Greer Fay Cashman

Greer Fay Cashman is a veteran Australian born journalist whose by-line has appeared in The Jerusalem Post for some 45 years. She has written on a wide variety of subjects and says she has been educated by her profession.

 THEN-PRESIDENT Shimon Peres sings ‘Hatikva’ with Israeli youngsters, 2008.

Israel should consider changing Hatikvah as its national anthem - opinion

Yair Golan, head of The Democrats party speaks at the Knesset. February 24, 2025.

Israel needs tikkun olam, not silence about its problems - opinion

Reuven Rivlin

Grapevine: Kafka in Jerusalem


Meet the Jewish-Arab initiatives caring for Palestinian kids – opinion

Few realize that Israeli volunteers are currently filling up backpacks with all sorts of goodies for West Bank and Gaza children ahead of the school year

Yuval Rahamim, CEO of Parents Circle-Families Forum, attends a meeting of the Israeli-Palestinian Bereaved Families Forum in Tel Aviv in 2023

Grapevine: Condolences to Lion

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

A light rail car stands at HaTurim station on August 20, 2026.

Tracing roots: Why every Jew should reclaim family histories disrupted by the Holocaust - opinion

Among Jews, tracing ancestry is a voyage of discovery. Many Jews of European background grew up believing that their relatives on both sides of their families had been murdered during the Holocaust

A SECTION of Jonathan Vidgop’s family tree on the walls of the Am haZikaron office in Tel Aviv.

Grapevine: Nahlaot journeys

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Blowing shofar in Jerusalem's Nahlaot neighborhood

Holocaust survivor rescued by Chief Rabbi Herzog reunites with his grandson, President Herzog

David Danieli survived the Holocaust, was rescued by Rabbi Isaac Herzog’s committee, and later immigrated to Israel. Eighty years after the rescue train departed Poland, he met Herzog’s grandson.

David Danieli with President Herzog

The best person for the role - comment

In delegating ministerial portfolios, the prime minister should forget about jobs for the boys and appoint the most suitable people from those who received the most votes in the primaries.

Education Minister Yoav Kisch, August 31, 2025.

Grapevine: More towers

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

View of the Jerusalem Light Train at the Mount Herzl train station, near where Epstein Tower will be built, August 18, 2024

Grapevine: Jerusalem remembers Peres

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 30 years since Shimon Peres, the world-renowned statesman who had served in multiple governments for an aggregate 24 years, was dethroned by a political novice nearly three decades his junior, Benjamin Netanyahu.

Chile, Honduras return ambassadors to Israel for first time since October 7

During his meeting with Chile's ambassador, Herzog addressed ongoing diplomatic efforts surrounding the Gaza conflict and referred to the Trump Board of Peace initiative.

President Isaac Herzog is pictured with the Ambassador of Georgia to Israel, Beka Dvali on August 3, 2026.

Grapevine August 2, 2026: The significance of Balfour Day

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

Cancelled postage stamp printed by Israel, that shows Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930), 50th Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, circa 1967.