Abba Eban

Permanent UN ambassadors meet with President Herzog

The group was somewhat smaller than previous delegations, but that may have been due to fears of travel to the Middle East during the current security situation.

 President Isaac Herzog addresses the wave of violence in Israeli society in a speech on May 8, 2023.
Then-Israel Ambassador to the UN Abba Eban speaks at the General Assembly in New York in the early 1970s.

Did Israel's famed diplomat Abba Eban lack clout back home?

Sesame Street creator Joan Ganz Cooney poses with some of the cast during a 40th anniversary street naming celebration in New York

Eli Evans, poet and influential grant-maker, dies at 85

 Aura Herzog

President Isaac Herzog's mother, Aura, dies at 97


93-year-old woman recovers from stroke after brain catheterization

Inessa Lazaroff is oldest in Israel to undergo procedure immediately after suffering from stroke.

Man lying in a hospital bed at Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem [illustrative].

OECD: Israelis among highest educated in the developed world

Country still faces large gender gaps in education, shows report.

Tel Aviv University campus

Chelsea spanks Maccabi Tel Aviv in Haifa

Yellow-and-blue again in over its head against Mourinho’s men, falls to 5th straight group defeat.

CHELSEA MIDFIELDER Willian (left) sends the ball soaring over the line on a free kick for the Blues’ second goal in their 4-0 Champions League victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv last night at Sammy Ofer Stadium in Haifa.

Hapoel Jerusalem on brink of Eurocup ouster after tight loss in Lithuania

Hapoel Tel Aviv coach Danny Franco

A younger generation joins the struggle

The living legacies of Bernie Sanders, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Rabbi Avi Weiss.

Democratic presidential candidate and US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during a town-hall campaign stop at New England College in Concord, New Hampshire

Arab demo, counter-demo held at Tel Aviv University

Around 200 people were present during the protest, which passed without a serious security incident.

PRO-ARAB PROTESTERS display a Palestinian flag at the entrance to Tel Aviv University yesterday.

Sinai says: Shachar’s ownership style at Maccabi Haifa has reached expiration date

Maccabi Haifa owner Jacob Shachar

Another emphatic defeat for Maccabi TA

Still no group-stage goals or points for yellow-and-blue after 2-0 humbling in Portugal.

Porto forward Vincent Aboubakar (left) scored the opening goal last night against Gal Alberman (right)

Silber golden as Ga’ash golf men’s champion

2015 Ga’ash Men’s Club Championship winners (from left) Moshe Nessis, Dave Haskell and Ashley Silber

October 16: Saving electricity

Everyone knows that LED lighting uses only a tenth of the power used by other bulbs, but they are very expensive. Solution: Immediately cancel the VAT for LEDs.

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