Safed

Returning to the mountain: A Rosh Hashanah homecoming in Safed

Safed has spent 500 years turning brokenness into renewal. Today, its ancient stone alleys hold a living landscape of healing, spirituality, art, food, and community.

AT HIS Safed Gallery of Mystical Art, Avraham Loewenthal converts the four traditional shofar blasts, tekiah, shevarim, teruah, and tekiah gedolah, into sound-mapped digital paintings, each canvas built from the frequency patterns of the ancient call.
Protesters block roads in Tel Aviv demanding further government action into the disappearance of four-year-old Haymanut Kasau, July 26, 2026.

Haymanot's parents ask Shin Bet chief to take over investigation 911 days after disappearance

A sign in a Safed coffee shop showcasing the donation of recyclables to fund a tefillin stand.

Beyond the Headlines: Holiness in unexpected places - opinion

A Finnish flag flies over the City Hall in Helsinki, Finland, February 10, 2024.

Missing Israeli found dead on side of road in Finland after disappearing during solo cycling trip


Love blooms in Safed between two religious olim

Sarah Gittel became inspired by Yom Tov to pick up a paintbrush, which she hadn’t done since her youth.

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Mystical Tzfat and historic Sarajevo

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 34

 A Jewish publisher in Sarajevo presents May 24, 2006 a luxurious replica of the Haggadah, a 600-year-old Jewish manuscript that survived the Spanish inquisition, World War Two and Bosnia's 1992-95 war.

Safed chief rabbi: Pray for destruction of Iran nuclear program

The Safed chief rabbi called for people to pray for the destruction of Iran's nuclear program.

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu attends to the funeral of Rabbi Elazar Mordechai Koenig in Safed on December 31, 2018.

Israel Open Chess Championship to be held at Safed

The tournament will occur from December 8 to 17 and NIS 80,000 worth of prizes will be handed out to the winners.

Israeli chess players take part in a special chess tournament marking Israel's 70th anniversary at Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, April 30, 2018.

My Word: A spiritual spa in Safed

The green Galilean mountains have a certain timelessness to them. There is a natural rhythm, like the time for prayers, dictated in terms of sunrise and sunset.

 The exterior of the Ashkenazi Ha’Ari Synagogue in Safed, where the custom of ‘kabbalat Shabbat’ began.

Unique’s unique journey to Israel

Unique's story starts in LA, and moves on to Israel through her parents, to the IDF, Safed and Tel Aviv.

Unique Niv Kruper with her husband in Cafe Bella

3rd Annual Ladino Festival To Take Place in Safed

The event will feature performances by renowned musicians Shlomi Shabbat, David Broza, Jasmine Levy, Tryphons, and Galit Giat.

ALIZA GABAY with Ladino dishes at Ascent.

Yamina MK urges Health Min. to adopt new policies following allergy death

In a letter to Health Minister Yuli Edelstein, Idit Sliman on Monday presented a list of reform suggestions to be adopted in order to ensure public safety where allergies are involved.

Galit Deri, mother of Osher Deri, a 23-year-old woman with a milk allergy that passed away after she was served milk ice cream at a kosher meat restaurant, speaks with the media in Hatzor HaGlilit, northern Israel, April 15, 2021.

Keeping Safed art alive - comment

All in all, as always, a pleasure to come to the old city of Safed amid a number of galleries and signs of artistic life.

So many synagogues –  Safed

Education Ministry launches plan to hand out laptops to Israel's students

When assuming his position as Education Minister, Gallant defined the technological gaps among Israel's students as one of the biggest challenges he intends to tackle.

Israeli children in second grade (7 - 8 years old) using computers in a class room during a lesson at the "Janusz Korczak" school  in Jerusalem. May 17, 2011.