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Feb 25, 2026, 8:41 PM

Purim or Purim Spiel (Can it possibly snow?)

It’s beautiful to watch snow falling. Sometimes you have to travel far to see it. But every so often — not often — snow falls in the Jerusalem hills, and we begin to wonder: will it happen again? This winter...

Reuven Chaim Klein

Dec 27, 2025, 11:39 PM

A Gallery of White – lavan, chivar, and tzochar

While on his deathbed, Jacob gathered his sons to offer them blessings before his demise. In doing so, Jacob prayed that the future territory of his son Judah will yield an abundance, saying that the Tribe of Judah should...

Feb 20, 2025, 5:06 PM

Extreme Cold, Snow Possible in Jerusalem Area

Good Afternoon: Because the Meteorological Service pushed the government to pass a regulation making it harder for private businesses to operate in Israel, I no longer make forecasts specifically for our area. That doesn't mean I won't, but for now...

Feb 17, 2025, 1:12 AM

Is there a snowplow in our future?

So says Merriam-Webster: "A hypothesis is an assumption made before any research has been done..., while a theory is a principle formed to explain the things already shown in data. And what does our data show? A while back we hypothesized...

Jan 30, 2025, 10:09 PM

Are those snowflakes?

A full rainbow, on January 24, 2025. (courtesy)

The first thing "they" teach an aspiring meteorologist is: "look out the window." Is there "somewhere over rainbow" a snowstorm brewing? To be honest with you, I forgot that first lesson and would have missed taking a picture...

Jan 7, 2025, 7:49 PM

Snow there and snow here?

Our weather group, "Israeli Winter Weather" is a small group of persons somewhat obsessed with making it snow (myself, Yaakov Cantor, and Jonathan Hoffman). Our strong belief is that if we speak about it often enough it will happen,...

Jan 26, 2024, 6:38 PM

Jerusalem Snow Versus Global Warming

Like warmed over tea that goes "stale," storms that linger over the Mediterranean Sea are not likely to produce snow in Jerusalem. Such is the most likely case next Tuesday and Thursday. Our current bout of rainy and cold weather...

Jan 21, 2024, 12:44 PM

Many Winter Days to Come

From the war to climate change, there is plenty to worry about. In fact, the relatively warm average global temperatures in 2023 "astonished" climate scientists. None of these stories has yet to be completely written, although much has been...

Dec 4, 2023, 6:46 PM

Rain, if not Snow on the Way

Our Israel Winter Weather Group's Yaakov Cantor had a lot to say about the upcoming weather. He noted that "today marks the fifth day with temperatures at or above 20C in Jerusalem, and tomorrow is also expected to exceed...

May 11, 2023, 11:04 AM

The calm before the storm

An Israeli reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle, backdropped by the moon, flies over Gaza City on May 10, 2023. (ANAS BABA / AFP)

Like a snow day in the US Midwest, we feel the stillness. We're getting prepared. The things is, we're not waiting for snow

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