National holiday

Among the Sigd celebrations of the journey home is the reminder of Haymanot Kasau - editorial

Amid the prayers and festive clothing was another familiar sight – the photograph of Haymanot Kasau, the young Ethiopian Israeli girl who disappeared in Safed in February 2024.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Ethiopian Jews take part in Sigd celebrations, November 2025
People walk in heavy rain along Jaffa Street in Jerusalem during Election Day, on October 27, 2026.

Confessions of an Election Day addict - opinion

Do I want another election? No. Neither do most of us. But I’d be lying if I said a little part of me didn’t wish Election Day came around more often.

|ByDAVID FINE
‘THE DESTRUCTION of the Temple of Jerusalem,’ Francesco Hayez, 1867

Tisha B'Av 2026: What the Jewish summer fast day is all about - explainer

On Tisha B'av, the Jewish people mourn the two destructions of the First and Second Temples of Jerusalem. Here is everything you need to know.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israelis commemorate Remembrance Day at Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Square, April 20, 2026.

Embracing grief and joy - opinion

To understand Israel, and perhaps the Jewish story more broadly, you need to understand how we relate to time, memory, and loss.

|ByLEO DEE

Coronavirus cause for lackluster Middle Eastern Newroz celebrations

Across the Middle East the traditional events have been cancelled but nevertheless people are actively remembering better times in the past and hoping for next year’s celebrations free from the virus

MARCH 21, 2020BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
People gather to celebrate Newroz, which marks the arrival of spring and the new year, in Istanbul

Business umbrella group calls to cancel national election holiday

Protesting the estimated NIS 1.5b. cost of an additional paid holiday, the group published an advertisement in Hebrew-language newspapers, declaring: "We are fed up with funding your elections!"

DECEMBER 4, 2019ByEYTAN HALON
An advertisement by the Presidium of Israeli Business Organizations, published December 4, 2019

Cats of Jerusalem have a purr-fect holiday

AUGUST 8, 2019ByAARON REICH
A JERUSALEM alley cat.

On Ze’ev Jabotinsky Day: Who is this iconic Revisionist Zionist leader?

Some background ahead of Jabotinsky Day

AUGUST 2, 2019ByALEX WINSTON
Ze’ev Jabotinsky, founder of Revisionist Zionism