Haifa

Illustrative: Construction of new residential buildings on Allenby Street in Tel Aviv, May 21, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

June 22, 2023, 2:11 am

Woman says she was ‘degraded’ by rabbinic court’s order to wear a cloak to cover up

Social worker accompanying client whose husband is refusing a divorce is told her short-sleeved shirt is not modest enough to appear before judges

By ToI Staff

People gather for a protest at the Stella Maris Monastery in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, June 18, 2023. (Flash90)

June 19, 2023, 11:45 am

Hundreds protest Hasidic pilgrimages to Haifa monastery

Local Christians complain that members of Breslov sect have started praying at Stella Maris Monastery, where they believe a Biblical prophet is buried

By ToI Staff

A man hits a Jewish man in video said to show an incident outside a Haifa monastery. (Screenshot, Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

June 17, 2023, 2:30 am

Haifa suspect allegedly strikes Jewish man attempting to pray at Christian site

Incident comes after Haredi Jews filmed praying at monastery, stoking tensions in mixed Arab-Jewish city

By ToI Staff

From Hilla Ben-Ari's video 'Seed,' for Videonale #1 in Haifa, through June 2023 (Courtesy Mediterranean Biennale)

June 1, 2023, 1:34 am

Haifa artworks can be seen on the way to work (or school)

Curators launch Videonale, the first video biennale focused on female art

By Jessica Steinberg

May 25, 2023, 5:38 am

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel

The Times of Israel’s regular feature on what is happening in Israel’s property market right now

By Danielle Nagler

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May 14, 2023, 2:55 pm

“There’s never been such diversity in a University,” say Master’s students at UHaifa International

The University of Haifa offers eighteen international masters programs and a once-in-a-lifetime multicultural experience

By Galit Diamant

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May 7, 2023, 10:15 am

Discovering 3D Judaism, Israel and the Holocaust at the University of Haifa

UHaifa International offers three interlinking master’s programs with a multi-level understanding of Judaism, the Holocaust and the State of Israel

By Galit Diamant

A line of Egged electric buses seen at their charging station in Jerusalem during the launching ceremony, on September 3, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

May 7, 2023, 9:13 am

Protesting violence, Egged drivers stage 3-hour strike in Jerusalem, Haifa, Rehovot

Action taken at regional offices servicing lines where assaults on drivers had occurred recently; transport company condemns move as ‘reckless’; union: ‘Cannot remain indifferent’

By Canaan Lidor

Illustrative: A Magen David Adom ambulance. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

May 4, 2023, 10:12 am

Woman and baby found dead in their Haifa home

Husband tells police he returned from night shift and discovered bodies; initial probe finds no indications of physical violence to 1-year-old boy

By ToI Staff

Arab-Christian Scouts march at the Virgin Mary Procession in Haifa, Israel on April 30, 2023. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)

May 1, 2023, 9:32 pm

In Haifa, Catholics fly Israeli flags at mass march celebrating Virgin Mary

Some participants at procession says it is a testament to the robustness of the Christian-Arab community in the Jewish state

By Canaan Lidor

The entrance to Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, January 30, 2011. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

April 28, 2023, 11:33 am

Woman suspected of pulling plug on elderly patient in Haifa, killing him

Suspect apparently worked as carer for alleged victim, late wife; defense attorney says client denies role in death

By Michael Horovitz

File: power station in Haifa bay (Photo credit: Shay Levy/Flash 90)

April 27, 2023, 6:06 pm

Glitch at Haifa power station causes brief blackouts nationwide

Israel Electric Corporation fixes problem, with power returning in many locations within minutes; insists it was not a cyberattack, as hacking group claims, but a technical fault

By ToI Staff

Women prepare dishes for iftar at Ahva primary school in Haifa, on April 13, 2023. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)

April 23, 2023, 3:58 am

In mixed, tolerant Haifa, Christians are discovering the benefits of Ramadan

Muslims, Christians and Jews are building interfaith bridges amid rising tensions fueled by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

By Canaan Lidor

Mayor Einat Kalisch-Rotem and members of the Armenian Christian community of Haifa during the renaming ceremony of the Armenian Genocide Square in Haifa, Israel on March 20. (Haifa Municipality)

April 4, 2023, 5:29 pm

Turkey’s feathers ruffled by Haifa’s newly unveiled Armenian Genocide Square

The northern city, where many ethnic Armenians live, is the first Israeli municipality to give such recognition to the World War I atrocities

By Canaan Lidor

Lit-up apartment building in Petah Tikva, August 2021. (Itay Tamir via iStock by Getty Images)

March 24, 2023, 7:05 am

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel

The Times of Israel’s regular feature on what is happening in Israel’s property market right now

By Danielle Nagler