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Train and light rail stations across Israel have found another purpose -- serving as makeshift bomb shelters.
April 1, 2026, 10:20 am
Train, Light Rail Stations Double as Bomb Shelters
In the Big Orange and neighboring cities of Ramat Gan and Bnei Brak, nine underground stops on the Red Line of the Light Rail are open 24/7 as public bomb shelters.
By Gil Zohar
Celebrants touching the Baba Sali’s tomb // All photos by Gil Zohar
January 28, 2026, 3:25 pm
Thousands Celebrate Hilula of the Baba Sali
100,000 people convened in Netivot to observe the 42nd anniversary of the death of the kabbalist mystic Rabbi Israel Abuhazeira.
By Gil Zohar
Firefighters try to extinguish a fire which broke out near Mesilat Zion, April 30, 2025 // Photo Credit: Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90/Times of Israel
May 1, 2025, 3:19 pm
KKL-JNF Supports Fighting Israel Wildfires
Community members can donate to help fight the raging wildfires in Israel through KKL-JNF.
By Compiled by AJT staff
Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin - Museum’s director
September 13, 2023, 1:07 pm
The Instrument of the High Holidays
Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin discusses the historical significance of the shofar during the High Holiday season.
By Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin
Joseph’s Tomb: In the Book of Genesis, Joseph had the leaders of Israel swear that his bones would be buried in the Holy Land. He died and was buried in Egypt, but his bones were later moved to Israel.
June 5, 2020, 6:49 am
U.S. Burials in Israel Delayed By COVID-19
A rarely practiced Jewish law is invoked to enable re-burial in the Holy Land.
By Chana Shapiro
Mort Barr took this photo of Tzfat (Safed) in November 2014.
April 12, 2018, 2:54 am
What Israel Means to Me: Mort and Edie Barr
Here’s what the former Atlantans who made aliyah have to say as we celebrate Israel’s 70th birthday.
Edie Barr gets an autograph from Haim Oshri, one of three Israeli paratroopers from the famous David Rubinger photo at the Kotel in 1967.
August 4, 2017, 1:49 pm
Beit Shemesh English Speakers Make Aliyah Easier
Former Atlantans Mort and Edie Barr have quickly become community leaders in Ramat Beit Shemesh.
By Mort and Edie Barr
Former Atlantan Arie Pelta (center) on Aug. 28 receives the advanced defibrillator Atlanta donors paid for.
August 29, 2016, 7:47 pm
Pelta Receives Atlanta-Funded Defibrillator
By Atlanta Jewish Times
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