Safed

Beyond the Headlines: Holiness in unexpected places - opinion

A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news.

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

Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest against the drafting of ultra-Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem, January 11, 2026; illustrative.

Haredi protesters attempt to block bus near Meron over Shabbat operations

Search poster for Haymanut Kasau at the Binyamina train station, 2024.

The search for Haymanut Kasau: Why Israel must not forget the missing nine-year-old girl - opinion


5778, a view from the stars: A kabbalistic astrologer charts the future

Privately, in her fourth house of “home and family,” Israel is idealistic Aquarius, the water-bearer, compassionate, humanitarian, gatherer of diversity, open-minded, futuristic and innovative.

ANDREAS CELLARIUS, 1661: Astrological aspects, such as opposition, conjunction, etc., among the planets.

Safed, spiritualité et musique

La mystique petite ville de Galilée à l’heure du klezmer

Festival klezmer 2013, Safed

Defeat for Chief Rabbi Yosef in High Court ruling on ‘Agunah from Safed’

In 2014, the Safed Rabbinical Court issued an innovative ruling in Jewish law issuing a bill of divorce to a woman whose husband was in a permanent vegetative state, on behalf of the husband.

‘Agunah from Safed’ case

Safed mayor arrested on bribery suspicions

The four individuals arrested and questioned on Monday are suspected of committing a litany of offenses centered around alleged illegal real estate deals.

Inside the Old City of Safed

מַעַרְכוֹת בְּטִיחוּת אַקְטִיבִיוֹת

Active safety systems

Active safety systems

Safed hospital seeks donations to treat wounded Syrian civilians

Hospital director Dr. Salman Zarka thanks all those Israelis who have already contributed and volunteered, as well as the medical staff who are treating the patients.

Esther Ambar, the nurse in charge of the Neonatal Department at the Ziv Medical Center, with the seventh Syrian baby born at the hospital.

Confusing developments in Israel’s rabbinical courts

Can legally divorced people ever feel and act in accordance with their new personal status, or are they wedded to the rabbinical courts forever, in unending anticipation of its reversal of their status?

A still from the film 'Gett,’ which examines Jewish divorce laws

Safed’s chief rabbi nixes coed musical performance in synagogue

The Safed Municipal Council strongly criticized Eliyahu’s decision, calling it “astonishing and outrageous” and incommensurate with the consensus in the city.

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu

This Week in Israeli History: 1929 Arab Riots

The Jerusalem Post

Finding peace in the North through a Japanese weaving method

Since arriving in Israel in August 2008, the family has also tended goats, ducks, dogs, cats and a host of other creatures.

Ja’el Batyah Hatch