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 October 11, 2024: For the sins of...

Movers and shakers in Israeli society/

OCTOBER 11, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG addresses his guests during ‘slihot.’

Herzog to visit bereaved families in Efrat

President Herzog will visit Ohr Torah Stone’s Neveh Shmuel High School to offer comfort after the loss of eight alumni in the Israel-Hamas War, meeting with students, faculty, and bereaved families.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Efrat.

President Herzog hosts delegation of Catholic pilgrims from Senegal

Amid protests, President Herzog hosts Senegal’s Bishop Diatta and pilgrims in Jerusalem.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
President Isaac Herzog.

Navigating rabbinical ordination and leadership in Israel’s modern context - opinion

After completing the rigorous process for rabbinical ordination, I faced an unexpected hurdle due to the lack of a chief rabbi in Israel. Here's my journey.

JULY 25, 2024ByELI FRIEDMAN
The writer meets with President Isaac Herzog, then serving as Jewish Agency chairman, in 2020, holding a discussion on the subject of rabbinic heritage.

Grapevine July 19, 2024: Protests follow PM to Washington

Movers and shakers in Israeli Society.

JULY 20, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
EFRAT DUVDEVANI, executive director of the Peres Center, with Tomer Raved and Naftali Bennett.

Grapevine, July 5, 2024: Jerusalem gains another ambassador

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JULY 6, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
ORANGE IS the United Hatzalah color. It was also the color worn by protesters who tried to prevent the evacuation of Jewish communities from Gaza in the summer of 2005. Miriam Adelson (center), pictured at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new United Hatzalah emergency fleet.

Grapevine June 28, 2024: Hailing women diplomats

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JUNE 28, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
SENATOR JOHN Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) with President Isaac Herzog, who was genuinely delighted to meet with such a solid supporter of Israel.

Grapevine, June 14, 2024: Shuttle diplomacy

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JUNE 14, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, in Israel to discuss furthering a ceasefire deal proposal, June 11, 2024

My Word: The Hague’s moral haze leaves a stain on history

Khan wanted to leave his mark. And he has. It’s a dark, bloody bruise. A stain on history. 

MAY 24, 2024ByLIAT COLLINS
HAMAS SUPPORTERS protest at the headquarters of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, soon after the Gaza war was launched in October, last year.

Grapevine, May 15, 2024: Confusion between national defense and racism

Eurovision, Einstein and the global politics.

MAY 15, 2024ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
EDEN GOLAN, representing Israel, performs ‘Hurricane’ during the Grand Final of the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, in Malmo, Sweden, last week.