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The Israel Home Expo in Jerusalem, September 30, 2026 (Zev Stub/Times of Israel)
October 2, 2026, 8:19 am
Planting roots: At Jerusalem fair, foreign buyers show strong interest in Israeli homes
Prospective customers cite aliyah plans, family ties and growing concerns about Jewish life in the US and Europe as they scope out new digs
By Zev Stub
Hannah Pasternak-Shames, guiding in Jaffa, 2022 (Courtesy)
September 27, 2026, 12:57 pm
Peoples of Israel: Hannah Pasternak-Shames, the wayfinder
On this week’s installment, we meet a woman who came to Israel looking for home, and found it by walking the land and learning how to share its history with others
By Sarah Tuttle-Singer
New immigrants arrive in Israel on a Nefesh B'Nefesh charter flight, August 20, 2025. (Zev Stub/Times of Israel)
September 7, 2026, 7:17 pm
Some 20,000 immigrated to Israel since last Rosh Hashanah as Western aliyah rises
Ministry says French immigration rose 65% and US arrivals jumped 15%, but overall numbers down as Russian immigration continues to plummet
By Zev Stub
Jason Watson, 2026 (Yitzchak Ledee)
September 6, 2026, 8:10 am
Peoples of Israel: Jason Watson, the Chickasaw Zionist
On this week’s installment, we meet a man who came to see that his Native American indigenous story is reflected in Israel’s struggle for existence
By Sarah Tuttle-Singer
Rabbi Jeffery Woolf at the Montefiore windmill in Jerusalem, July 2026 (Yitzchak Ledee)
August 23, 2026, 6:02 am
Jeffrey Woolf, the story keeper of Jerusalem
On this week’s Peoples of Israel, a new series featuring the mosaic of personalities walking the Land, we meet a historian who followed his grandmother’s stories home
By Sarah Tuttle-Singer
Elisheva Levy at Kumkum Tea House, 2026 (Yitzchak Ledee)
August 16, 2026, 6:01 am
Elisheva Levy, Jerusalem’s fairy godmother
On this week’s Peoples of Israel, a new series featuring the mosaic of personalities walking the Land, we meet a woman who has made a home for everyone in her whimsical British tea house
By Sarah Tuttle-Singer
Marcus James enjoys his coffee at Café Al Mufti in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City, May 2026.(Sarah Tuttle-Singer)
August 9, 2026, 9:14 am
Marcus James, the ‘spiritual mayor’ of Jerusalem
In this week’s Peoples of Israel, a new series featuring the mosaic of personalities walking the Land, we meet a SoCal boy who found his new home in the Holy City
By Sarah Tuttle-Singer
Meir Charash on one of his bike rides, 2020 (Courtesy)
August 1, 2026, 3:57 pm
Meir Charash: Cyclist, father, and advocate who keeps on riding
On this week’s Peoples of Israel, we meet a man who measures his life not by the lack of bumps in the road, but his choice to stay the path
By Sarah Tuttle-Singer
From left: Recent Jewish immigrants from New York Ron Dov, Arielle Sabol and her family, and Robin Reiter. (Courtesy)
July 26, 2026, 4:18 pm
‘Planning lives elsewhere’: These Jews are leaving NY due to antisemitism, politics
While the vast majority of Jewish New Yorkers are remaining, some are relocating to Israel or nearby states, citing Mayor Zohran Mamdani, schools and discrimination
By Agatha Khishchenko
Melanie Koloditzky at work, 2026 (Courtesy)
July 25, 2026, 7:18 am
Melanie Koloditzky: The breast-milk jewelry maker
In this week’s Peoples of Israel, we meet a woman who blends art and science to preserve a fleeting chapter of life
By Sarah Tuttle-Singer
Tova Saul cradles one of the two kittens she most recently rescued in Jerusalem's Old City, May 2026 (Sarah Tuttle-Singer)
July 15, 2026, 3:02 am
Tova Saul, the cat rescuer of Jerusalem
In this week’s Peoples of Israel, a new series featuring the mosaic of personalities walking the Land, we meet a woman whose life’s calling is to care for animals in distress
By Sarah Tuttle-Singer
New immigrants from France arrive at Ben Gurion Airport on June 25, 2025 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 5, 2026, 3:17 pm
Israel eases licensing barriers for new immigrant psychologists
Move follows similar efforts to smooth the path for practitioners of other regulated professions, comes amid a manpower shortage in health sector
By Zev Stub
The 2026 winners of the Bonei Zion Prize, for exceptional contributions to Israeli society by English-speaking immigrants. (Courtesy)
June 22, 2026, 4:13 pm
Ron Dermer, seven more English-speaking Israelis honored for contributions to state
Longtime Netanyahu-confidant is recognized alongside educators, advocates, pioneering Alzheimer’s researcher; Bonei Zion Prize is given annually by Nefesh b’Nefesh organization
By ToI Staff
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