Herzog

Herzog announces visit to Australia, will meet Australian Jews, political leaders during trip

President Isaac Herzog will be traveling to Australia from February 8 to February 12, where he will meet with Jewish leaders, victims of the Bondi Beach massacre, and Australian politicians.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
Israeli President Isaac Herzog attends Israel Hayom conference in Jerusalem, November 17, 2025.
Artist Tamar Aluf with her exhibit ‘Painting Longing’ in the Jerusalem Theatre’s Sherover Foyer. Paintings behind her from L, clockwise: ‘Horizon of a House,’ acrylic (2025); ‘The Fabric of Life’ (2025); ‘Longing’ (2025).

Painting longing: Journey through loss, memory, and renewal

Tamar Aluf paints longing, turning personal loss into art that resonates with memory, emotion, and renewal.

|ByTOBY KLEIN GREENWALD
President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak at an event at the President's residence in Jerusalem, May 1, 2025

Herzog opposes coalition's Oct. 7 commission of inquiry, calls for state investigation

"The terrible disaster of October 7, and the failure that led to it, must be investigated in depth and in a national manner," Herzog said.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, alongside David Fattal, chats with Assaf and Nadav Fattal.

Grapevine, December 26, 2025: In his father’s footsteps

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

Grapevine March 21, 2025: Greater sensitivity needed toward families of hostages

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MARCH 21, 2025ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG speaks at the Inauguration of the Avraham Shochat Cultural Center in Arad.

Herzog decries US campus antisemitism in meeting with American judges

Herzog concedes concern, not for Israel alone, but for Jewish students in American universities who are constantly suffering harassment.

MARCH 4, 2025ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Israel's President Isaac Herzog speaks during a swearing in ceremony for new chief rabbis at the President Residence in Jerusalem, November 4, 2024.

Grapevine February 28, 2025: So long, Steve

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

FEBRUARY 28, 2025ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
FLANKING THE young former ‘Jerusalem Report’ magazine editor Steve Linde are (right and left) fellow ‘Post’ journalists David Geffen (86) and Walter Bingham (102), certified as the ‘world’s oldest active journalist.’

100 years of Technion: President Herzog presented with commemorative stamp

As the university celebrates its 100th anniversary, it continues to expand its impact on the global stage.

FEBRUARY 13, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
President Herzog standing with a commemorative stamp alongside the Technion president.

Trump to meet with leaders of Saudi Arabia and Egypt, Israeli president says

Herzog did not say when or where the meetings would take place, nor did he discuss the content of the meeting.

FEBRUARY 9, 2025ByREUTERS
U.S. President Trump meets with with Egypt's President el-Sisi in New York City, New York

Will Isaac Herzog be remembered among his historic family? - opinion

It must be asked: What qualities does he display now, halfway through his seven-year term? How does he envisage his legacy, compared to that of other Herzogs?

JANUARY 23, 2025ByTOVA HERZL
PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG places a note in the Western Wall last Sunday, with a prayer for the well-being of the three hostages returning to freedom later in the day, the return of all hostages, military success, a recovery for all those injured, and unity.

Annual pardons report: Herzog lists crimes for which there are no pardons, commuted sentences

The decisions were made in cooperation with the Justice Ministry.

JANUARY 14, 2025ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Palestinian prisoners wait to be released from Ketziot prison, southern Israel, October 1, 2007.

'We let down Dutch Jewry as we did in WWII,' King of Netherlands tells Herzog

The two spoke after violent pogroms targeting Israeli soccer fans took place in Amsterdam, during which several were injured and three went missing.

NOVEMBER 8, 2024ByMATHILDA HELLER
PUTTEN, NETHERLANDS - OCTOBER 2: King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands attends the 80th commemoration of the Putten Raid on October 2, 2024 in Putten, Netherlands

Herzog to bestow prestigious medal on leaders aiding Israel and Jewish communities

Some have invested heavily in Israeli business enterprises and are also generous supporters of Israeli academic, medical, security, and cultural organizations, institutions, and projects.

NOVEMBER 4, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog hosts the Presidential Medal of Honor Award Ceremony at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, last week.

Grapevine October 20, 2024: Hope and memory

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

OCTOBER 20, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Together with a scribe, President Isaac Herzog writes a letter in a new Torah scroll.