Debbie Gross Steinberg heard the news while driving home to Ashkelon from her job in Jerusalem on July 13: Ashkelon leads Israel in new apartment sales. Between February and April alone, 951 new homes were sold in this coastal city of about 150,000...

(JTA) — Israel is the first country to start giving a third dose of the COVID vaccine shot to its population in an effort to stem the spread of the Delta variant. Those older than 60 are the first to get the booster from health care providers. President...

(Israel21c) - Iranian judoka Saeid Mollaei has dedicated his Silver Olympic medal to Israel, for its support since he defected from Iran two years ago. Mollaei left Iran and took on Mongolian citizenship after Iranian trainers ordered him to lose a...

Leah and Yehuda Smolarcik are moving to Israel from Chicago with their four children this summer. The challenges over the past year and a half of COVID convinced them not to put off reaching for their dream any longer. “My husband and I met in Israel...

(Israel21c) - For the first time in its history, the Miss Universe beauty pageant will be held in Israel. The international contest will take place in the southern resort of Eilat in December, bringing to the sunny city thousands of people in delegations...

(Israel21c) - A bronze medal in taekwondo for Avishag Semberg opened the Tokyo Olympics on the right foot for Team Israel. That accomplishment on the first full day of the Games, July 24, has been followed by a few triumphs and mostly disappointments...

(JTA) — Three Jerusalem yeshiva students and their pilot died when their small plane crashed into a house in western Ukraine on Wednesday, according to reports in Ukrainian and Haredi media.  Media reports have identified the three Jewish passengers...

This article originally appeared at forward.com. Reposted with permission. The cheering from Kibbutz Gezer is going to be so loud that Alon Leichman may hear it as he takes to the mound in Tokyo as a pitcher for Team Israel’s baseball team. That’s...

(Israel21c) - Israel won its first medal during the first full day of the Tokyo Olympics on July 24. Avishag Semberg, 19, won a bronze medal in taekwondo in the women’s under-49kg category, defeating Turkey’s Rukiye Yıldırım 27-22. This is...

(Israel21c) - If you didn’t consider the logistics of moving cargo as a particularly sexy topic, it’s time to take a fresh look. Because the past year has shown us just how vital and vulnerable are the supply chains we always took for granted (remember...