Israel new year

Jerusalem Jane: Deep emotions, excitement of entering into a new year - opinion

My prayer is that this new year will be one of peace, health, healing, happiness, prosperity, and success for the brave people of Israel who have endured unimaginable suffering and trauma.

 Jane Kiel.
A man blows a shofar outside the Jerusalem Central Bus Station.

Your Investments: Turning Rosh Hashanah reflection into financial action

A SUPERMARKET in Jerusalem does a brisk business last week as shoppers stock up for the New Year holiday. Rosh Hashanah is not just a time to look back; it’s a time to look forward, the writer notes.

Rosh Hashanah: How memory can be a double-edged sword - opinion

A RALLY for the release of hostages held in Gaza takes place outside the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on Saturday night. Even the wish that all the hostages will soon be brought back home is not really an issue on which we are fully united, the writer observes.

Rosh Hashanah: Wishing for peace, better education in the new year - opinion


Know Comment: A crystal ball on 2017

Obama will continue to prick at Israel, Trump will reaffirm the Bush letter, Putin may peel away from Iran and Netanyahu will prevail.

WORKERS PREPARE the New Year’s Eve numerals above a Toshiba sign in Times Square in Manhattan.

Happy but skeptical: How Israelis are feeling as the country turns 68

Most Israelis are proud to be citizens, however the public give a failing grade to politicians, and are more concerned about the economy than security threats.

Flag of Israel

Parting Shot: On turning 68

“Only on a flight to Israel will people refuse to swap one aisle seat for another so a couple can sit together. #nationalcharacter #dickish.”

Independance Day ceremony

Letters to the Editor: Simone Zimmerman

Then, too, apologists for Jews and Israel metastasized among the Hillel organizations on American college campuses.

Letters

Year in Review: 2015 in Photos

The photos that defined the year.

People hold up signs at a rally in Jerusalem, January 11, following terror attacks in France

Your Taxes: The tax year end is nigh

A starter list of planning tips to check out before the tax year ends.

A reveler rings in the New Year in Manila

Don't forget! Daylight savings will set Israeli clocks back an hour

At 2:00 am, clocks in Israel will be set back one hour, allowing for one extra hour's night sleep.

A mechanical clock

Grumpy Old Man: New Year's resolution

For Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: Reach out to US President Barack Obama. He might be naive, but he means well. Besides, the US is our only ally

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli missing in Uman, Ukraine since Tuesday

Amir Ohana, father of 3, is missing in Uman since Tuesday after heading into the forest to meditate.

28-year-old Israeli, Amir Ohana, missing in Uman

Netanyahu: Shana Tova from Israel's eternal capital, Jerusalem

In his video address, Netanyahu calls to repel those who slander the State of Israel.

Netanyahu's New Years greeting