New year israel

New Years in Israel: Jaffa clock repaired in time for countdown

Hundreds of Tel Aviv residents gathered on Friday, December 31, at the Clock tower square in Jaffa for a New Year’s countdown.

A general view of Jaffa Clock Tower, in Jaffa, Israel
 RINGING IN the New Year in Tel Aviv: I doubt any other religious or ethnic group has two calendars hanging on the refrigerator.

Celebrating New Year's in Israel? Why not? - opinion

US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman welcomes the new arrival to the family

Israel's first babies of 2021 bring new hope for the new year

LET’S MOVE forward on a better path.

The year of COVID-19: 'Always crashing in the same car'


Mixing it up at Masada

DJ Damian Lazarus embraces the New Year with his alfresco festival at Masada

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1 in 5 Israeli Jews celebrates New Year’s Eve

Secular Jews are somewhat more likely to mark New Year’s Eve, with 35% saying they celebrate on the date, whereas just 4% of national-religious, and 1% of haredi Israeli Jews say they do.

New Year 2012 celebration

The good side of 2018

Israel is a wonderful country, and we’ve had a great year, even with the occasional bump along the way.

People celebrate the winning of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 by Israel's Netta Barzilai with her song "Toy" , Rabin square in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 13, 2018.

A celestial overview of 5779/2019

The 42 times the Israelites encamped in mirror-image of the order of the zodiac might have been a primitive version of a three-dimensional segulah, call the drawing down of spiritual energy.

Astrology chart

A partnership to save lives

To date, nearly 3,000 people have been saved by Ezer Mizion’s registry, 346 of them in the Jewish year that has just now ended.

A patient in a hospital receives intravenous (IV) therapy (illustrative)

MIDDLE ISRAEL: Person of the year - Vladimir Putin

The former KGB agent established himself in 5778 as the century's most effective statesman.

RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin addresses servicemen as he visits the Hmeymim air base in Latakia Province, Syria

Seeing fully in the New Year

Much work remains to be done, but much good should be recognized, too.

A young man plays the shofar during the Nashuva Spiritual Community Jewish New Year celebration

Police heighten security across country for New Year’s Eve celebrations

Police patrols will focus on preventing terrorist attacks and cracking down on drunk driving.

Police chat near a patrol car

Friends of Zion wish Trump a happy new year

The Friends of Zion Museum will also give awards to heads of state who move their embassies to Jerusalem.

A four-story digital billboard in Jerusalem at the Friends of Zion Heritage Center says it all. "Thank you, President Trump. You're making Israel Greater"

Trump, daughter Ivanka extend warm wishes in time for Jewish New Year

The US president and the first daughter wished Jews across the world a 'Shana Tova u'Metuka.'

President-elect Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka attend a campaign event in Washington, DC, in October