Monday Jul 6 | Jerusalem Post
Medical school for Galilee 'five years away'
Although Safed Mayor Ilan Shochat predicted on Monday that the country's fifth medical school would open in his city in October 2011, most participants in the International Workshop in Medical Education in the 21st century suggest that the date is at least five years away.
Safed: Step back in history, appreciate art
The city of Safed has rarely had it easy. Biblical legend says that Noah's son Shem founded the city after the Great Flood.
Firefighters battling blazes in North
In the midst of a major heat wave, firefighters in Israel's North battled blazes in multiple sites on Wednesday night, a majority of which are strongly suspected as cases of arson.
Part V: Writing in My Father's Footsteps
After the battle at Tamra, my father's commander, Norm Schutzman, moved the men of B-Company up to the coast North of Haifa for more training.
The last barricade has fallen, with almost unbelievable tardiness. And what a barricade it was.
When Abraham Mapu published the first Hebrew novel, Ahavat Zion , in 1853, he laid the foundations of modern Hebrew literature.
Alon Hilu / Who goes to holy men's graves in Israel?
I came to the grave of the Moroccan holy man Rabbi David And Moshe entirely consumed by doubts: Not only is the whole business of prostrating oneself on holy men's graves foreign to me , but also it turned out that in the apartment in the workers' housing project in the Canaan neighborhood, a modest neighborhood at the edge of Safed that for 36 ...
Ramat Hasharon, Beersheba lead the way in youth volunteers
The proportion of youth who volunteer in their community varies drastically among Israeli cities, a new study has found.
10 militants killed in Afghanistan fighting
Ten militants were killed on Sunday in fighting between coalition and Afghan troops and insurgents in western Afghanistan, the U.S. military said.
Israel detects 3 additional A/H1N1 flu cases: report
Three additional influenza A/H1N1cases were diagnosed on Sunday in Israel, bringing the total number in the Jewish state to 22, local news service Ynet reported.
The text Protect yourself - right on time! The Israel Defense Forces Home Front Command has improved its alarm systems so that during an emergency, every area in the country will be given a different alarm period ... How to choose a protected space? The protected space should be chosen according to the time it takes to reach it from the moment the ...
9 years after pullout, SLA veterans still dream of Lebanon
Nine years after Israel withdrew from South Lebanon , some 250 members of the South Lebanon Army , gathered Tuesday to hold a memorial service for 1,250 of their comrades, who lost their lives during the years of fighting alongside the Israel Defense Forces.
Tali Friedman is the house chef for Te'amim, the Mahaneh Yehuda Shuk Canion Cooking School on Rehov Agrippas.
Hundreds attend funeral of American-Israeli teen, mourn their 'angel'
Hundreds attended the Thursday funeral of Dana Bennet, the American-Israeli teen whose remains were discovered four weeks ago six years after her vanishing.
The op-ed piece "Haredi uncertainty over Yom Ha'atzma'ut" which recently appeared in these pages reminded me of an Independence Eve some years ago.
Settling Jaffa, Acre, Lod and Ramle
The maps and textbooks issued by the Palestinian Authority present a picture of a world without Israel.
Jewish film festival launches new event on LGBT films
The events spurred turmoil in the politically charged city, where Jewish, Muslim and Christian leaders banded together in opposition to the gay festivities.
Sir, - How desperately tragic that a grown man with seven children does not have the strength of his own convictions to fly the flag of his country on its birthday.
Grapevine: Municipal miscellany
HERE'S A question: Who can name all the mayors of Jerusalem in chronological order since 1948? If you want to know the easiest way to cheat on the answer, all you have to do is access the new Web site of the Jerusalem Municipality , where former mayors are listed, along with their portraits and their periods of office.
Two people killed, three hurt in Galilee road accident
Two people were killed and three moderately wounded in a road accident Saturday morning in the Galilee.