Modesty or a counterreaction? In recent years, more and more women who wear a hijab are revealing their inner struggle to define their identity and the boundaries of freedom of choice within the framework forced upon them
Arabs – more than 20 percent of Israel's population – represent fewer than 10 percent of Israelis tested. Officials point to skepticism, lack of trust, and 'economic burden,' and warn that local government is 'tapped out'
An 1885 photograph of the balcony that collapsed some 26 years later, in 1911.
The tragedy at the celebration of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai occurred on the night of Lag B’Omer 5671, May 15, 1911, when a crowd of about 10,000 filled the compound and a railing collapsed, causing many to be crushed in the collapse and the panic that followed. Eleven people were killed in the tragedy, the deaths of seven were determined at the scene and of four others in the days following the incident. There were 40 wounded.
According to Shmuel Har-Noy, Director General of the Safed Academic College, the Jewish community in the first decade of the 20th century in Tsfat numbered between seven and eight thousand â Tsfat was the second-largest Jewish community in the country, after Jerusalem, with the largest Chassidic community. There were many kollels in Tsfat, most of whose students depended on the “distribution” charity for their livelihood. Medical treatment in the city was provided by sever
Israel to establish its 10th university in Safed
PM announces the move during a tour of the northern city; Galilee region in recent years has developed an urgent need for a higher education institution seeing as the closest university is located in Haifa, some 50km away
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Published: 03.09.21 , 21:13
Israel s is set to establish its 10th university in Safed, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Monday during a tour of the northern city.
Since the country s northernmost university is located in Haifa, a growing need to establish a higher education institution in the Galilee region (some 51 km or 32 miles from Haifa) has developed in recent years.