Tiberias

Safed Rabbinical Court may close this fall despite strong local demand

Several rabbis wrote a letter to the chief rabbi opposing the decision, and the Rabbinical Courts Administration said it is doing everything "in its power" to stop the closure, the report said.

 Buildings in old city, Safed, Northern District, Israel.
A meat dish served at Purete

Purete: A laid-back chef restaurant near Lake Kinneret - restaurant review

Antiquities robbers arrested after damaging Roman-period cave in Galilee. January 19.

Antiquities robbers caught digging in ancient Roman burial cave in Galilee

Hammath Tiberias National Park.

Magnitude 3.7 earthquake strikes northern Israel, Defense Minister calls emergency meeting


Tiberias mayor law is personal, changes rules of election game -NGOs

The Anti-Corruption Movement (TLM) and the Israeli Movement filed a petition Wednesday morning alongside mayoral candidate Shani Illuz, who had also claimed that she had been offered bribes to quit.

 Shas leader MK Aryeh Deri seen during a Shas party meeting, at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 23, 2023.

Likud offered local politician a job if she quit mayoral race in bribery claims

Criminal elements have infiltrated the holy of holies of the legislative process, NGO says.

 ARYE DERI, head of the Shas Party, leads a faction meeting in the Knesset this week.

WATCH: Large fire threatens houses on Mount Yavne'el near Tiberias

26 firefighting teams were on the scene in an effort to gain control over the fire, including 6 planes from the aerial firefighting unit.

 A wildfire on Mount Yavne'el. June 5, 2023.

Galilee Table: Kosher Arab food pop up at the Prima - review

The NIS 190 per person all-you-can-eat menu includes copious serving of extremely good food and a shot of homemade Arak.

 Galilee Table

Christian-Jewish fellowship donated nine bomb shelters to Tiberias

The shelters gifted by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews amounted to over NIS 1 million and doubled the number of shelters.

Israelis get ready to leave a public bomb shelter and go back home, following Israel-Hamas truce, in Ashkelon, Israel May 21, 2021.

Suspected terrorist arrested for trying to kidnap woman

The arrest was made shortly after police officers arrived at the scene and managed to locate the suspect.

Man in handcuffs - illustrative

A Parisian hairstylist in Tiberias - short story

I believe it may even have been the Lubavitcher Rebbe himself who said, “You listen with your heart, not with your ears.”

 A barber gives a client a haircut. (illustrative photograph)

Lymph node transplant surgery performed for the first time in Israel

The surgery was performed at the Padeh-Poriya Medical Center in Tiberias.

 Photo of Rania’s operation.

Israel summer getaway: Escape to Tiberias

Heading home to Jerusalem thoroughly refreshed, waving goodbye to sweet Tiberias, I vowed I would not let years pass before my next visit.

 THE WONDERFULLY watery Kinneret, photo snapped while barefoot on the rocks.

Jewish Ukrainian refugees to marry in Israel with help of NYC synagogue

Yakov Poluden, 28 and Malka Bukreeva, 21, refugees from Ukraine, plan to marry on July 10 in Tiberias, a city on the shore of Israel’s Lake Kinneret.

 IT’S WEDDING season.