Daily Archives: December 8, 2020

To brighten spirits amid the COVID-19 pandemic this Hanukkah, the World Zionist Organization is spearheading an online project to bring people together virtually during the eight-day “Festival of Lights,” which begins on Thursday evening. Called...

Before our eyes, Israel is undergoing a miraculous transformation in the way it views its relationship with world Jewry. Yesterday, we in the Knesset and throughout Israel marked “Diaspora Day,” a day to honor Jewish...

Remember the greats of Israeli politics. David Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir, Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres? And the Labor Party, dominating politics from 1948 to 1977? Golda Meir won 49 seats in the election of 1969, and Yitzhak...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Monday for reforming the way that judges are selected with Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin of the Likud Party proposing a new way to do so. “It is necessary...

In what can only be considered a remarkable sight, a banner thanking the Israeli spy agency Mossad—with an Israeli flag draped over it—was seen on a pedestrian bridge over a busy thoroughfare in the...

Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin is set to endorse the Declaration of Our Common Destiny, a document that he has called a “roadmap for the Jewish future.” Thirty of the world’s most prominent Jewish thought leaders—representing...

In preparation for the flu season and the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines needing special refrigeration, three mobile vaccination caravans were commissioned by Magen David Adom, Israel’s national organization responsible for emergency pre-hospital medical care...

The Sotheby’s international realty website recently listed a property in Caesarea for the staggering price of $258 million. The “royal-style mansion” includes four bedrooms and five bathrooms and sits on a three-acre lot. It has...

Despite the global coronavirus pandemic, Israeli companies raised a record amount of capital in 2020, according to a new report by an Israeli NGO. According to the report, released by Start-Up Nation Central (SNC) on...

A recent report by global credit-rating agency Moody’s lauded the Israeli government’s fiscal policy but criticized its inability to pass a state budget. The 31-page report, issued on Friday, said that while the agency expects...