Falafel

Why falafel is at the heart of Israel’s 'Operation Dugo' Holocaust remembrance

Operation Dugo grew out of David “Dugo” Leitner’s personal tradition of eating falafel every January 18, the date linked to the start of the Auschwitz death marches in 1945.

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana and Member of Knesset Michael Biton prepare falafel in memory of late Holocaust survivor David (Dugo) Leitner at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem, on January 14, 2026.
 An illustrative image of falafel balls.

In the Kitchen with Henny: Shuk-style celebration

 Falafel

We went out for falafel with NIS 20 – and in these cities, we got change

 Authentic falafel made at home

Five simple ingredients: Authentic falafel made at home


Jerry Seinfeld spotted at Tel Aviv’s ‘best’ falafel shop

Jerry Seinfield, one of the most famous Jewish comedians of all time, is scheduled to perform at Tel Aviv’s Menorah Mivtachim Arena on Saturday night.

Famed American comedian Jerry Seinfeld returns to Israel to perform two shows in one night in Tel Aviv

Pita perfect

Why is it then that most home bakers find it hardest to duplicate these famous, staple breads in their own kitchen?

The frst secret of pita/lafa baking is a very hot  oven and a very short bake

Poll: Ahead of Independence Day, 84% are proud to be Israeli

Independence Day poll finds Israelis love their falafel, aren’t very happy with politicians and would like to share a beer with Shimon Peres.

Israelis enjoy an Independence Day barbecue in Jerusalem’s Gan Sacher last year

My Visceral Israel

The Jerusalem Post

Film: More a farce than a satire

Facing down a nuclear Iran with laughs and falafel

Atomic Falafel movie

If you’re talking turkey...

You might be trying out one of the capital’s dozens of shwarma joints

Shwarma

More than a vendor

Remembering the patriarch of ‘Felafel Ovadia’

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Yalla Peace: Falafel, fences and Syria

Is the Assad regime really the ‘champion’ of the Palestinian cause when it oppresses its own people?

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Jerusalem gets dancing for equality

200 women dance in downtown Jerusalem to protest discrimination against women.

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Long live the Falafel King

The startling authenticity with which Sara Shilo manages to evoke her characters’ lives in 1980s Ma’alot is no accident, the novelist says.

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