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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 568

Haifa

In shadow of Holocaust and war, Arab doctors find shared humanity in caring for survivors
By Diana Bletter
Volunteering for nonprofit LeMa’anam, Christian Yosif Boulos and Muslim Fadi Badarna provide home visits for elderly who lived through horrors decades ago and in wake of October 7
Rita Krasimow, left, the runner-up in the 2018 Miss Holocaust survivor beauty pageant, and one of the main protagonists in "Miss Holocaust Survivor," sits with film director Radek Wegrzyn at the screening of the film in Haifa on April 22, 2025. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
At Israeli premiere, ‘Miss Holocaust Survivor’ director struts celebration of life
By Diana Bletter
Rita Krasimow, left, the runner-up in the 2018 Miss Holocaust survivor beauty pageant, and one of the main protagonists in "Miss Holocaust Survivor," sits with film director Radek Wegrzyn at the screening of the film in Haifa on April 22, 2025. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
April 25, 2025, 4:53 am
At Israeli premiere, ‘Miss Holocaust Survivor’ director struts celebration of life
Holocaust survivors who star in award-winning documentary about controversial pageant attend Haifa screening with Polish-born filmmaker; movie set for worldwide release in January
By Diana Bletter
Dr. Fadi Badarna, right, a volunteer eye doctor with LeMa’anam (“for their sake” in Hebrew), a nonprofit organization providing free home healthcare to Holocaust survivors, and Aviv Paz, a LeMa'anam employee, look at the number tattoo that Chana Sandouvsky received in Auschwitz, in her home in Kiryat Bialik on April 16, 2025. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
April 24, 2025, 8:11 am
In shadow of Holocaust and war, Arab doctors find shared humanity in caring for survivors
Volunteering for nonprofit LeMa’anam, Christian Yosif Boulos and Muslim Fadi Badarna provide home visits for elderly who lived through horrors decades ago and in wake of October 7
By Diana Bletter
The interception of a Houthi ballistic missile fired from Yemen at Israel, March 24, 2025. (Courtesy of Bareket Askeloni)
April 23, 2025, 8:58 am
In first, Houthi ballistic missile triggers sirens in Haifa; IDF says intercepted
No reports of damage or direct injuries after projectile fired from Yemen; military acknowledges malfunction of new early warning system
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
'How To Enjoy Nature (Go Outside)' by Neta Moses, part of 'Desktop,' open through January 3, 2026 at the Haifa Museum of Art (Courtesy)
April 20, 2025, 9:05 am
African artifacts, digital designs and angler art on display in Haifa
Haifa Museum of Art and National Maritime Museum showcase new artists, as well as older works from their own collections
By Jessica Steinberg
Screen capture from video of a murex mollusk. (YouTube)
April 17, 2025, 9:37 pm
Made from snails and fit for kings: First biblical-era dye factory found on Israel’s coast
Ancient Tel Shiqmona site yields first evidence of large-scale purple dye production centuries before Roman times, possibly supplying First Temple in Jerusalem
By Rossella Tercatin
Architect's impression of a park being created in a huge rehabilitated salt marsh where the Kishon River meets the sea, part of plans to overhaul the Haifa Bay in northern Israel. (Kishon River Authority)
March 25, 2025, 8:07 am
As Haifa goes green, oil refinery closure delayed but crude oil tanks set for removal
Plan for the bay’s polluting heavy industry to be replaced with green spaces, housing and commercial areas are behind schedule, but project heads say it will be completed on time
By Sue Surkes
Malak Khizran, right, with her mother, Malika, at their home in the Druze village of Yarka, Western Galilee on March 4, 2025. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
March 11, 2025, 12:46 pm
Oft-overlooked Druze see new NIS 3.9 billion plan as step to address old grievances
After a Haifa stabbing attack mislabeled as terrorism sent fear through the close-knit Druze community last week, Sunday’s government package sparks hope as ‘end to painful issues’
By Diana Bletter
Eli Sharabi is interviewed on Channel 12's 'Uvda' program, in a segment aired on February 27, 2025. (Screenshot: Channel 12, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 3, 2025, 2:36 pm
Daily Briefing March 3: Day 514 – Freed hostage Eli Sharabi is all business with PM
Zman Yisrael founding editor Biranit Goren discusses the deadly Haifa terror attack, a former hostage’s strength, and the Oscar that went to Israeli-Palestinian film ‘No Other Land’
By Jessica Steinberg and Biranit Goren
Security forces at the scene of a terror attack in Haifa, March 3, 2025. (Flash90)
March 3, 2025, 1:26 pm
Man stabbed to death in terror attack at Haifa bus terminal
4 hospitalized with moderate to severe injuries; assailant identified as Israeli citizen from Druze community, reportedly held German citizenship; family says he had mental illness
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
The opening of a new exhibit at Haifa's Tikotin Museum on December 31, 2024 (Courtesy Keren Avni)
January 9, 2025, 1:33 pm
With Hezbollah rockets halted, Haifa’s cultural scene experiences post-ceasefire boom
Long-delayed Haifa Film Festival finally marks 40th year, as Tikotin Museum celebrates iconic Japanese wave print and Haifa City Museum waxes nostalgic about Israel’s homegrown car
By Jessica Steinberg
Debbie Cohen, head nurse of Nursery Department A, and Amira Morad, staff nurse, check on newborn babies at Galilee Medical Center on December 22, 2024. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
December 27, 2024, 5:49 am
Northern hospitals move out of underground bunkers after months of war
While hospital staff and patients welcome the return to routine and regular wards after crowded, dark conditions, management is still prepared ‘to go underground again’ if needed
By Diana Bletter
An Israeli protests against the government's plans to overhaul the judicial system outside a branch of the United States Embassy in Jerusalem, September 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
December 23, 2024, 1:20 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 23: Day 444 – Why MKs pushed restart on judicial overhaul bills
Political correspondent Sam Sokol on an interview with MK Simcha Rothman, an architect of the controversial legislation; reporter Diana Bletter on Haifa’s Holiday of Holidays
By Amanda Borschel-Dan, Sam Sokol and Diana Bletter
Girls pose for pictures on a platform as bubbles are sprayed at them near a lit up Christmas tree, Ramadan Lantern, and Hanukkah menorah displayed at the German Colony area in Israel's northern city of Haifa on December 21, 2024. (Ahmad Gharabli / AFP)
December 23, 2024, 9:56 am
After months of Hezbollah rocket attacks, Haifa’s Christians get ready for Christmas
Without the constant threat of war, residents say they can enjoy the reboot of the northern city’s annual Holiday of Holidays celebration, cancelled last year
By Diana Bletter
First responders at the scene of a shooting in Haifa on December 15, 2024. (MDA spokesperson)
December 15, 2024, 1:43 pm
Man shot to death in Haifa in suspected gangland killing
Victim, named in press as Asa’ad Khaldi from nearby Bedouin town of Ibtin, pronounced dead at scene; report indicates Khaldi clan locked in deadly feud with rival clan
By ToI Staff
A ball of fire erupts at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted Beirut's southern suburbs on November 22, 2024. (Fadel Itani/AFP)
November 22, 2024, 9:50 pm
IDF pounds Hezbollah sites across Lebanon; 80 rockets, UAVs target northern Israel
South Lebanon strikes said to kill 5 Hezbollah-linked medics; Nahariya factory hit; no injuries reported in fresh attacks; Italy blames terror group after rockets hurt 4 UNIFIL troops
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
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