Emma McAvoy

Emma reports on a wide variety of topics such as Israeli politics and local news, arts and entertainment, education, and science. She was born and raised in Boca Raton, Florida and will graduate in 2021 from the University of Florida with degrees in Acting and Journalism. She reports for The Independent Alligator and has acted locally and professionally. She interned for The Jerusalem Post in the summer of 2019.

The Norman was named by a US travel magazine as the world’s best boutique hotel

Escaping reality at The Norman

ANAT FRIEDMAN presenting her designs.

Fashion is ‘in the air’ in Jerusalem

‘LETTERS OF Light’ illustrates the significance of each Hebrew letter.

Learning the letters with Kalman Gavriel


Ronnie Peterson returns to Woodstock

The 61-year-old Peterson believes there was never any type of music more versatile, diverse and universal than that of the Woodstock generation.

RONNIE PETERSON, bluesman at work.

‘Measure for Measure: In Motion’ inspires conversation and laughter

POLITICS, SEXUAL relationships and power struggles between genders: All these issues are explored.

Qatar only remaining GCC country restricting female travel

According to the Saudi news agency Al Arabiya, Qatari men can – and do – apply to the courts in order to prevent their wives from traveling.

H.E. Mrs. Alya Ahmed Saif Al-Thani, Ambassador of Qatar to the United Nations in Geneva

Nazi stolen artwork returned to Jewish family after 80 years

Nine works of art were returned to descendants of a Jewish couple on Monday, more than 80 years after they were stolen by the Nazis

A woman walks past artworks at the exhibition "Gurlitt: Status Report. An Art Dealer in Nazi Germany" during a media preview at Martin-Gropius Bau in Berlin, Germany, September 13, 2018

Ronnie Peterson returns to Woodstock

No flare jeans, no field, no Hendrix, but still a rocking good time.

Blues musicians Ronnie Peterson (right) and Lazer Lloyd

Yemenite, Mizrahi and Balkan families protest 1950s alleged kidnappings

‘State must admit a crime was committed’

Yeminite family

Social Affairs: Israeli youth gone wild?

Was last week’s alleged gang rape by Israeli teens at a Cyprus party getaway an aberration or an indication that society is in trouble?

AN ADVERTISEMENT for a pool party in Ayia Napa, Cyprus.

JLo hits the stage in Israel for the first time

You’re all invited to my concert in Tel Aviv,” JLo (as she is known around the world) informed Israeli fans last week in a video backed by the strains of her 2011 hit song “On the Floor.”

JENNIFER LOPEZ brings her Vegas-like extravaganza to Tel Aviv.

What is going on with Israel’s daycare law?

“In Israel, the children don’t belong to the Education Ministry until age three,” Glantz said. “Until then, the centers are completely unsupervised."

A DAYCARE CENTER in Jerusalem. [Illustrative photo]

Trump taunts Congresswomen, says they can’t love America

The congresswomen are believed to be Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley. Last Wednesday, he confirmed these identities.

US President Donald Trump (left), called Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (bottom right) and 'her crowd,' Rashida Tlaib (middle) and Ilhan Omar (top) Communists, Israel haters and antisemites