Israel features

June 26, 2018, 10:42 am

FULL INTERVIEW: Jewish News meets former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert

A year out of prison, the 72-year old former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert spoke to Jewish News’ foreign editor about working with American and Palestinian presidents, what Israel needs to do to make peace, and where he goes from here.

By Stephen Oryszczuk

May 24, 2018, 12:29 pm

Stay in Israel!

Next year in Jerusalem could be this year with hotels this tempting

View of the Old City of Jerusalem from the Tower of David

May 24, 2018, 12:11 pm

Eating your way across Israel!

Long before Israel was put on the foodie map, one man travelled the country to sample and learn about the cuisine of all the Holy Land’s inhabitants (that’s Jews, Arabs and Bedouins)

By Alex Galbinski

May 24, 2018, 12:06 pm

The real housewives of Ottolenghi!

Louisa Walters, founder of The Restaurant Club, reveals the devotees and protégés of Israel’s superstar chef

By Louisa Walters

An image of rainbow sweat bands, evoking the LGBT pride flag

May 24, 2018, 11:59 am

Pride without prejudice

In two weeks’ time, around 200,000 people of every gender, religion and colour will arrive in Tel Aviv for the party of their lives. Brigit Grant met some of the regulars

By Brigit Grant

May 24, 2018, 11:58 am

Israel’s top 10 influencers!

We’ve picked 10 of the most prominent figures talking about their heroes in Yaniv Magal’s book 70 Faces Of Israel

By Jenni Frazer

Haifa playground in memory of Asaf, Yossi Zur's son, killed 2003 during a bus bombing

April 18, 2018, 9:28 am

Yom Hazikaron: One man’s quest to map Israel’s tragedies

Lisa Sanders discovers an Israeli's mission to memorialise victims of terror, as the Jewish state remembers those who've perished in attacks

By Lisa Sanders

February 23, 2018, 1:39 pm

Meet the top Israeli scientist who thinks ‘innovation can bring peace’

Stephen Oryszczuk meets Israel’s chief scientist Dr Ami Appelbaum in London, who reveals his country’s next high-tech steps

By Stephen Oryszczuk

December 6, 2017, 3:06 pm

Striking images in contention for Israel’s best press photo of 2017

Prayers, protests and prime ministers make the cut for shortlisted photographs from the Jewish state this year

By Stephen Oryszczuk

Brothers in arms: Oren Ivgi, Maor Shevah and Stephen Epstein agree that life in the Israeli army suits them down to the ground

September 14, 2017, 4:07 pm

The soldiers from over here, serving over there

Three friends from north London swapped life in the capital for rigorous restrictions of the IDF, but they are happy to help protect the land of milk and honey and wouldn’t change a thing

By Jenni Frazer

August 25, 2017, 12:07 pm

Show and Tel (Aviv)!

Deborah Cicurel checks out the hustle and bustle of Tel Aviv, Israel’s second city bursting with beaches, nightlife and culture

By Deborah Cicurel

Nathan Levy with his MDA ambulance and three
of his four children.

July 20, 2017, 1:09 pm

Meet the family who put heart and soul into Magen David Adom

Lisa Sanders talks to a couple who met as MDA volunteers and whose lives are still shaped by Israel’s fast-moving national emergency service

By Lisa Sanders

June 10, 2017, 7:04 pm

Israelis kvell over Wonder Woman Gal Gadot’s response to a seven-year-old fan

On Thursday, the star of the new blockbuster responded to a young Israeli girl’s endearing handwritten fan letter, and it melted everyone's hearts

By Andrew Tobin (JTA)

Recreation of the famous shot of the three paratroopers Zion Karasenti, Yitzhak Yifat, and Haim Oshri, by the Western Wall

May 24, 2017, 2:53 pm

Fifty years on, Six Day War paratrooper on the iconic photo that ‘eternalised history’

Izack Ifat speaks to Jewish News about one of the most famous snaps in Israeli military history, next to the Western Wall upon the unification of Jerusalem

By Stephen Oryszczuk

May 24, 2017, 1:11 pm

Opinion – Einat Wilf: Who will give up first in the battle for Zionism?

Writer and former member of Israel’s Knesset reflects on the fight for the legitimacy of Zoinism, 50-years after the Six Day War

By Einat Wilf

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