Jewish World

It’s a cold Jerusalem night and we are on a quest to discover the most beautiful Hanukkah menorahs of the Old city. As we concluded our Hanukkah tour at the Western Wall, we counted over 200 menorahs which is very fitting for the holiday which is called ‘The holiday of lights’.  

Ron Jacobsohn Talks to Experts About the New Era of the Labor Party with Isaac (“Buji”) Herzog Isaac (“Buji”) Herzog is not a new name in Israeli politics. He has been part of the Labor Party since his early twenties. After years of being the best number two of the Labor Party he finally, at […]

At the Roladin factory by Netanya, every Hanukkah season, over three million Sufganiot are baked. A good enough reason to go check out what is the fascination with those Hanukkah Donuts that Israeli’s have. Ironically, when newspaper Israel Hayom conducted a blind tasting with some of the biggest food critics in Israel the “tastiest Sufgnia” that won was actually made […]

This is the groundbreaking of the new Korean Embassy building in Herzliya. The Korean government is the first Asian government to purchase land to build their own embassy in Israel. This ambitious project will cost the Koreans an estimated six-and-a-million-dollars. And maybe a Symbol of the strong relationship between Israel and Korea is the fact […]

  Hanukkah seems to always have a lot of symbolism attached to it. Interestingly it seems every generation of Jews has managed to interpret the Maccabee’s victory on the Greeks in a different way. We went to find out what the holiday to folks today? Ron Jacobsohn, JN1 Correspondent: Hanukkah seems to always have a […]