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Beyond the Headlines: Stronger than we think

A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news.

|BySIVAN RAHAV MEIR
A protester waves the pre-Islamic Revolution Iranian flag outside UN headquarters during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Iran in New York on January 15, 2026.
Israeli soldiers look up at pictures of victims of the Holocaust at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial centre, ahead of the Holocaust Remembrance Day starting this evening, at the Hall of Names, in Jerusalem April 27, 2022.

ISIS hack targets Yad Vashem Zoom seminar commemorating Tisha b'Av

During the seminar by Yad Vashem, a message appeared telling participants that they were hacked by ISIS and showed images of swastikas.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Artificial intelligence

Only getting better: AI technology offers a host of exciting new upgrades

AI technology continues to evolve, offering exciting upgrades and innovations. Explore leading websites and apps to be a part of the transformative revolution changing the world.

|ByDR. ITAI GAL

How to make a good first impression in business, according to researchers

From emails to Zoom meetings, tips for making positive first impressions on co-workers, customers, and clients are offered by American researchers

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Jerusalem Yeshiva live-streams Megillah reading to US troops in Kuwait

"What an amazing opportunity it is to join together in our yeshiva at the kotel, in the Old City of Jerusalem, with Jews so far away that we have never met," Rabbi Rosman said.

FEBRUARY 26, 2021ByIDAN ZONSHINE
Rabbi David Rosman reads the Megillah on Purim while live-streaming to US Army troops stationed in Kuwait, Feb. 25, 2021.

English lessons continue throughout Israel despite geographical barriers

Following a successful pilot scheme in the summer of 2020, the project took off in September and has been growing at an amazing pace.

FEBRUARY 18, 2021ByBRENDA KATTEN
The program helps children fill their lonely pandemic days in a constructive manner

Pfizer CEO shares his family's tragic story during the Holocaust

Bourla's parents were of 2,000 survivors from a community of 50,000 nearly eradicated by the Holocaust in Thessaloniki, Greece where he was born.

FEBRUARY 13, 2021ByGADI ZAIG
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla lit the 7th nigh candle of Hanukkah

Israel, Kosovo establish diplomatic ties over Zoom

The ceremony is said to be the first of its kind.

FEBRUARY 1, 2021ByLAHAV HARKOV
Israel's Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi signs the agreement establishing diplomatic relations between Israel and Kosovo during a virtual ceremony with Kosovo's Foreign Minister Meliza Haradinaj Stublla, in the Israeli foreign ministry in Jerusalem February 1, 2021.

Despite coronavirus, Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School thrives

The entire faculty and staff switched to working on Zoom, but work continues.

JANUARY 27, 2021ByHANNAH BROWN
DANA BLANKSTEIN COHEN: We didn’t stop for a minute. You can’t stop the creativity.

Amid COVID-19, new art exhibit 'Zooms in' on young lives

The exhibition name has a double meaning, hinting at the deeper gaze into the lives of the youth that the exhibition depicts, while also referencing the Zoom video conferences.

JANUARY 17, 2021ByABIGAIL ADLER
A PHOTOGRAPH taken by Holon student Yuval Elhasid.

‘Zoom bombers’ shout ‘Jews to the ovens’ at Holocaust book launch in Italy

The Anti-Defamation League recorded at least 11 antisemitic Zoom bombings in the United States and Canada in March and April alone alone.

JANUARY 16, 2021ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA
Antisemitic "zoombomb" shows one user's photo as a swastika

Edelstein: Only way to deal with coronavirus outbreak is to lock down

JPost One-on-One weekly 'Zoomcast': Editor-in-chief Yaakov Katz with Health Minister Yuli Edelstein - Episode 1

JANUARY 7, 2021ByYAAKOV KATZ
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein receive a shipment of Pfizer coronavirus vaccines, Sunday, January 10, 2020.

Starting a new job as a rabbi during the pandemic? It’s not easy

“The relationship between a congregation and a rabbi is a sacred partnership,” said Rabbi Dvora Weisberg, director of the Reform rabbinical school at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

DECEMBER 30, 2020BySTEWART AIN/JTA
Rabbi Jillian Cameron, center, shown performing a pre-pandemic wedding, moved from Boston to California during the pandemic to take a new pulpit job sight unseen.

President Rivlin honors late Rabbi Sacks in bible study appearance

The Israeli president attends an online Bible Study group to honor Rabbi Jonathan Sacks z"l, who passed away last November.

DECEMBER 20, 2020ByGADI ZAIG
RABBI JONATHAN SACKS – his recipe for repair was the building of ‘covenantal communities’ based on a ‘we’ consciousness.