Tag: Tiberias

Three grave robbers were caught as they were raiding a burial cave excavation in northern Israel, stealing precious artifacts.

The epicenter was just 5 kilometers north of the Sea of Galilee.

Beyond its academic value, the conference sends a message challenging the validity and purpose of the BDS movement,

Should a child swallow more than one magnet, it can be dangerous, as they start traveling down the digestive tract and may snap two intestinal segments together.

So far, according to IDF sources, the entire event is still a mystery.

The special crew will enhance the hospital's ability to offer first response at a fire event and be able to effect an organized handing over control of the scene once the firefighters arrive on the scene.

When a group of about 7,000 of these Indian Jews arrived in Israel six years ago, local hospitals have taken upon themselves to usher them into the wonderful medical advantages of modern times.

The rabbi from Tiberias almost fell into the sea trying to board the ship and settled for shouting from his boat, "Say Shema Yisrael."

They hope to reduce the cost of vacationing in Israel by about 20% over five years.

Meir Panim strives to provide proper meals and kind words to help strengthen those who need it most.

Alert citizens called police to a suspicious situation in northern Israel that fortunately turned out well for everyone.

ISIS fighters in Syria may ultimately be felled by a skin disease likely to be wracking thousands of its ranks.

It's only 35.6 degrees (F) outside, but that won't stop the runners. The Tiberias Marathon is currently underway this cold Friday morning.

A Dutch municipality is facing criticism for describing Jerusalem, Nazareth and Tiberias as “cities in Palestine.” Likkud Netherlands, a local association, published on its website...

The hotel was great, but the best part - the kids were kept so busy, we actually had a vacation!

Torrential rains and the "snowstorm of the century” last week have left Jerusalem with 51 percent of its annual amount of precipitation, according to...

Meir Panim's Tiberias Free Restaurant not only provides warm meals, but the opportunity to socialize as well.

In wake of the series of small earthquakes that recently hit Tiberias, Kineret Hotels managers are reporting that many dozens of Tel Aviv residents...

After four earthquakes shake Israel in one week, experts debate whether the big one is imminent.

Can it be a four-star hotel if you can smell the sewer system from your room?

Tiberias became known as one of the four holiest cities in the Jewish religion

March 31 is not a day that particularly stands out in Jewish memory at first glance, but it is actually a day of some significance.

Just since Monday, the Kinneret rose another 2 centimeters to 210.445 meters below sea level, and is now standing at 255 centimeters above the...

In the past 24 hours, the Kinneret rose 22 centimeters. At it's last measurement, it was at 211.50 meters below sea level. With the...

Over the past few days the Kinneret has been steadily rising, and on Saturday it rose by 12 centimeters reaching 212.07 meters below sea...

An IDF base a few miles west of Tiberias was robbed Friday morning after masked men entered the base, tied up a soldier, and...

In an environment of regional instability and geopolitical threats to Israel, the IDF will hold a series of drills to prepare the country in the event of a biological, chemical or radioactive attack.

When the spies Moshe sent to scout the land of Canaan returned with their report, they testified (Numbers 13:32) that the land "eats its denizens," many of whom happen to be giants. In fact the spies, to the extent that their propaganda can be trusted, felt so dwarfed by the Israeli landscape that they claimed they must have resembled grasshoppers to the giants, and even felt like locusts themselves. The description of Canaan in Leviticus 18:28 is no rosier; the land has an allergic reaction to disobedient citizens and literally "spits them out."

The land of Israel's holiness features four cities that are singled out as exceptionally holy, and which are imbued with special qualities. I have had the good fortune to visit all four - Hebron, Jerusalem, Tiberias and Safed - if only for a short time. Each of these cities is associated with a particular kind of holiness, corresponding to the four basic elements: Jerusalem - fire; Hebron - earth; Tiberias - water; and, my favorite, Safed - air.