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Popular Israeli singer Yehoram Gaon marries partner Ella Lusa at age 86

The couple reportedly first met on Facebook, after Lusa sent Gaon a message as a fan of his work. The two began talking on Skype, eventually met in person, and started dating.

YEHORAM GAON
YAIR KRAVITS (right) and Team Israel were badly outplayed by both and Germany and Croatia in their opening two matches to 2027 World Cup qualifying.

Israel struggles in World Cup qualifiers, faces 'uphill battle' after disastrous opening window

President Isaac Herzog, pictured on August 5, 2025; illustrative.

Herzog to receive credentials from six new ambassadors

Stone age tools.

'Man the Hunter' challenged: Stone Age graves show women buried with toolkits too


Jewish philanthropy and leadership in Eastern Europe - opinion

During this mission, Cabinet members from all over North America memorialized the past, experienced the present, and learned about the Jewish communal dreams for the future.

 MEMBERS OF Jewish Federations of North America’s National Young Leadership Cabinet pose with President Isaac Herzog during the 2022 International Study Mission in Israel.

Russian media releases declassified documents on the Holocaust – report

Russia has released new documents claiming that Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were highly involved in the murder of Jews during the Holocaust.

 Members of Latvian Auxiliary Police assemble a group of Jews, Liepāja, July, 1941.

‘Israel should be a global NATO partner’

Rihards Kols, Latvian Parliament member and Foreign Affairs Committee chair, speaks to ‘Post’ after attending ELNET Conference

 PLENARY SESSION on the Treatment of Minorities in the Middle East

Israel has failed to fight Latvia, Lithuania's Holocaust distortion - opinion

A number of acclaimed films have shone a spotlight on the Holocaust in the Baltics. But Latvia and Lithuania have responded with Holocaust distortion.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu holds a news conference with then-Latvian prime minister Maris Kucinskis, in 2018.

There is no antisemitism in Latvia, Riga City Council deputy chair says

Linda Ozola, deputy chair of the Riga City Council, talked to the Magazine about antisemitism, Latvian Jewry and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

 LINDA OZOLA, deputy chair, Riga City Council.

Russian OSCE delegates walk out after 'Russian warship' quote

A Latvian delegate repeated the now famous quote the Ukrainian defenders of Snake Island made to an attacking Russian warship.

 Protestors stand outside Hofburg Palace as a Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) takes place in Vienna, Austria, February 23, 2023.

Fire breaks out at Latvian factory providing drones to Ukraine

Latvian media reported that employees at the drone production facility had said that the fire broke out after an explosion.

 A view shows a fire at the Edge Autonomy drone factory in Marupe, Latvia, February 7, 2023, in this picture obtained from social media.

NATO's Baltic States, Russia remove ambassadors as diplomatic relations downgraded

Estonia and Latvia have been among a group of NATO allies arguing strongly for Germany to provide Leopard battle tanks to boot Ukraine in fighting Russia.

NATO and Russian flags are seen through broken glass this illustration taken April 13, 2022.

Lithuania-Latvia gas pipeline hit by explosion, operator says

A gas pipeline connecting Lithuania and Latvia was hit by an explosion, no injuries have been reported as of yet.

 View towards Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline and the transfer station of the Baltic Sea Pipeline Link in the industrial area of Lubmin, Germany, August 30, 2022.

Are neo-Nazi Russian groups planning attacks on NATO countries? - report

New developments suggest that the Kremlin may lose ties with far-right paramilitary organizations.

 NATO HEADS of states and governments look at a digital installation after posing for a photo during the NATO summit at the alliance’s headquarters in Brussels in June 2021.