Jerusalem post magazine

Miracle at Soroka: How a frontline hospital weathered October 7, survived Iran war

From one war to the next, Soroka has learned to work smarter and create a level of response to meet the needs of their patients. 

SMOKE RISES from Soroka Medical Center on June 19, after an Iranian ballistic missile packed with over 400 kilos of explosives slammed into the Northern Surgical Building, destroying two floors.
A RECENT Pew study found that more than 50% of employees don’t want to return to office life.

With the end of the pandemic, comes the return of choice - opinion

LIFE IN the Jewish state: Thrills and chills.

The pain and the pride in remembrance days for Holocaust, fallen soldiers

Sayeret Shaked Park

Make Remembrance Day meaningful by visiting these memorial locations


When there is no right answer

When loss begets more loss

‘RECOGNIZE THAT the most innocent question may open a Pandora’s Box.’

Breaking the silence: Birth control and its side effects

Today’s young women are self-aware and wise.

‘THE VAST majority of women are prescribed oral contraception with little to no instruction about how to take them, and with no mention about the emotional and physical stress it may cause.’

First female mayor of Beit Shemesh: There is strength in acceptance, love

After her exciting surprise win, the city’s new female mayor tells us about her plan to rise above religious struggles and create a richer, more varied Beit Shemesh that represents everyone.

NEW MAYOR Aliza Bloch at her victory rally.

A Holocaust victim's diary depicting life in the Kovno ghetto

‘The urge to deny the horrific reality – or alternatively to adapt to it and concentrate on the here and now and cling to a seemingly ordinary life – was characteristic of life in the ghettos’

A BARBED-wire fence along Panrow Street, separating the two parts of the Kovno ghetto in Lithuania.

Fluctuating religious observance

In Tel Aviv, there are 29,700 formerly religiously observant people; this comprises 11% of the adult non-religiously observant population, which numbers 263,800.

Formerly Religiously Observant Population (ages 20+) in Large Cities

In search of something

Tova Reich’s latest novel features maternal themes, international travel and flashes of reckoning on the bounds of Jewish life.

A WOMAN walks along the beach in Mumbai as the sun sets.

A familial tragedy

The heart-wrenching tale of a Russian Jewish family’s decision to emigrate to Israel is available in a new English translation.

UNIVERSITY STUDENTS take part in a mass rally in Tel Aviv in 1969 in support of the Jews of the Soviet Union.

PARASHAT VAYETZEH: Promise and hope

If we ask how so many men and women managed to preserve their identity and faith despite the suffering, the answer would be ‘the promise.’

‘JACOB’S DREAM,’ William Blake, 1805.

Printing and popularity

It is of particular interest to find suggestions to study works that are not tainted by devotee allegiance.

‘MAOR VASHAMESH,’ first edition, Breslau 1842 – false title page; Gershom Scholem Reading Room, National Library of Israel.

A hassidic grandmama...

... who was an Internet troll

CHANA EISENMANN: ‘How long are you planning on scrambling the same egg, young lady?’