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Celebrating life at Israel’s luxurious desert retreat - opinion

Six Senses Shaharut, located in the Arava desert, became the perfect setting to celebrate survival, breathe deeply again, and appreciate the rare gift of simply being here.

JANUARY 11, 2026|ByBRIAN BLUM

Breakfast overlooking the wadi at Six Senses Shaharut in the Negev.

Residents wave Somali flags as they attend a rally denouncing Israel’s recognition of the breakaway Somaliland region, during a gathering calling for Somalia’s territorial unity, in Mogadishu, Dec. 30.

Somaliland’s lost and forgotten Jews: Inside Horn of Africa's Jewish past - opinion

Beyond the politics, Israel’s recognition of Somaliland reveals a hidden Jewish past, from ancient cemeteries to the origins of the Yibir tribe.

JANUARY 10, 2026|ByMICHAEL FREUND

Jerusalem Highlights: January 9-15

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

JANUARY 9, 2026|ByHAGAY HACOHEN

Israeli artists Neta Elkayam and Amit Hai Cohen are partners in life and in music.

Israeli artists build bridges at Xavier University, Nation’s only Catholic HBCU

“The fact that I am singing not in English but in an African language resonates with the students and helps propel them on their own quest, ” the artists explain.

JANUARY 4, 2026|ByASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA

New Hebrew letter from Dead Sea Scrolls announced in Language Academy April Fool's joke

While assumed to be a light-hearted joke, the post provides a practical solution to a sound that the current Aleph Bet doesn't cover.

APRIL 1, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

The new Hebrew letter "scratched tsade" announced in the academies April Fools joke post.

English readers get their first taste of ‘the finest living author writing in Hebrew’

The characters are Israelis living in the United States, negotiating between English and Hebrew, their Jewishness and their Israeliness, old worlds and the new.

MARCH 10, 2024ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA

"The Hebrew Teacher" is Israeli author Maya Arad's first book to be translated into English.

Understanding the Bible

TAU Prof. Oded Lipschits launches English-language podcast on ‘The Untold Story of the Kingdom of Judah.’

MARCH 7, 2024ByALAN ROSENBAUM

PROF. ODED LIPSCHITS, historian and archaeologist.

Outrage in Davos: Ski rental refuses service to Jews, sparks investigation

The discriminatory stance was revealed through a notice in Hebrew, stating due to "several very annoying incidents," including theft, the service to Jewish individuals would cease.

FEBRUARY 13, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF