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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 366

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Opposition Leader Yair Lapid speaks during a Yesh Atid faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, January 2, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 5, 2023, 5:52 pm
Lapid panned for vacationing as protests against government legal overhaul begin
Opposition head defends weekend in Paris, saying he and his wife endured ‘craziest year and a half of our lives’ when he was FM and PM, but he’ll be back Sunday to join fight
By ToI Staff
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, on April 3, 2022. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
April 19, 2022, 3:42 pm
Lapid cuts vacation short amid Jerusalem tensions, Jordan’s hostile response
Criticized for going abroad, foreign minister says he held assessment on situation in capital; controversial Islamic leader visits Temple Mount
By ToI Staff
Departing travellers at Ben Gurion Airport ahead of the Jewish holiday of Passover, April 14, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/FLASH90)
April 14, 2022, 1:02 pm
‘It’s a madhouse’: Ben Gurion Airport reports record traffic ahead of Passover
Approximately 73,000 passengers making their way through packed airport on Thursday — highest daily number since COVID began; Sinai crossing also expects rush
By ToI Staff
Israelis prepare to check in for their flights at Ben Gurion Airport, September 19, 2020 (Channel 12 screenshot)
September 19, 2020, 8:06 pm
Tens of thousands take advantage of flights to flee Israel’s closure
Destinations are largely limited to Greece and Bulgaria and involve testing and other measures; nevertheless, Israelis are flocking to vacation abroad to escape shutdown
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: The Taba crossing on the Israeli-Egyptian border, near Eilat. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
April 27, 2019, 9:08 pm
Over 110,000 Israelis visited Sinai over the holiday, ignoring terror warnings
Most have returned to Israel, authorities expect remaining 11,000 tourists to be back in the country by Sunday
By ToI Staff
Israelis enjoy the beach of Paradis Sweir, a desert resort located on the Red Sea shore, South Sinai, Egypt, during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, October 15, 2016. (Johanna Geron/Flash90)
April 22, 2019, 12:58 am
Reverse exodus: Defying terror warning, 20,000+ Israelis in Sinai for Passover
Vacationers ignore ‘a very high concrete threat’ of attacks in Egyptian peninsula beset by Islamist insurgency
By ToI Staff
Daniel Vulkan
March 15, 2017, 1:55 pm
Daniel Vulkan
BDS and my summer vacation
The new amendment to Israel’s entry law means he might be turned away at Ben Gurion, and it’s just not worth the risk
Israelis enjoy the beach in Tel Aviv as a heatwave hits Israel. May 16, 2016. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
January 1, 2017, 11:48 am
Minimum number of vacation days rises to 12 in 2017
Despite increase, Israel still has one of the lowest number of paid leave days a year of any OECD country
By ToI Staff
Israelis visit Jerusalem's Biblical Zoo during Passover, April 24, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 25, 2016, 3:59 pm
Taking a break from breaking news
The intermediate days of the Passover festival give some Israelis a respite from school and work, as newsrooms scramble to find stories for the front pages
By Raoul Wootliff
Cinderella's castle at Disney World in Orlando, Florida (photo credit: CC BY Anna Fox, Flickr)
April 21, 2016, 3:50 am
Passover on safari? Celebrants cast their eyes farther afield
Orthodox Jews choosing trips to specially catered kosher locations instead of traditional Seder at home
By Mike Schneider
Relaxing in a hammock at Villa Vitrage, where the Olshinski family helps defray costs by asking paying guests to pay for homemade soup (Courtesy Refanah)
February 4, 2016, 3:24 pm
Non-profit offers free ‘tzimmer’ stays to cancer patients
With 7,000 bed-and-breakfasts in Israel and lower mid-week occupancy rates, owners turn generous with their accommodations
By Jessica Steinberg
The Jewish community celebrates Hannukah at the Shaare Tzedek Synagogue in Bridgetown, Barbados in December 2014. (Courtesy)
December 4, 2015, 9:19 pm
Barbados, a centuries-old Jewish haven for relaxation — and refuge
Celebrating its independence this week, the Caribbean island has a storied Jewish history spanning from the Inquisition to the Holocaust
By Ze'ev Portner
An ultra-orthodox child on a ropes course at Jiminy Peak in August 2015. (JTA/Uriel Heilman)
August 23, 2015, 2:09 am
There’s ultra-Orthodox in them thar hills
In August, the zip lines, ropes courses and alpine slides of Jiminy Peak fill with the tri-state’s black-hatted masses as the Western Massachusetts’ resort becomes a religious Jew’s summer paradise
By Uriel Heilman
Malaysia PM Najib Razak teeing off with US President Barack Obama on December 25, 2014. (screen capture: YouTube/Reuters)
December 26, 2014, 5:31 pm
Malaysia PM under fire for vacationing as 118,000 flee floods
Premier Najib Razak seen golfing with Obama in Hawaii despite national emergency; five dead in worst storms for decades
By Satish Cheney
A 1.5 acre property sitting on a mountain in Guanacaste, surrounded by tropical forest and overlooking the Pacific Ocean (Courtesy Kosher Casas)
December 2, 2014, 2:52 pm
Mi casa, su kosher casa
Two enterprising New Yorkers come up with an easy kosher vacation option in tropical Costa Rica
By Jessica Steinberg
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