Safed

One killed, children among 24 injured after unexploded Hezbollah cluster bomb detonates in North

Northern District police officers and bomb disposal experts responded to the incident, which was declared a mass-casualty event by the IDF.

IDF soldiers evacuate wounded victims into a military helicopter after unexploded Hezbollah ordnance detonated in northern Israel, October 12, 2026.
Demonstrators at the rally for Haymanot Kasau, September 23, 2026.

941 days missing: Haymanot Kasau’s family rallies in Jerusalem to demand Shin Bet investigation

One of the Way Inn's ten guest rooms, each individually designed around a sefirah, the Kabbalistic emanations that shape the boutique hotel's color, character, and architecture.

Returning to the mountain: A Rosh Hashanah homecoming in Safed

Protesters block roads in Tel Aviv demanding further government action into the disappearance of four-year-old Haymanut Kasau, July 26, 2026.

Haymanot's parents ask Shin Bet chief to take over investigation 911 days after disappearance


Klezmer festival returns to Safed for 35th year next month

The festival will include dozens of unique performances and activities celebrating the instrumental musical tradition of Ashkenazi Jews.

Avrum Lieb Burstein plays the accordion with a klezmer band at Burstein’s Krechme

Israel Police catch cell suspected of torching buses in Safed

11 suspects were arrested on suspicion of involvement in arson and aiding the other suspects

 Eight buses catch fire in Kiryat Shmona, May 29, 2022.

Love blooms in Safed between two religious olim

Sarah Gittel became inspired by Yom Tov to pick up a paintbrush, which she hadn’t done since her youth.

 FATEFUL COFFEE date

Mystical Tzfat and historic Sarajevo

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 34

 A Jewish publisher in Sarajevo presents May 24, 2006 a luxurious replica of the Haggadah, a 600-year-old Jewish manuscript that survived the Spanish inquisition, World War Two and Bosnia's 1992-95 war.

Safed chief rabbi: Pray for destruction of Iran nuclear program

The Safed chief rabbi called for people to pray for the destruction of Iran's nuclear program.

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu attends to the funeral of Rabbi Elazar Mordechai Koenig in Safed on December 31, 2018.

Israel Open Chess Championship to be held at Safed

The tournament will occur from December 8 to 17 and NIS 80,000 worth of prizes will be handed out to the winners.

Israeli chess players take part in a special chess tournament marking Israel's 70th anniversary at Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, April 30, 2018.

My Word: A spiritual spa in Safed

The green Galilean mountains have a certain timelessness to them. There is a natural rhythm, like the time for prayers, dictated in terms of sunrise and sunset.

 The exterior of the Ashkenazi Ha’Ari Synagogue in Safed, where the custom of ‘kabbalat Shabbat’ began.

Unique’s unique journey to Israel

Unique's story starts in LA, and moves on to Israel through her parents, to the IDF, Safed and Tel Aviv.

Unique Niv Kruper with her husband in Cafe Bella

3rd Annual Ladino Festival To Take Place in Safed

The event will feature performances by renowned musicians Shlomi Shabbat, David Broza, Jasmine Levy, Tryphons, and Galit Giat.

ALIZA GABAY with Ladino dishes at Ascent.

Yamina MK urges Health Min. to adopt new policies following allergy death

In a letter to Health Minister Yuli Edelstein, Idit Sliman on Monday presented a list of reform suggestions to be adopted in order to ensure public safety where allergies are involved.

Galit Deri, mother of Osher Deri, a 23-year-old woman with a milk allergy that passed away after she was served milk ice cream at a kosher meat restaurant, speaks with the media in Hatzor HaGlilit, northern Israel, April 15, 2021.