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The weather one experiences has an influence on the opinions he expresses, and in turn, on those who are influenced by these expressed opinions, a new Israel study has found.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Firefighters were rushed to deal with 411 fires, of which 212 were in open areas (52%).
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The Sea of Galilee reached a whopping 107.6 degrees Fahrenheit.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Israel experienced an unbelievable spike in the number of times lightning struck the country, amid unseasonably cold and wet weather.
The IDF censor attempted to squelch reports of the damage after two hangers and the air force base became flooded with 50 million liters of rain.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
To the disappointment of many children, not enough snow fell to close the schools.
By JNi.Media
"The whole city became Venice. Everything is flooded, the playground, there are ten cars stuck in the puddles."
Four people have been arrested in connection with at least one of the fires that have raged across the country.
As always, though, the heart and soul of the parade were the marching bands, singing groups, and hundreds of day schools and organizations representing virtually all segments of the Jewish community.
The disaster relief supplies provided by Israel are primarily geared towards repairing and improving the water and sewage systems in Sri Lanka.
Weather models indicate that Hebron and Neve Daniel in Gush Etzion will see snow on the ground by Friday night.
The storm predicted for Thursday and Friday will wallop the north, which has been drying up this winter.
Rain at the rate of 4 inches an hour turned the port city into a sea without a port.
By JNi.Media
IEC management appealed to the Haifa District Labor Court with a complaint that their workers’ committee was sabotaging the functioning of the company in a time of crisis.
By JNi.Media
The tomato mosaic virus disease, which is raging these days in the Negev, is destroying entire tomato greenhouses.
The first rains of the winter season are expected on Tuesday, one day after Jews around the world begin adding to daily prayers that God "brings the wind and rain." The change is made during the prayers on Shemini Azereth, the same day that Simchat Torah is celebrated in Israel. In the Diaspora, the two […]
The dust is settling, but the mercury is not.
A massive heat wave is expected to last throughout most of next week, if not longer.
More than 140,000 Israelis scoffed at blustery weather and visited national parks.
It is going to be a very windy Independence Day. Snow will fall on the upper slopes of the Hermon.
Snow is uniting the American people, so to speak. An area in every one of the 50 states, including Hawaii, will see snow this week, according to the WeatherBell site. This week will be the first time since 2012 that even Florida will see snow. New York is expected to get another 3-4 inches today, […]
This is not a snowstorm. This is a blizzard, even by New York's standards.
The other leaders are no better: Lapid takes credit for water rates going down and Livni says she is tough on Hamas.
"He gives snow like wool; He scatters hoarfrost like ashes." - Psalms 147:16.
Even residents in Kfar Saba and upper Haifa may see snow, which also may fall on Ben Gurion Airport.
Models indicate Israel is on target for one of those "once in 50 years" storms that hit every two years.
The current cold spell is expected to continue this week, weather forecasters said Sunday. There may be snowfall in Jerusalem on Thursday. Sunday evening is expected to be rainy throughout the country. Rain could cause flooding in southern Israel. Intermittent rain is expected throughout the week. An anticipated drop in temperatures on Thursday could turn […]
Heavy snow forces the Hermon ski slopes to close; Kinneret rises, but slowly.
Rain, rain, don’t go way, we prayed for it and will gladly get wet anyway.
If two inches of snow is enough to shut down New York, what happens when two feet fall?
Snow may fall, but not accumulate, in areas as low as Modi’in.
Snow will fall at altitudes as low as 2,000 feet above seas level. Accumulation in Jerusalem still a question mark.
Heavy snow will fall mainly in the north by mid-week, but even lower hills can expect at least a dusting.
Snow will fall on Gush Etzion, the Galilee and the Central Negev, followed by cold, cold temperatures.
Sometimes we get what we pray for.
Today's thunderstorm in Israel has brought both beauty and danger.
By JTA
Check back in nine months to find out if rocket attacks have the same effect.
Weather forecasters are predicting the first major heatwave of the summer over the next week. Beginning Friday,daytime temperatures in Jerusalem are expected to top 34 degrees (94 Farenheit) for the next five days, and will top 32 degrees (91 Farenheit) for the next week. In eastern parts of Eretz Israel, temperatures are expected to hit […]
By Batya Medad
Some pictures I took yesterday while wandering around the neighborhood on my "fitness walk."
The second storm of the young winter is headed for Israel with more needed rain but no snow, except on the Hermon mountain. Forecasters predict that it will rain on Eilat, an event that usually occurs only two or three times a year, and that up to three inches of rain will fall in the […]
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The Israeli Air Force has airlifted generators to end an electricity blackout in the Jewish communities of Itamar and Shiloh in Samaria (Shomron.) The two towns, along with several other smaller communities, have been without electricity since last Thursday because of the savage storm that crippled Israel with more than three feet of snow and […]
Ice-slicked roads are forecast for Jerusalem Monday night, prompting the halt of all local buses at 8 p.m. Buses from the capital to Tel Aviv will continue to operate until 11 p.m. but will stop running to other areas at 9 p.m. One resident of Maaleh Adumim told The Jewish Press that buses that tried […]
Torrential rains and the "snowstorm of the century” last week have left Jerusalem with 51 percent of its annual amount of precipitation, according to observations by the Israeli Meteorological Service, and the winter has barely begun. Be'er Sheva, where many areas still are flooded, now has accumulated 63 percent of is annual rainfall and more […]
The snow in Jerusalem Thursday no only did not stop Arabs from attacking Jewish motorists with rocks but also helped them to do sin by disguising the rocks as snowballs. Pelting drivers with snowballs is a dangerous hobby all over the world because if they are like ice, the projectiles can easily break a window […]
The snowstorm’s delay of Kerry’s meeting with Netanyahu finally gives Abbas a chance to explain why Israel must not exist as a Jewish state.
Snow began falling shortly before midnight in Gush Etzion, which includes some hills higher than all other locations south of Tzfat (Safed). Snow also was reported in Kiryat Arba, and 10 snow plows are on standby Jerusalem is expected to be covered with white in the morning. The snow is expected to reach the southern […]
Israelis have prayed for rain in a dry November and now are getting the dividends in spades, thanks to a rare early winter storm “from Russia with love.”
A lightning strike at a Reform Jewish summer camp in Indianapolis, Indiana injured three children one of the critically, on Saturday afternoon. Rabbi Mark Covitz, director of the Goldman Union Camp said in a statement reported by JTA, “This Shabbat afternoon, lightning struck URJ Goldman Union Camp. Three campers were injured. Camp personnel and emergency […]
It is pronounced De-RE-sho but in simple language it spells disaster. Floods, tornadoes, hail, violent winds – you name it, you don’t want it. Midwestern to Mid-Atlantic States are in its crosshairs.
By Hadar Sela
This short film made by Oz Segev of Ma’ale Gamla last week, shows some of the swollen streams of the south and central Golan Heights which all drain into the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee).
There are things we do not understand - so many things, but I believe God answers every prayer that is sent to Him.
Storms and floods hit Israel, as the Kinneret rises.
July 3, 2026 
