Life in israel

Three years, three lives transformed: The personal journeys reshaped by October 7

Three people reflect on the moments, choices, and unexpected journeys that began with the trauma of October 7

People holding up portraits of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza gather at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv in October 2025. Premium
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'We're just in survival mode': Three years on, Israelis find a new normal after Oct. 7

A partially torn poster of a hostage kidnapped in the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas is seen at a public plaza in front of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

Farewell from the Report: reflecting on three years of upheaval - from the editor

A hot day at the beach in Tel Aviv.

Tel Aviv ranks 34th globally, highest in Middle East, in Oxford Economics’ 2026 Global Cities Index


Slogans that make parenting more serene

Sadly, most of us learn things the hard way, especially our kids.

Sobriety chip given given to Al-Anon or other 12-step group members to denote specified lengths of sobriety; on the back is the Serenity Prayer. Here, green is for six months of sobriety; purple is for nine months

הַמוֹפָע שֶל ד"ר רָפִי קִישוֹן

New performance: The Dr. Rafi Kishon Show

The Dr. Rafi Kishon Show

Despite the complainers, poll finds Israel at 69 is content, optimistic

A young woman dresses up for Independence Day in Jerusalem’s Sacher Park.

Israel's perfect recipe for happiness

Despite the complaints, at the end of the day, most of us have a reason to believe that we are living in a special place and in a special time.

‘The planned Jerusalem housing facility will reflect our commitment to support female soldiers, minimizing their hardship and expressing the gratitude of the Jewish people in Israel and the Diaspora.’

Books: Duplicity and treachery

A Hebrew University professor delves into the history and morality of betrayal.

One of the most famous betrayals in history, when Brutus killed Caesar, portrayed in Karl von Piloty’s ‘The Death of Caesar.’

Quality of Life || Aliyah and Oranit

The Jerusalem Post

Israeli students feel danger, but high quality of life

Students at the Dizengoff School in South Tel Aviv

This Normal Life: Israel — The new shtetl

Back in the European shtetl most Jews didn’t spend inordinate amounts of time thinking about the nuances of keeping kosher etc.

A Hassidic man with his child walking in Jerusalem

We’ll do it our way

Polly Bronstein says she "came back to Israel in 2013 to a changed country."

Polly Bronstein

Moving on, with meaning

Krembo Wings