Safed

WATCH: Rocket hits parking lot in Safed as Hezbollah keeps firing at northern Israel

The IDF confirmed that the incident in Safed was due to a direct hit and not due to shrapnel, as it was originally believed. More than 30 rockets were fired on Friday against northern Israel.

Parking lot damaged in Safed.
Damage after Iranian missile fragments hit a residence in the Tel Aviv area, March 26, 2026.

Six injured as cluster munition fragments hit central Israel amid intense Iranian barrage

United Hatzalah volunteers respond to the scene of a rocket hit in Nahariya, March 16, 2026.

At least eight wounded after several waves of missiles from Iran, Hezbollah, including direct hit

A poster of nine-year-old Haymanut Kasau, who has been missing since 2023, seen on December 18, 2025

Two years on: Missing young girl Haymanut Kasau still not found


Klezmer festival returns to Safed for 35th year next month

The festival will include dozens of unique performances and activities celebrating the instrumental musical tradition of Ashkenazi Jews.

Avrum Lieb Burstein plays the accordion with a klezmer band at Burstein’s Krechme

Israel Police catch cell suspected of torching buses in Safed

11 suspects were arrested on suspicion of involvement in arson and aiding the other suspects

 Eight buses catch fire in Kiryat Shmona, May 29, 2022.

Love blooms in Safed between two religious olim

Sarah Gittel became inspired by Yom Tov to pick up a paintbrush, which she hadn’t done since her youth.

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Mystical Tzfat and historic Sarajevo

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 34

 A Jewish publisher in Sarajevo presents May 24, 2006 a luxurious replica of the Haggadah, a 600-year-old Jewish manuscript that survived the Spanish inquisition, World War Two and Bosnia's 1992-95 war.

Safed chief rabbi: Pray for destruction of Iran nuclear program

The Safed chief rabbi called for people to pray for the destruction of Iran's nuclear program.

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu attends to the funeral of Rabbi Elazar Mordechai Koenig in Safed on December 31, 2018.

Israel Open Chess Championship to be held at Safed

The tournament will occur from December 8 to 17 and NIS 80,000 worth of prizes will be handed out to the winners.

Israeli chess players take part in a special chess tournament marking Israel's 70th anniversary at Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, April 30, 2018.

My Word: A spiritual spa in Safed

The green Galilean mountains have a certain timelessness to them. There is a natural rhythm, like the time for prayers, dictated in terms of sunrise and sunset.

 The exterior of the Ashkenazi Ha’Ari Synagogue in Safed, where the custom of ‘kabbalat Shabbat’ began.

Unique’s unique journey to Israel

Unique's story starts in LA, and moves on to Israel through her parents, to the IDF, Safed and Tel Aviv.

Unique Niv Kruper with her husband in Cafe Bella

3rd Annual Ladino Festival To Take Place in Safed

The event will feature performances by renowned musicians Shlomi Shabbat, David Broza, Jasmine Levy, Tryphons, and Galit Giat.

ALIZA GABAY with Ladino dishes at Ascent.

Yamina MK urges Health Min. to adopt new policies following allergy death

In a letter to Health Minister Yuli Edelstein, Idit Sliman on Monday presented a list of reform suggestions to be adopted in order to ensure public safety where allergies are involved.

Galit Deri, mother of Osher Deri, a 23-year-old woman with a milk allergy that passed away after she was served milk ice cream at a kosher meat restaurant, speaks with the media in Hatzor HaGlilit, northern Israel, April 15, 2021.