Beit shean

A Purim story in Amman

As I write today, I feel the sadness of this time. However, even in times of despair, there was joy – so we are told.

 CHILDREN IN Safed dress up for Purim last week. The author writes about spending the holiday in Amman with a group of tourists.
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Holmes Place Opens New Branch In Beit Shean With NIS 4.5M Investment

Remnants of olives found at the dig at Tel Tsaf.

Earliest evidence of cotton fibers found in Jordan Valley

 Kibbutz Tirat Zvi, in the Bet Shean valley. August 05, 2019.

Israeli Kibbutz Tirat Zvi holds the 3rd highest temperature ever recorded


Temperatures continue to rise across Israel as heatwave stretches on

Temperatures in the Jordan Valley area of Beit She'an will hit 43 degrees Celsius, making it the area hit hardest by the heatwave outside of Eilat.

 Israelis enjoying the beach in Ashkelon during a heatwave, August 27, 2022

Lockheed Martin launches new science kindergarten in northern Israel

The aerospace company has established seven science kindergartens across Israel since the MadaKids project launched in 2015.

 Education Minister Yifat Shasha-Biton launching Lockheed Martin's MadaKids science kindergarten in Beit She'an with Israeli children on March 15, 2022

Earthquakes in Israel: 10,000 people could be killed in Beit She’an, says town mayor

Mayor Jacky Levy told Army Radio that he was told in 2005 that if a massive earthquake strikes the Syrian-African fault line, Beit She’an would be particularly damaged.

Israeli soldiers from the Home Front Command stand on rubble as they take part in an earthquake drill in Holon, near Tel Aviv October 21, 2012

Second earthquake in 24 hours felt in northern Israel

The epicenters of both quakes were located slightly south of the Kinneret.

Beit She'an

Shipudei Hakikar: Good food in Beit She’an

At Shipudei Hakikar, you can enjoy an array of salads, grilled meats, and at night, and later, go for a stroll at an archaeological site.

Salads served at Shipudei Hakikar

7,000-year-old seal sheds light on ‘business’ activities in ancient Israel

Some 150 clay sealings were found in an excavation conducted by Hebrew University archaeologists in 2004-2007 in Tel Tsaf, a prehistoric village in the Beit She’an Valley in northern Israel.

Silos at Tel Tsaf

Man's fatal heart attack likely unlinked to vaccine he took 2 hours before

"We share in the grief of the family," Health Ministry director-general Chezy Levy said.

An illustrative photo of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

Cry me a river

A struggle over public access to a brook that runs through a kibbutz blends political trauma, social pain, and uniquely Israeli hard feelings

The Asi River at Kibbutz Nir David

No longer homeless: two statues find permanent home in regional museum

The finds were dated to the late Roman-early Byzantine period (third to fourth centuries CE), fascinating for the social flux which occurred then.

Roman-era statues discovered near burial site in Beit Shean

Two Roman statues discovered near burial site in Beit She'an

The statues' discovery is important for understanding late Roman period style, as no two statues from this time period resemble each other.

Roman-era statues discovered near burial site in Beit Shean

Photo Tour: Gilboa and Emek

Discover the Gilboa and Emek region with Itsik Marom.

Beit She'an