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Ultra-Orthodox Jews take part in prayers on the grave of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai during Lag BOmer celebrations at Mt. Meron in northern Israel, early Thursday, May 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) JTA — “If you haven’t seen the joy of Lag B’Omer on the grave of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, you haven’t seen joy at all,” wrote the author Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israel’s first Nobel Prize laureate. That description reflects an aspect of the annual pilgrimage to Mount Meron in northern Isra...

Human rights group hits Israel with explosive accusation: Apartheid 29 Apr, 2021 03:04 AM 8 minutes to read Israeli police stand at their post as Palestinians leave the Dome of the Rock Mosque after Friday prayers in the Old City of Jerusalem. Photo / Dan Balilty, The New York Times Israeli police stand at their post as Palestinians leave the Dome of the Rock Mosque after Friday prayers in the Old City of Jerusalem. Photo / Dan Balilty, The New York Times New York Times By: Patrick Kingsley Whe...

Covid 19 coronavirus: My life in Israels brave new post-pandemic future 7 Apr, 2021 06:00 AM 9 minutes to read Crowds at a concert for the band Mercedes Bend at a club in Tel Aviv. Photo / Dan Balilty, The New York Times Crowds at a concert for the band Mercedes Bend at a club in Tel Aviv. Photo / Dan Balilty, The New York Times New York Times By: Isabel Kershner A Green Pass allows us, the vaccinated, to go to concerts, restaurants and sporting events. But Israels real-time experiment in post-...

Covid-19 Live Updates: Some U.S. Colleges Will Require Vaccinations in the Fall Last Updated April 5, 2021, 5:48 p.m. ETApril 5, 2021, 5:48 p.m. ET Walgreens acknowledges it hadn’t been following U.S. guidance on timing between Pfizer vaccine doses and will start scheduling them three weeks apart. Everyone in New Jersey aged 16 and over will soon be eligible for vaccines. Here’s what you need to know: Cornell University is requiring all students who will be on campus in the fall of 2021 to ...

Covid-19 Live Updates: Walgreens Wasn’t Following U.S. Guidance on Pfizer Vaccine Spacing Last Updated April 5, 2021, 2:01 p.m. ETApril 5, 2021, 2:01 p.m. ET But following complaints, the pharmacy chain will start scheduling Pfizer vaccine doses three weeks apart. The Navajo Nation has managed to control what was once one of the worst outbreaks in the United States. But infections are rising nationally, and health officials are warning of another surge. Here’s what you need to know: G...

Interpol drops warrant against architect of Jerusalem suicide bombing International law enforcement body says Ahlam Tamimi no longer subject to Interpol notice, does not provide further details; convicted terrorist sentenced to 16 life terms for role in 2001 attack at Sbarro pizzeria, freed 8 years later in Shalit swap Ynet, i24NEWS | Published: 03.14.21 , 13:00 An international arrest warrant issued for a terrorist convicted in the 2001 suicide bombing at Sbarro restaurant in Jerusalem that...

After 50 years of fieldwork in the Negev and Sinai deserts, an Israeli researcher donated his rare archive to the National Library of Israel.

explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. When the pandemic reached Israel last year, I knew that the photographer who managed to get inside the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community would find a gripping story. Their extremely insular way of life — of regular prayer, collective religious study, and mass weddings and funerals — is incompatible with social distancing. I feared that this would make them especially vulnerable...

Israel's water infrastructure is not ready to withstand a possible cyberattack by Iranian hackers, a government report warned Wednesday. According to the report, water companies in Israel have largely failed to step up digital defenses of their infrastructure, despite being proven vulnerable last year when hackers,

Since the start of his term, US president Joe Biden has had calls with multiple allies in Europe, including France, Canada, the United Kingdom and South Korea. However...