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Rosh Hashanah 2026: Humor, the shofar, and the ability to accept the absurdity of life

When confronted by our own absurdity and inadequacy, Judaism turns the tables and asks us to eat festive meals, sing optimistic songs, and make Rosh Hashanah into a holy celebration.

|ByNATHAN LOPES CARDOZO
THE HIGH HOLIDAY repentance cycle, year after year, can be brutal.
SMOKE RISES from Soroka Medical Center on June 19, after an Iranian ballistic missile packed with over 400 kilos of explosives slammed into the Northern Surgical Building, destroying two floors.

Miracle at Soroka: How a frontline hospital weathered October 7, survived Iran war

From one war to the next, Soroka has learned to work smarter and create a level of response to meet the needs of their patients. 

|ByJUDITH SEGALOFF
A RECENT Pew study found that more than 50% of employees don’t want to return to office life.

With the end of the pandemic, comes the return of choice - opinion

A recent Pew study found that more than 50% of employees don’t want to return to office life.

|ByBRIAN BLUM
LIFE IN the Jewish state: Thrills and chills.

The pain and the pride in remembrance days for Holocaust, fallen soldiers

There is pain, and there is pride, in both Yom Hashoah and Yom Hazikaron. Though our loss of six million beautiful souls – each of whom had a history, a home and hopes of a future.

|BySTEWART WEISS

The week in readers' pictures (April 17)

Jerusalem Post readers send us their best shots from the week.

APRIL 19, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Photo by Ruth Schueler

The week in readers' pictures (April 10)

Jerusalem Post readers send us their best shots from the week.

APRIL 13, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
From a virtual exhibit at the Bible Lands Museum, shot by Harriet Mark.

This week in readers' pictures - April 3

Jerusalem Post readers send us their best shots from the week.

APRIL 6, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Photo credit: Deborah Strauss

This week in readers' pictures - March 27

Jerusalem Post readers send us their best shots from the week.

MARCH 29, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Bright red kalaniot. (Elisa Wirtschafter)

The week in readers' pictures (March 20)

Jerusalem Post readers send us their snaps and shots from the week.

MARCH 22, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
By Karen Feldman

The week in readers' pictures (March 13)

Jerusalem Post readers send us their snaps and shots from the week.

MARCH 15, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A model poses with a camera

The week in readers' pictures

Jerusalem Post readers send us their snaps and shots from the week.

MARCH 8, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A model poses with a camera

Letters to the Editor for the week of February 2, 2020

Readers of The Jerusalem Post Magazine have their say

FEBRUARY 5, 2020ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Letters

The week in pictures

Jerusalem Post readers send us their snaps and shots from the week.

JANUARY 25, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
RISING SOME 55 meters and decorated with the Hebrew University logo, the iconic water tower dominating the skyline on Mt. Scopus served as an IDF observation point until 2006. This is not a photo of it.

The week in readers' pictures

Jerusalem Post readers send us their snaps and shots from the week.

JANUARY 11, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
“OLD FRIENDS sat on their park bench [at Protea Village] like bookends. Can you imagine us years from today, sharing a park bench quietly? How terribly strange to be seventy...” (Words: Paul Simon)