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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 world,...
The legal adviser to the Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee has recommended that government-backed legislation to enact sweeping...
The Times of Israel is liveblogging Sunday’s events as they happen. Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli says that the Palestinian Authority is...
Three of the seven victims of Friday’s terror attack in Jerusalem were laid to rest late Saturday night, as Israel mourned the deaths and...
A Palestinian man on Sunday was sentenced to life imprisonment plus an additional 20 years for the rape and murder of Israeli teenager Ori...
Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli, speaking in the wake of the deadliest terror attack against Israelis in over a decade, said Sunday that...
The Israel Police said Sunday that it had sealed off the home of the terrorist who killed seven and injured three in a terror attack Friday in East...
Bomb-carrying drones targeted an Iranian defense factory in the central city of Isfahan overnight, authorities said early Sunday, causing some...
On July 13, 1945, Marine Corps Sgt. Stuart Schulberg wrote to his wife Barbara that he was heading from Washington to Germany for a special mission...
JTA — An event that took place at a Virginia university Thursday night to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day was scheduled to feature...
An armed Syrian suspect was shot dead by soldiers Sunday while attempting to cross the border into Israel in the southern Golan Heights with...
An angry crowd accosted a television news crew in Jerusalem on Saturday, berating the journalists as “leftists” and telling them to leave the area...
"Wherever the Germans came to power, they forced the Jews to create a central organization to do business with," wrote Dutch historian Bart van der...
Israel was behind a Saturday night drone attack that struck a defense facility in the Iranian city of Isfahan, according to a Sunday report. The...
The terrorist who murdered seven people near a synagogue in Jerusalem on Friday night told people at the scene that he would not shoot women just...
The alleged mastermind behind a massive hack and data theft of JPMorgan and other banks in a scam involving hundreds of millions of dollars has...
BEIT EL, West Bank — Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Sunday that Israel was seeking calm, but would not hesitate to act against terror, as...
The cabinet on Sunday voted to extend for an additional five years a veil of secrecy over the activities of a controversial state-owned oil...
Yad waSheim should change its longstanding, erroneous focus on Gentiles Gentiles who risked their lives trying to save Jews in WW II are called...
Over the past weekend, seven innocent Israeli civilians, including Asher Natan z”l, a 14-year-old boy, were brutally murdered by a terrorist in...
Whether in Masada during the traditional summer concert of Israeli singer David Broza that starts as the sun rises over the Dead Sea, or a sunset...
16 years ago, I was at an advanced stage of pregnancy with twins. When suddenly the pregnancy became unsafe for me, I consulted with doctors and...
Imagine a plane with 200 seats. There are two flight attendants on staff, the pilot did not receive proper training, one of the toilets is broken,...
I love going to the shuk, especially on Fridays when folks do their last-minute Shabbat shopping and others–effortlessly exuding Tel Avivi...
The Lithuanian ambassador to SA, Mr Dainius Junevicius was due to give Lithuania’s first official response to my film J’Accuse! at 6 p.m. on Jan....
When you’re let go from a job, it’s a mix of emotions: it turns your eggs upside down, your coffee sour, and within a split second life feels...
By Jang Daul "With great power comes great responsibility." Whether you attribute this quote to the Spider-Man movies, Voltaire, or Winston...
The gusto with which Japan has embraced rearmament has surprised its allies and international partners. Last month, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida...
Masked attackers set alight a car in a West Bank Palestinian town overnight Saturday, destroying the vehicle and causing damage to the home where...
SAQQARA, Egypt — Egypt unveiled Thursday a gold-laced mummy and four tombs, including of an ancient king’s “secret keeper,” discovered in the...
A Palestinian man armed with a handgun was shot dead by a security guard near the northern West Bank settlement of Kedumim, the military, medics,...
Top Israeli journalists gathered in Tel Aviv on Sunday in support of Kan television and radio, after the new communications minister resurrected...
The cabinet took the controversial step Sunday of scrapping a tax hike on disposable plastic goods imposed by the previous government, fulfilling a...
Bibi is back as Prime Minister of Israel, and with him comes an ironclad promise not to let Iran threaten Israel with the bomb. While everyone is...
AP — A Middle Eastern and North African category could be added to United States federal surveys and censuses, and changes could be made to how...
The government voted Sunday in favor of sealing off the home of a 13-year-old Palestinian from East Jerusalem who wounded two in a terror shooting...
Stop partisan bickering and seek long-term solutions It was unusually cold and snowy this winter in Korea. Cold waves and heavy snow warnings were...
By Tom Purcell I love my gas stove ― almost as much as I love my Weber gas grill. So I became curious this past week when I heard that a...
The Torah contains 613 Mitzvot. There are 248 positive commandments and 365 negative commandments. The Book of Bereishit only contains three...
The FinTech industry used to be very secretive when it came to the transparency of data from analysts. But with the emergence of machine learning...
The release of Kjell Grede’s feature film, Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg, was unfortunately timed, having come out in the same year as Steven...
Our Gemara on Amud Aleph tells us about a man who accepted upon himself 365 consecutive Naziriyos, (30 days x 365). Upon his completion of this...
The demonstrations all over the country are not exclusively anti-Netanyahu. He has succeeded in creating a majority in the Knesset by selling his...
By Michael Bergmann As the sun rose on a Monday morning over Myeong-dong, downtown Seoul, the eye was struck with horror. A whole alley in the...
To the bravely anonymous lady or gentleman with the TOI handle “rabbihg”: Thank you for your insightful comments on my recent blog post, which...
By Jason Lim Gwen Stefani caused a minor ruckus recently when she proclaimed in an interview that she identified as Japanese. She was referring to...
Once again, hostilities have resumed in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza. In the wake of an IDF raid on operatives of a Palestinian Islamic Jihad...
It is hoped that the questions below will be helpful to people leading Tu Bishvat seders as a way to increase audience participation. Suggested...