Virus czar says soccer matches and other major events not suitable given number of seriously ill patients in hospitals; Health Ministry chief warns ECMO teams at their limits

Last year's holiday was marked during country's 2nd coronavirus lockdown; fire breaks out in sukkah in Nahariya, no injuries reported

Massive annual celebration held online this year due to pandemic; International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem hails new government's outreach to Christian world

PM reportedly wanted to pit parents against each other in effort to encourage vaccination of kids; National Parents Association urges him to rescind 'shocking' statements

Ministry source says no intention to relax regulations, unvaccinated school staff will be required to perform COVID tests twice a week in order to enter educational institutions

Union chief says it isn’t educators' job to be ‘coronavirus inspectors,’ threatens High Court appeal over new measure; only half of teachers in Israel have had vaccine booster

Teachers vow to fight measure; serious coronavirus cases hit a high not seen for almost three weeks, 10 days after the end of Rosh Hashanah

Cops assist municipal authorities in taking apart structure balanced high atop scaffolding in ultra-Orthodox Mea Shearim neighborhood

The week of Sukkot offers a cornucopia of events, with museums, festivals, sites and troupes prepared to entertain

Jacob Magid assesses the future of normalization agreements between Israel and Arab countries, and Jessica Steinberg fills us in on the hottest cultural events coming up in Israel