Tu be'av

Together but apart: Couple spaces that don’t feel crowded

Moving in together shows a good relationship isn’t just matching styles, but creating a home that feels both “ours” and respects “mine and yours.” Here’s how to get the balance right.

Bedroom
 ‘AS I CONTINUE on my path to full recovery, I can’t help but contemplate the story of that last group of surviving Israelites in their 40th year in the wilderness,’ says the writer.

Tu B'Av: A love of life and of Israel - opinion

 ‘Lavagem’ by Alice Ripoll.

Israel Festival's Art/Battle uses martial arts for peace

 MONSTROUS DOINGS at the Botanical Gardens.

Jerusalem highlights July 28-August 3


Half of Israel Jews prefer not to get married in an Orthodox ceremony

The Hiddush Association conducted a survey about how Israeli Jews prefer to get married.

A NEW bride and groom visit a blossoming almond grove in Latrun on their wedding day in 2019.

A reflection of Jewish dissent in the month of Av

"The hope Tu Be'av instills in us helps to ensure that the future of our country moves past those who wish our destruction."

The walls of the city of Jerusalem in the days of the First Temple.

Celebrating love on Tu Be'av

After having fallen out of practice for centuries, today Tu Be’av is experiencing a bit of a rebirth in Israel

A COUPLE enjoys Tu Be'av in 2020

Romantic Movies to be screened at Cinematheque for Tu Be'av

The series of 20 movies that will be shown throughout 10 days features classics and recent films

'AN AFFAIR to remember'

Tu Be'Av 2021: 48,056 couples were married in Israel in 2019

Only about 69% of the couples married in Israel in 2019 were Jewish, according to new data.

An illustrative photo of a Jewish wedding in front of the Mediterranean Sea.

Seeking your match in a post-COVID world

The Talmud describes Tu Be’av as a day of great joy on which the young maidens of Israel would dress in white and dance in the vineyards to be matched with young single men.

TU BE’AV event in Shiloh, 2020.

Heineken to interview John Terry during Champions League final screening

Heineken, marketed in Israel by Tempo, has organized similar events in previous years, making the public screenings of Champions League finals a kind of tradition among soccer lovers in Israel.

Chelsea legend John Terry

On Tu Be’av: The Festival of Love

The joy associated with Tu Be’av stems from the empowerment of equality as a value.

Social closeness is the spiritual essence of Tu Be’av and the reason that it should be among the happiest days of the year.

If one can't have a good marriage, at least have a good divorce

Get-refusal is nothing less than a disgrace. Although it is not forbidden by Jewish law, we have a moral and religious obligation to prevent it.

A NEW bride and groom visit a blossoming almond grove in Latrun on their wedding day in 2019.

Love (and coronavirus) is in the air this Tu B'Av: Meet COVID-19 cupid!

With the coronavirus outbreak continuing to impact daily life in the country, the Health Ministry introduced COVIDon, Cupid's 19-year-old brother from central Israel (originally from Wuhan).

COVIDon, Cupid's viral brother, is preparing for Tu B'Av