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Sabon skincare and homestyle shop in Israel. (Courtesy)
August 19, 2025, 6:01 am
Golf cuts deal for Sabon stores amid plans to close soapmaker’s Israel operations
The Golf retail group will absorb workers employed at 22 stores of the Israeli-founded maker of natural skincare products, owned by French cosmetics group Yves Rocher
By Sharon Wrobel
Palestinians make their way through the Qalandiya checkpoint to attend Friday prayers of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque, on April 14, 2023. (Flash90)
April 19, 2023, 7:30 pm
IDF to impose closure of West Bank for Palestinians on Memorial, Independence Day
Move is standard practice during Israeli festivals and holidays, seen as periods of increased tensions
By Emanuel Fabian
Palestinian Muslims perform the 'Tarawih' evening prayer outside the Dome of the Rock shrine in Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque compound atop the Temple Mount during the holy month of Ramadan, on April 8, 2023. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
April 8, 2023, 9:31 pm
IDF to assist police forces as Israel on edge; cops brace for fresh unrest al Al-Aqsa
Defense minister orders extension of West Bank closure amid string of terror attacks; thousands of Jews expected to take part in priestly blessing at Western Wall Sunday
By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
File: Israeli soldiers block the entrance to the Jalamah checkpoint near the West Bank city of Jenin, September 14, 2022. (David Cohen/Flash90)
September 20, 2022, 8:11 pm
IDF announces closures on West Bank, Gaza crossings during upcoming holidays
Defense minister says over 1,000 terror operatives arrested or shot in recent months, amid uptick in violence in Palestinian cities
By Emanuel Fabian
Police set up a temporary road block in Jerusalem on Yom Kippur eve, the Day of Atonement, and the holiest of Jewish holidays, September 15, 2021. Israel came to a standstill for 25-hours during the high holiday of Yom Kippur (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
September 15, 2021, 6:17 pm
Israel shuts down for Yom Kippur, but forces on high alert
Public transport halts, airwaves go quiet and roads empty out for 25- hour Day of Atonement; 2,000 police deployed in Jerusalem, search for fugitives to go on
By ToI Staff
Shayna Smilovitz, baby Roni and her parents upon meeting their granddaughter for the first time in April 2021, after grappling with Israel's complicated entry rules during the coronavirus pandemic (Courtesy Shayna Smilovitz)
April 23, 2021, 3:32 am
Want to visit your Israeli grandchildren after a year of separation? Get in line
First-degree family members, new grandparents and Israeli residents with visas try to navigate the labyrinthine regulations of entering Israel during the pandemic
By Jessica Steinberg
Noam Yomtovyan (second from right) and some of his fellow Special DJs performing for assisted living facilities and coronavirus hotels in Jerusalem on October 7, 2020 (Courtesy Tzamid)
October 12, 2020, 10:44 am
Jerusalem’s traveling troupe of lockdown DJs turns the tables on disability
The Special DJs take spins around the capital to entertain the elderly and COVID-19 patients who can’t venture out
By Jessica Steinberg
When chef Nofar Zohar needed to rethink her career during the coronavirus, she pivoted to a pop-up shop of deluxe schnitzel sandwiches (Courtesy Nofar Zohar)
September 24, 2020, 6:44 am
For Israeli chefs, pandemic means pivot
Culinary professionals turn to catering, pop-up sandwich shops and takeout in order to make ends meet
By Jessica Steinberg
Jerusalemite Moshe Silver blows the shofar, or ram's horn, traditionally sounded on the Jewish new year of Rosh Hashanah, while wearing a prayer shawl emblazoned with the Hebrew phrase meaning, 'Love thy neighbor as thyself.' (Courtesy Reza Green)
September 17, 2020, 2:20 pm
This Rosh Hashanah, the shofars are blowing in the wind
A veteran ram’s hornist and a team of programmers are seeking blowing opportunities for New Year’s 5781
By Jessica Steinberg
Rabbi Vered Harris of Oklahoma City's Temple B’nai Israel, right, socially distances with synagogue executive director Rick Gratch, center, and music director Linda Matorin Sweenie, May 2020. (Courtesy)
June 26, 2020, 12:46 am
Doc who coined term ‘flatten the curve’ opines on when US synagogues should open
Dr. Howard Markel developed America’s pandemic response policy following the SARS outbreak. Now he believes states are loosening measures too fast as virus continues to circulate
By Rich Tenorio
Simcha Minkowitz urges New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to allow small businesses to reopen at a ReopenNY event. (Naftali Marisow)
May 25, 2020, 11:07 pm
As retail chains flourish, NY’s Orthodox small business owners protest closures
Grassroots movement #ReopenNY asks Gov. Cuomo to allow suffering entrepreneurs to operate within safety guidelines, as the country’s big box stores conduct business as usual
By Cathryn J. Prince
Police officers clash with ultra-Orthodox men during a raid in a neighborhood of Beit Shemesh on April 28, 2020 (Yaakov Lederman/Flash90)
April 28, 2020, 4:34 pm
Hasidim clash with police in quarantined Beit Shemesh neighborhood
Tensions rise as police and IDF close off ultra-Orthodox enclave at the center of a coronavirus outbreak
By Sam Sokol
Sarah Weinstein said she finally redid the window of her housewares store for Yom Ha'atzmaut, even though there have been no customers due to the coronavirus (Courtesy Sarah Weinstein)
April 24, 2020, 8:50 am
Jerusalem shop owners struggle to survive, and worry about the future
After scrambling to set up websites and make deliveries amid pandemic shutdown, small businesses wonder if they can recover from the losses of the last weeks
By Jessica Steinberg
Magen David Adom paramedics, wearing protective clothing as a preventive measure against the coronavirus leave the scene of an emergency call in Jerusalem on March 28, 2020 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
March 28, 2020, 9:46 pm
Coronavirus cases in Israel rise to 3,619, with 54 people in serious condition
43 patients are attached to ventilators, Health Ministry says; 81 are in moderate condition
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Doctors and nurses treat a patient at Wolfson Medical Center in Holon. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
March 28, 2020, 10:52 am
With 425 new cases, number of patients in Israel rises to 3,460
50 of the diagnosed are in serious condition, 73 moderate; majority are staying at home under monitoring; country preparing for potential full closure this week
By ToI Staff
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