With 200,000 students and educators quarantined, ministers push to shorten isolation

Some 200,000 Israeli schoolkids and teachers were self-isolating on Sunday after testing positive for the coronavirus or being exposed to a known...

Toi Staff

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Soccer player released after 2 years in prison for deadly hit-and-run

An Israeli soccer player was released from prison on Sunday after serving two years of a three-year sentence for the 2018 hit-and-run death of a...

Toi Staff

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Employees allege Rivlin was abusive and a bully as president

Employees at the president’s official residence in Jerusalem have claimed that former president Reuven Rivlin was a bullying boss who tyrannized...

Toi Staff

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(POGLED) Boj proti krčenju gozdov

Oktobra 2021 je brazilski nacionalni inštitut za vesoljske raziskave poročal o največji sečnji gozda v Amazoniji, odkar se je pred petimi leti...

Pedro Frizo

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Djokovic deported from Australia at conclusion of vaccination battle

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Instead of starting the defense of his Australian Open title on Monday, Novak Djokovic was on his way home, a stunning...

John Pye

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Knish and tell: Ousted U of Michigan president lured subordinate with pastries

JTA — The University of Michigan Board of Regents fired the school’s president, Mark Schlissel, over an alleged relationship he conducted with...

Shira Hanau

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Where was the Chief Rabbinate? Definitely not in Colleyville

Last week, a government minister sent me a WhatsApp that can only be described as bizarre. The message, with a few links, said: “Have you seen...

Toi_Editor

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Reflections on the Hostage Taking in Colleyville, Texas

Israel’s Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, opened his weekly Cabinet meeting this Sunday morning by stating: “After a night full of worry, we...

Michael Boyden

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Double standard: cricket gets funding warning while BBC is let off hook

Just a few days ago, UK news headlines declared that “Public funding for cricket must depend on progress to tackle racism” and that the...

Jan Shure

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MLK’s Professors in Jerusalem

Word of the jailing and release of Martin Luther King Jr. from an Alabama jail in February 1965 reached Jerusalem quickly and drove some of...

Zack Rothbart

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Kazakhstan: A coup, a counter-coup and a Russian victory

Earlier this month, Kazakhstan became the scene of bloody events that put the oil-rich Central Asian country in the global spotlight. The violence...

Arkady Dubnov

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Deserved defeat for Novak Djokovic

The final decision has been made in the case of Novak Djokovic: The Australian Open will take place without the Serbian. This entire saga has had...

Andreas Sten-Ziemons

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Automakers' deception

Hyundai, Kia duped consumers into buying expensive spare parts Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors have unfairly disparaged the qualities and functions of...

Editorial

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Remove the Name of This Art Looter's Name From Israel Museum Walls

New York Jewish billionaire Michael Steinhardt, a pioneer of the hedge fund industry and among the founders of the Birthright Israel project, is...

Haaretz Editorial

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Policy mismatch

Monetary, fiscal policies should go hand in hand Monetary and fiscal policies need to go hand in hand in order to maximize their effects. Imagine...

Editorial

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Netflix's 'Don't Look Up' is lesson in climate messaging

By Clara Ferreira Marques Director Adam McKay's climate satire "Don't Look Up" isn't exactly subtle. The hair is big, the parody obvious, the...

Tribune Service

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We've got our eyes on you, 2022!

By Tom Purcell Hello, 2022. We hope you're not expecting to get the honeymoon treatment that most New Years have gotten throughout history. You...

Guest Column

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Israelis Should Pray Their Frugal Finance Minister Keeps His Pledge

Avigdor Lieberman became public enemy number one this week. The finance minister took fire from all sides for daring to say that the government...

Nehemia Shtrasler

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Srugim — Romance And Rejection In Jerusalem

Several years before the Israeli television drama Shtisel took Israel by storm, Srugim was drawing in a multitude of viewers. Shtisel and Srugim...

Sheldon Kirshner

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Kazakhstan & Ukraine spotlight swapping rule of law for law of the jungle

When a Russian-led military force intervened earlier this month, it did more than help Kazakh President Qasym-Johart Toqayev restore and strengthen...

James M. Dorsey

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Bibi – The Joker in the Pack

Whatever you think of Benjamin Netanyahu, most people would agree that he is the slyest, cleverest and most experienced mover on the Israeli...

Michael Boyden

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Miraculous dances of trees (verse, music & image)

I marvel at the infinite movements of the trees around me, their rhythms, synchronicity and grace. I spend hours of wonder trying to identify...

Stephen Horenstein

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The presidential candidates' climate pledges

By Kim Sun-ae Who among Korea's presidential candidates will respond to the climate crisis most wisely? Ahn Cheol-soo of the People's Party and...

Thoughts Of The Times

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One People One Heart

When the Jewish people camped at Sinai, the Torah tells us that they were united. Rather than saying that they camped at Mount Sinai, the Torah...

Lazer Gurkow

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A Time To Ask And A Time To Embrace

You, like me, have probably sat around countless Shabbos tables where the conversation started with, “So… were you born Frum? How did you get...

Yiskah Lundell

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The Most Insidious Plague of All

The discussion is getting hotter as Omicron, the newest strain of the Covid virus, invades our space. We are all getting tired of the news and...

Dvorah Klein

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The reality of living in a mixed city

When I lived in the United States, in Connecticut, a staple part of my daily routine was going on late night walks around my neighborhood. When I...

Joshua Socher

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‘Calling for increasing civilian power is calling for a civil war’

Since my arrival in Lod three months ago, I’ve experienced the reality of crime and violence, involving the rising use of firearms, as a parallel...

Julia Hack

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The Day I Discovered Colleyville

I was busy kvelling on Facebook about my son, Amit’s wheelchair basketball team’s win in Hannover, Germany when the N12 news flash came in, “An...

Zimra Vigoda

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Willfully Blind

The Times of Israel co-produced a three-part Kan‑11 video miniseries called “State of Jerusalem” highlighting the feelings of Jerusalem...

Faigie Heiman

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Leading for future: policy entrepreneurship

By Daniel Shin 2021 was an unforgettable year. The COVID-19 pandemic has left many of us with a great deal of uncertainty. We're all different in...

Daniel Shin

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From tuition ban to Evergrande collapse, is China tripping over its chase for ‘common prosperity’?

Since the last quarter of 2021, signs of a sharply decelerating Chinese economy have begun to emerge. This slowdown goes well beyond the property,...

Donald Low

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Nuclear Power Causing Disagreements in the EU

Amid the world’s forced turn toward nuclear power and energy crisis, Europe had given serious thought to nuclear power’s future on the...

Vladimir Danilov

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All hostages released from Texas synagogue after 12-hour standoff

All hostages who had been held inside a Texas synagogue were rescued Saturday night, nearly 12 hours after the standoff began. The attacker was...

Toi Staff

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‘Calm, collected’ synagogue rabbi wowed FBI through 10-hour Texas hostage crisis

COLLEYVILLE, Texas — Local and federal law enforcement credited Congregation Beth Israel Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker’s “calm and collected”...

Jacob Magid

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Israel okays $35 million to upgrade Western Wall infrastructure, boost tourism

Cabinet ministers on Sunday approved a NIS 110 million ($35.4 million) plan to upgrade infrastructure at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. The plan...

Toi Staff

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Getting Rid of Netanyahu at All Costs

The race to stamp “moral turpitude” on Benjamin Netanyahu’s forehead is the race to remove him from our lives. This is not a legitimate...

Gideon Levy

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Daily Briefing Jan. 16 – Netanyahu eyes a plea deal; a Texas rabbi keeps calm

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 15-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East, and the Jewish...

Toi Staff

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As Texas synagogue hostage crisis unfolded, many Jews prayed for captives’ release

JTA — Jews who pray according to traditional liturgy each morning recite a line that is usually symbolic: “Blessed are you, God, who frees the...

Philissa Cramer

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Tennis star Djokovic set to be deported from Australia after losing appeal

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic faces deportation instead of starting his Australian Open title defense on Monday, a stunning and...

John Pye

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It’s un-Jewish to Be Too Optimistic. But in Israel, There’s Now Faint Cause for Hope

This time last year, Israel faced a nearly perfect storm. Prime Minister Netanyahu’s no-holds barred attempts to remain in office, at virtually...

Chuck Freilich

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CAIR Needs to Be Labeled a Hate Group

Muhammed Siddiqui, on January 15th, 2022, held a number of hostages in a Texas synagogue. He demanded that his sister, Aafia, be released from jail...