Life in israel

'There is no normal life here': three Israelis, three years after October 7

Three people reflect on the moments, choices, and unexpected journeys that began with the trauma of October 7

People holding up portraits of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza gather at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv in October 2025. Premium
Israelis have continued to work, study, and raise families, even as reminders of three years of war remain part of the landscape of everyday life.PremiumPremium

We're just in survival mode': Israel's new normal after October 7

A partially torn poster of a hostage kidnapped in the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas is seen at a public plaza in front of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

Farewell from the Report: reflecting on three years of upheaval - from the editor

A hot day at the beach in Tel Aviv.

Tel Aviv ranks 34th globally, highest in Middle East, in Oxford Economics’ 2026 Global Cities Index


Israelis perform lifesaving surgery on 10 Tanzanians

Wolfson hospital sends delegation to save children with congenital heart defects.

Doctors perform surgery

The Human Spirit: From orphan to mother of 17

“I talked to God; I said I didn’t know who my mother and father were, but that now the Holy One would have to be both my mother and my father."

Family

Cosmetics, quality, and economy in the Land of Milk and Honey

The Jerusalem Post

Culture clashes: War vs. winter

The Jerusalem Post

Book Review: Behind the ‘Zion curtain’

A Belgian-Egyptian journalist describes his attempts to penetrate Israeli and Palestinian society.

A new immigrant at Ben-Gurion airport kisses the tarmac as he makes aliya

20 signs you've been in Tel Aviv too long

The Jerusalem Post

Matters of life and death

The Jerusalem Post

Flute roots

Hadar Noiberg performs in a concert based on the poetry Rachel Shapira.

Hadar Noiberg performs in a concert based on the poetry Rachel Shapira.

Rossini in the here and now

‘The Barber of Seville’ takes on a contemporary look at the Israeli Opera.

‘The Barber of Seville’ takes on a contemporary look at the Israeli Opera.

The value of hard work

Do you work all year so you can take a vacation in the summer or do you vacation in the summer to rejuvenate and go back to work?

Sleeping in the office