHALAYIM - Bank of Israel interventions in the foreign currency market aimed at stemming the surge of the shekel have met with little success in recent days.
Despite the Bank’s large purchases of dollars, the...
Showdown expected at western wall as hundreds of reform Jews plan to defy prayer...
Hundreds of Reform Jews from around the world plan to defy regulations at the Western Wall on Thursday morning by holding an egalitarian Torah reading service in an area of the Jewish holy site...
Archaeologists announce discovery of the biblical city of Ziklag
The Israeli Antiquities Authority, Hebrew University in Jerusalem and Macquarie University of Sydney, Australia, have announced the discovery of what they believe is the biblical city of Ziklag, the Philistine city in which according...
New Israeli centrist alliance, to be called ‘Blue and White,’ reveals party list
The new united centrist party headed by Yesh Atid’s Yair Lapid and Israel Resilience’s Benny Gantz will be called the Blue and White Party, announced the leaders on Thursday.
The new alliance, which seeks to...
Best picture: prize-winning Israeli student film “Roads” sets Guinness World Record
When Israeli filmmaker Lior Geller was a Tel Aviv University film student shooting a gritty 20-minute crime-drama called Roads in 2007, he never thought his short film would one day hold a Guinness World Record title.
Now, exactly ten years later, Roads has...
SZMC’s program training the medical staff of Univerysity of Gondar Hospital in Ethiopia
As part of an ongoing program, Shaare Zedek recently welcomed two doctors from the University of Gondar Hospital in Ethiopia who have come to Shaare Zedek Medical Center for training.
For the past five years,...
Israel to Reveal Evidence of Discrimination Against Jewish-Moroccan Immigrants
Israel will reveal archived documents pertaining to the discrimination practised by Israeli state against Moroccan Jews who immigrated to Israel in the 1950s.
The silent suffering of Moroccan Jewish immigrants in 1950s Israel will soon...
Jerusalem: Israel plans ‘Trump station’ near Western Wall
Yisrael Katz said he wanted to honour the US president for his decision to recognise the city as Israel's capital.
The Western Wall is the holiest site where Jews are permitted to pray.
The proposed new railway...