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Eliyahu Freedman

Wearing traditional costumes, children take part in the 40th annual Christmas parade heading toward the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, Israel, December 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
January 25, 2026, 6:34 am
Once a bustling pilgrimage site, today’s decaying Nazareth is a city in crisis
Residents of Jesus’ hometown, now an Arab Israeli political epicenter, say a brief resurgence from Christmas tourism isn’t a meaningful fix to fiscal crisis and rising crime
By Eliyahu Freedman
Israeli security forces demolish homes in an unrecognized Bedouin village in the Negev, September 17, 2025. (Flash90)
October 16, 2025, 8:05 am
Once hailed for Oct. 7 heroism, Bedouin bemoan a state they say has since turned its back
An exponential rise in demolitions for unrecognized Negev communities, coupled with poverty and record-high crime, leave those once feted for risking their lives feeling neglected and forgotten
By Eliyahu Freedman
Israelis protest in support of Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara outside the Justice Ministry in Jerusalem, July 14, 2025. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
July 14, 2025, 4:55 pm
Two scholars warn of Israel’s democratic backsliding, hidden by Oct. 7’s fog of war
In their new Hebrew-language book ‘Democracy in Retreat,’ Noam Gidron and Yaniv Roznai claim the government is using populism and polarization to chip away at democracy
By Eliyahu Freedman
Participants at David's Circle in Koh Phangan, Thailand, March 2025. (Inor Kagno)
May 11, 2025, 1:47 pm
On a serene Thai island, a holistic healing center provides relief for traumatized Israelis
Survivors of the Oct. 7 massacre, discharged IDF reserves soldiers, and others gather in David’s Circle, a lush jungle sanctuary, to help each other – and themselves
By Eliyahu Freedman
Tourist Police office D'Tom Tomarito holds a sign with instructions in Hebrew on how to behave for Israeli tourists to Pai, Thailand. (Eliyahu Freedman)
March 22, 2025, 12:52 pm
As war-weary Israeli reservists head to Thailand, poor behavior could spoil relations
A culture clash has left residents of a resort town complaining about travelers from the Jewish state, with the issue escalating to the Thai Interior Ministry
By Eliyahu Freedman
An activist pays his respect in front of portraits of Tibetan political prisoners released in 2015 from Chinese jails during an event organized by Students for a Free Tibet in Dharamshala, India, December 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
December 23, 2024, 8:51 am
In Dharamshala, nonviolent Tibetan leaders grapple with Chinese occupation, Gaza war
As Israel and regional terror organizations battle it out, pacifist Buddhist scholars and activists see parallels – and crucial differences – between themselves and the Middle East
By Eliyahu Freedman
Students and activists protest for an eighth day at an anti-Israel encampment on the campus of McGill University in Montreal, Canada, on May 4, 2024. (Photo by Alexis Aubin / AFP)
October 6, 2024, 5:16 pm
Jewish students say anti-Israel Oct. 7 events at Montreal campuses set to celebrate Hamas
Even after McGill and Concordia take measures to stem antisemitism on campus, protest groups continue to glorify terror a year after the Hamas massacre, putting local Jews on edge
By Eliyahu Freedman
'Mohammed,' an asylum seeker from Gaza, stands on the port of Samos in Greece on April 17, 2024. (Eliyahu Freedman/Times of Israel)
June 11, 2024, 9:11 am
On a Greek isle, Gazans who fled before October 7 seesaw between hardship and hope
Palestinians were among the largest groups fleeing to Europe before the war. Now, more may be clamoring to leave as the EU eases their way, but getting there is harder than ever
By Eliyahu Freedman
Owner and proprietor Tzvi David makes baba qadrasi at Konditorei David, March 2024. (Courtesy)
March 23, 2024, 8:14 am
Heavenly Purim treats at this Iraqi Jewish confectionery are a window into a bygone era
Customers line up in Petah Tikva for an ancient nougat named for manna and a trip back in time, as they fear 70-year-old Konditorei David may too soon be a thing of the past
By Eliyahu Freedman
A member of the Jahalin tribe receives food aid from Israeli activists in early 2024, in the Judean Desert. (Courtesy of Rabbis for Human Rights)
March 21, 2024, 1:55 am
Praying for peace, optimistic Israeli activists deliver Ramadan food aid to West Bank
Volunteers with organizations such as Rabbis for Human Rights brave the ire of fellow Jews as they reach out to help Palestinians in need amid the ongoing war in Gaza
By Eliyahu Freedman
US-born Israeli Reform rabbi Arik Ascherman helps Palestinians during the olive harvest at a grove outside Ramallah in the West Bank on November 9, 2023. (Photo by Aris MESSINIS / AFP)
February 8, 2024, 6:04 am
American-Israeli rabbi-activist indicted for obstructing troops in West Bank
Authorities say Arik Ascherman blocked and pushed two IDF soldiers in October but he denies wrongdoing, says he was helping Palestinian shepherd whom troops weren’t letting pass
By Eliyahu Freedman
Standing Together activists protest against the Israel-Hamas war, calling for a ceasefire, in Tel Aviv, on December 28, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
January 12, 2024, 12:00 am
Police deny permit for anti-war protest; left-wing groups vow High Court appeal
Organizers say they will seek permission for an even bigger demonstration next week, after cops reverse approval for Thursday’s rally, citing threat of violence
By Eliyahu Freedman
Families of Israeli hostages held by Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip protest outside the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv calling for their release, on November 21, 2023, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
November 22, 2023, 5:49 am
Families of hostages feel mix of hope and uncertainty as deal okayed for return of 50
Woman whose two kids and their father were abducted says she hopes all three of them will be freed ‘but we have to live in reality,’ vows to fight ‘until everyone comes back’
By Eliyahu Freedman
Family and friends attend a memorial service for peace activist and Women Wage Peace founder Vivian Silver at Kibbutz Gezer, November 16, 2023. (Jonathan Shaul/Flash90)
November 17, 2023, 11:24 am
‘Hamas did not murder your vision’: Fellow peace activists eulogize Vivian Silver
‘Parting ceremony’ for Women Wage Peace founder, who was murdered by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, features written note sent by her friend in Gaza
By Eliyahu Freedman
Illustrative: The fields of Kibbutz Nahal Oz, on the border of the Gaza Strip, where smoke rises in the distance. (Amir Tibon)
November 12, 2023, 12:40 am
Urban Israelis flock to Gaza border to tend farms left suddenly without workers
With many residents from the southern communities evacuated or called up to reserve duty, thousands of volunteers are heeding the call to help farmers pick vegetables and milk cows
By Eliyahu Freedman
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