Lod, Israel News

Article's topics: Second Lebanon War Saying the government has forgotten the parents of soldiers who fell in the Second Lebanon War, David Einhorn, whose 22-year-old son Yonatan was killed in the war, is preparing a alternative memorial ceremony to be held on Wednesday, rather than attending the official state ceremony.

A 17-hundred-year-old mosaic floor dating from the Romans has been uncovered at an archeological site in Lod, Israel.

Israeli archaeologists unveiled one of the largest and best preserved mosaics ever found in the country Wednesday, for only the second time since it was discovered more than a decade ago.

Article's topics: Jaffa The delicate balance of Arab-Jewish coexistence in Jaffa could soon shatter if plans go forward to construct homes for national-religious Jews in a predominantly Arab neighborhood, sources in the Tel Aviv Municipality told The Jerusalem Post this week.

Staff photo by Jessica Hassard...BJ and Krista Loder hold their three-year old son, Silas, and their three-month-old daughter Adah at the Salvation Army on 220 Duke Ave.

The achingly beautiful third or fourth century Roman mosaics in Lod, Israel, first discovered in 1996, are being uncovered once and for all, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority : The mosaic is a real archaeological gem and extraordinarily well-preserved. It covers an area of approximately 180 square meters and is composed of colored ...

Photos by Niki Davidov, courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority. JERUSALEM.- Thirteen years after one of the most beautiful mosaics ever to be seen in the country was covered over, the Israel Antiquities Authority , in cooperation with the municipality of Lod and its residents, is beginning an archaeological excavation that will re-expose the ...

Alon Elbakri, 15, came out of the closet about a year ago when he told his mother that he was gay.

Editorial Page Editor John Kanelis is providing a Middle East Journal during his trip to Israel as part of Rotary International's Group Study Exchange.

Lod's Religions of Moses and Israel synagogue was burnt down seven months ago, but it's manager has refused a generous donation to restore it, because the benefactor in a Muslim.

Hunting Eichmann: How a Band of Survivors and a Young Spy Agency Chased Down the World's Most Notorious Nazi By Neal Bascomb Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 366 pp.; $26 At 6:55 on May 22, 1960, an El Al Britannia jetliner touched down in Lod Airport.

On the eve of US President Barack Obama's speech to the Muslim world in Cairo, Interior Minister Eli Yishai announced Wednesday that he will respond to Obama's outreach to the Arabs by expanding West Bank settlements.

Former Israeli President Ephraim Katzir died Saturday at age 93, officials said.

Jaffa fell to Jewish gangs and Israeli troops in the war of 1948. By Joharah Baker Jerusalem Jaffa.

Most homes on Lodi's extreme southern edge sport welcome signs somewhere on their tidy porches.

While Israelis celebrate the 60th birthday of the Jewish state next week, Palestinians will be mourning what they call the Al-Nakba or the Catastrophe.

I was listening to hip hop in general but 2Pac made me to look for the lyrics.. because I felt his message.

The maps and textbooks issued by the Palestinian Authority present a picture of a world without Israel.

Today, May 15th mark the 61st anniversary of the Nakba, or Exile of Palestinians from their homes, villages and farms driven out by the raging Jewish terrorists groups in their mission to establish the State of Israel.

Monday night, Rachel and I went to our local movie theatre to watch " Slingshot Hip-Hop ", a documentary on Palestinian hiphop by Palestinian/Syrian/American filmmaker Jackie Reem Salloum.