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.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
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?

The Eban paradox is that he never succeeded in translating his immense international stature into commensurate domestic political capital.

|ByMARK REGEV
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

Eli N. Evans dies at the age of 85 due to complications from COVID-19 in New York City on Tuesday.

|ByPHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
Aura Herzog

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

Aura Herzog who will be laid to rest alongside her husband on Mount Herzl, in the section reserved for leaders of the nation, is survived by her four children.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

Yellow-and-blue lifts first local trophy of season with victory over Eilat

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015ByALLON SINAI
Maccabi TA celebrating Winner Cup

The day of renewed partnership – Yom Kippur

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
Haredim

Was Jonah right?

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015ByRAYMOND APPLE
An artistic rendition of ‘Jonah and the Whale’ as part of the Jami’ al-tawarikh, the 14th-century Persian literary compilation of history and culture.

Lazer Lloyd spreads his musical message abroad

With an electrifying new album, the Beit Shemesh-based hassidic guitar blazer finds a welcome audience in the US.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015ByDAVID BRINN
Lazer Lloyd

Diversity on Iran seen among Republican field in debate

Paul only candidate to adopt wait-and-see approach.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015ByMICHAEL WILNER
Various Republican US presidential candidates during the second official Republican presidential candidates debate of the 2016 campaign in Simi Valley, California

Kara meets with Swiss ambassador to prevent Syrian Druse deportation

Deputy minister Kara estimates that there are over 50,000 Druse refugees in Europe that have fled over the past four years from Syria and Lebanon.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015ByARIEL BEN SOLOMON
Switzerland’s ambassador to Israel Andreas Baum (Left) and Likud Deputy Minister Ayoub Kara, September 16, 2015

Gas poisoning kills Jerusalem couple at home

MDA called to scene after reports of strong smell of gas in building.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015ByJEREMY SHARON, BEN HARTMAN
Suspected gas leak, two dead

September 7: Mideast migrants

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

Syrian journey of hope: Why we are fleeing to Europe

The world is responsible for the safety of the Syrian people. It should stop the war in Syria if they want the flow of refugees to stop.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015ByMOHAMMED RUZGAR
Migrants enter bus, which is supposed to leave to Austria and Germany, in Budapest, Hungary, September 4, 2015.

Israel and migrants

SEPTEMBER 6, 2015ByJPOST EDITORIAL
DATE IMPORTED: September 06, 2015 Refugees and migrants sleep on the railway tracks close to the borders of Greece with Macedonia, near the village of Idomeni, September 6, 2015.