Arad
Gur Hasidic community in Arad instructs students to ride busses according to gender
The notice instructed passengers to board through the rear door and sit at the back of the bus “in order to allow the students to travel separately.”
Over 20 people taken to hospital during Mt. Meron Lag Ba'omer celebration - report
Inside the KKL-JNF shake-up led by its youngest chairman in decades
Israel’s Bedouin community open homes to victims of Dimona, Arad strike
Police uncovers underground cannabis cultivation tunnel worth over NIS 1 million
Police uncovered an underground cannabis lab in the Negev, seizing over 600 plants worth one million NIS, targeting crime families.
Former finance minister Avraham ‘Beiga’ Shochat dies at 87
One of the last pillars of Rabin, Peres, and Barak's Labor party, Avraham 'Beigele' Shochat, passes at the age of 87.
Israel's Arad Festival turns 40 with 5-day music party
Marina Glazer has been involved in the festival, in a variety of guises, for around 20 years, including 15 as artistic director. She bows out when the lights go out on this year’s final show.
Israel's PianoFestArad returns to the Negev
Over the eight days down south the public can get all sorts of angles on the classical music domain, by attending recitals, lectures, workshops, master classes, and concerts.
Art roundup: Zen monks, Opera ghosts and Brazilian Treasures revisited
A preview of September exhibitions around the country:
Lapid, Elkin unveil NIS 1.4 billion Arad development plan
The agreement will see some 5,000 new housing units and commercial and industrial centers built in the city.
Meet the woman running an American-style café in Arad, Israel
Studio Coffee, located in Arad’s Artist Quarter, offers American-style baked goods like cinnamon buns, brownies, coffee cake and chocolate chip cookies, plus Israeli-style salads and toasts.
World-famous photographer Spencer Tunick speaks about new nudist photoshoot
Tunick is a world-famous American photographer who has won acclaim for his pictures of large groups of nudes, which he has taken all over the world. He is now in Israel for the third time.
Animal rights org. calls on Israel's gov't to tackle stray dog crisis
SPCA Israel has put together a petition demanding the government budget a 5-year plan in cooperation with animal welfare groups and the Agriculture, Environmental Protection and Finance ministries.
Israeli animal rescuers zip-line cat trapped in palm tree to safety
Fire department ladders were too short to reach the cat, but dedicated rescue volunteers found a way to save its life.
