Mount Hermon sees first snowfall of the season The popular ski resort on the mountain remains a closed military zone due to the ongoing war with Hezbollah in Lebanon. JNS Staff Nov. 25, 2024
New Jersey police launch investigation into driver who plowed snow on Orthodox Jews In a video, driver Donny Klarmann and his friend, Brandon Ebbs, can be heard laughing as the snowplow is turned in the direction of two Jewish men walking during Shabbat. Faygie Holt Feb. 1, 2022
Jerusalem, Tzfat, Golan see first flurry of winter The all-time winter power consumption record was broken, as 14,735 megawatts were consumed simultaneously. Idan Avni and Yori Yalon Jan. 20, 2022
‘We saved lives’: Texas Jewish communities mobilize to get food, medicine to those in need Amid an arctic freeze, members of the Lone Star State opened doors to friends without power, cooked meals, arranged for medication pickups for the homebound, and, in one extreme case, mobilized to ensure that hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccines would not go to waste. Faygie Holt Feb. 19, 2021
Residents of Golan Heights, Jerusalem enjoy winter wonderland As the Golan becomes covered in a seasonal white canopy, Israel’s capital gets its first real snow after years of anticipation. Feb. 18, 2021
Seven dead as heavy rainfall causes flooding in Israel Police and rescue services on high alert as significant precipitation is still expected in already flooded Ashkelon, Ashdod and Haifa, as well as in Tel Aviv • Sea of Galilee rises 23 centimeters in 24 hours. Jan. 9, 2020
Passover snow falls on Mount Hermon for first time in 22 years With eight inches already on the ground and snow expected to continue to fall throughout the day, the Hermon ski-resort management closed the site to visitors. April 21, 2019
As winter weather batters populations worldwide, JDC calls for aid efforts Thousands of impoverished Jews overseas remain in need of critically important relief, ranging from coal to coats. Jan. 30, 2019
