UK police arrest two men over Texas synagogue attack

UK police on Thursday morning arrested two men over their alleged role in a hostage-taking by a British man at a synagogue in Texas last weekend....

Texas synagogue hostage-taker said he ‘prayed two years’ for attack — reports

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Thursday’s events as they happen. GENEVA — A UN-backed organization announces that it has signed agreements...

Police use DNA from face mask to crack 13-year-old rape case

Police announced Thursday that they had arrested a man on suspicion of raping a tourist in 2009 after DNA collected from a face mask he used helped...

born israeli

a wise person once said that the worst possible advice a native israeli can be given is be yourself! because native israelis had better not be...

Asia on the front line as energy security outranks climate change

The last year has provided a sharp and uncomfortable wake-up call

Man in his 70s dies of smoke inhalation in home fire

A man died of smoke inhalation Thursday following an apartment fire in the central town of Kiryat Ekron. Paramedics alerted to the blaze on the...

Jared Leto sports Israeli accent as WeWork founder Adam Neumann

JTA – Fans (and critics) of Jared Leto’s Italian accent in “House of Gucci” have new material to work with in his portrayal of Adam Neumann,...

Are Türkiye and Armenia ending their animosity?

On 14 January 2022, Russia hosted a meeting of Special Representatives for the Normalisation Process between Türkiye and Armenia, Ambassador...

Can We Be a ‘Holy Nation’ While Abuse Persists?

Charismatic Jewish leaders and teachers are in the headlines again: abusing their power by betraying the trust of unsuspecting followers. As is too...

Israel signs scandal-ridden €3 billion deal with Germany to buy new submarines

Israel closed a deal Thursday to purchase three submarines from Germany, even as cabinet ministers are set to vote on establishing a commission of...

Israel to begin giving COVID boosters to at-risk kids aged 5-11

The Health Ministry said Thursday it has decided to offer COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to children aged 5-11 who are at risk for serious illness....

Historians bash ‘rubbish’ findings of investigation into Anne Frank betrayal

A book based on the recently closed international investigation into who betrayed Anne Frank to the Nazis has been called “downright ridiculous...

Swedish report shows over 1 in 4 hate crimes target tiny Jewish minority

JTA — Antisemitic incidents accounted for 27 percent of all religious hate crimes in 2020 in Sweden, where Jews make up 0.1% of the population....

UAE textbooks promote tolerance, but leave Israel off maps – study

Textbooks in the United Arab Emirates promote peace and religious tolerance toward Jews, but Israel is still missing from maps, according to a...

New York-based survivor to address German parliament on Holocaust Remembrance Day

New York Jewish Week via JTA — Inge Auerbacher survived the Holocaust as a child and has devoted much of her life to speaking about her...

EU, European powers pan Israel over East Jerusalem eviction and construction

The European Union and four major European countries released statements late Wednesday condemning Israel over new housing plans in Jerusalem and...

Israel Harel's Racist Diatribe Against Bedouins Reveals the Depths of Apartheid

Sometimes, a single uninhibited comment suddenly reveals something’s true nature. That was what happened with Israel Harel’s arrogant op-ed,...

Europe considers new COVID-19 strategy: Accepting the virus

MADRID (AP) — When the coronavirus pandemic was first declared, Spaniards were ordered to stay home for more than three months. For weeks, they...

Daily Briefing Jan. 20 – Experts slam police on privacy abuse; startup prints salmon

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...

Outlaw NSO's Pegasus Spyware Now

The use of NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware against Israeli citizens, including mayors, suspected criminals and activists in the Black Flags protest...

Israeli VC Viola Ventures pulls in $250m for early-stage investment fund

Israeli venture capital firm Viola Ventures has closed its sixth fund of $250 million to invest in early-stage Israeli startups focused on areas...

Amazon remake of Israeli show ‘On the Spectrum’ to hit screens

NEW YORK (AP) — Some TV characters have lofty goals. They want to find a soul mate, a fulfilling career or their place in the world. Then...

Japan needs radical change to achieve health security

In his policy speech to the parliament on Dec. 6, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida touched on the importance of economic security. “With countries...

Are the UAE's chickens coming home to roost in its ongoing war against Yemen?

World leaders and diplomats were quick to condemn the missile and drone attack carried out by the Houthi-allied Yemeni armed forces ("the Houthis")...

Ministers agree on NIS 500,000 in aid for each family of 45 Meron disaster victims

Government ministers said Thursday they had agreed to grant NIS 500,000 ($160,000) in “initial aid” to each of the families of the 45 people...

Minister raps UN envoy for mischaracterizing her ties with Palestinian counterpart

Environmental Protection Minister Tamar Zandberg called out Israeli United Nations Ambassador Gilad Erdan on Thursday, claiming he’d...

Inflation Remedies

All of us Stood at Sinai: On Being Orthodox and Single

A few weeks ago, I was approached after Shabbat services by one of the members of our community. She said that she had a question for me related to...

Mask Stories

I wrote a poem when I was in college in 1957. It was during the flu pandemic which took over a million American lives. The poem, of which I only...

The Boomer and the Millennial

One would expect this encounter to be a clash of working cultures. In Exodus 18:14, Moses’s father-in-law, Yitro, visiting him at the encampment,...

Spiritual Intuition (Yitro)

 Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality. -Alexis Carrel The Jewish nation is assembled...

Caught Between Helplessness and Invincibility

Parashat Yitro describes a precedent which can guide us in understanding the impact of the recent events in Colleyville. As the parasha opens,...

Netanyahu's deal gives corruption legal legitimacy

Israeli parties have witnessed successive developments recently, including the likelihood of a political explosion following a possible deal with...

Ako prezidentka Čaputová diplomaticky vykľučkovala

Hoci zmluvu s USA na Ústavný súd (ÚS) nepredloží, neznamená to, že dohoda má zelenú. S rôznymi expertmi na ústavné právo konzultovala...

Po roku a po dni

Dala sa pochopiť aj ako reakcia na štyri roky avanturistickej bezočivosti jeho predchodcu. Predznamenal však aj prepad tejto obľúbenosti po...

Sony's lack of ecosystem poses an existential threat

Sudden drop in stock price reflects market perception of business model vulnerability

Why Are Many Autistic Women Missed or Misdiagnosed?

(POGLED) Naslednja bosanska kriza

Ruska grožnja Ukrajini ni edina letošnja potencialna kriza v vzhodni Evropi. Bosna in Hercegovina je vedno bližje političnim pretresom, zelo...

China, Russia and Iran to launch joint naval drill on Friday

China, Russia and Iran will hold a maritime joint exercise on Friday, a public relations official from Iran’s armed forces told the semi-official...

Vaccinated kids half as likely to get Omicron, but protection fades fast — study

Israeli children who were vaccinated against the coronavirus are catching the Omicron variant at less than half the rate of their unvaccinated...

Gantz: Iran’s ‘double game’ in region must be on the table at nuclear talks

Defense Minister Benny Gantz called on Thursday for world powers negotiating with Iran on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal to include Tehran’s...

Meretz seeks to scuttle bill to renew ‘Citizenship Law’ despite ministerial OK

The dovish Meretz party on Wednesday appealed a bill that would reestablish a longstanding ban on permits for Palestinians who marry Israelis to...

Liberman says ‘no money handouts’ for businesses, insists economy doing well overall

Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman pushed back on Tuesday against criticism over his opposition to government compensation for businesses hurting...

Court okays auction of control stick from Israeli jet that bombed Iraqi reactor

The control stick from an Israeli warplane that took part in the famous mission to bomb an Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981 can go up for auction, a...

Israel world #1 in daily COVID cases per capita; exposed schoolkids won’t quarantine

Israel is leading the world in new daily COVID-19 cases per capita, data showed Thursday. Speaking to Channel 12 news, a top health expert advising...

Fear of Omicron variant

Time to take new strategy to defeat pandemic Korea reported 6,603 COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, marking an increase of 798 cases from a day...

Fines on shippers

Interagency differences should be narrowed first The Korea Fair Trade Commission has imposed a combined fine of 96.2 billion won ($80.7 million) on...

(GLOBALNA ARENA) Ogroženo okrevanje Draghijeve Italije

Medtem ko se Italija trudi nadzorovati naraščanje okužb s koronavirusom - vključno z obveznim cepljenjem za vse, starejše od 50 let -, se...

Czech anti-vaccine singer dies after deliberately catching COVID

PRAGUE, Czech Republic — An anti-vaccine Czech folk singer has died after she deliberately contracted COVID-19 to obtain a health pass that would...

Ghislaine Maxwell requests new trial after juror tells media he was abused as child

NEW YORK — Ghislaine Maxwell has formally requested a new trial, less than a month after her conviction on sex trafficking charges. In a...