Joining wave of institutions, London museum drops Sackler name from exhibits

London’s Victoria and Albert Museum has removed the Sackler name from exhibitions amid mounting pressure to cut ties with family members tied to...

Truth or bluff? Why Putin's nuclear warnings have the West worried

Russian President Vladimir Putin's latest warning that he is ready to use nuclear weapons to defend Russia amid the war in Ukraine has made a...

Ukraine war creates interesting alliances

Arms and weapons are like water, they often find the shortest route to conflict areas. Pakistan has become the new channel for supply of weapons...

Israeli man’s Russian wife, son denied entry as family flees Russian draft

Authorities at Ben-Gurion Airport reportedly refused to allow an Israeli man’s Russian wife and the couple’s son into the country Sunday, turning...

Lapid: Netanyahu aiding Hezbollah by criticizing Lebanon maritime deal

Prime Minister Yair Lapid accused opposition leader MK Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday of aiding Hezbollah terror group propaganda efforts with his...

Major Iran university suspends classes after security forces clash with students

TEHRAN, Iran — Classes were suspended and moved online Monday at Iran’s leading technology university in Tehran after clashes erupted...

Jerusalem Haredi phone store destroyed in fire; owner claims foul play

A cellphone store in Jerusalem was gutted by fire overnight Sunday, with the shop’s owner claiming it was a deliberate attack over for his refusal...

Thousands in France march in support of Iranian women

PARIS, France — Thousands of people marched in Paris on Sunday to show their support for Iranian protesters standing up to their leadership over...

Dirty Diamonds: How Israel Helps Russia Fund Its War on Ukraine

Dozens of gold coins discovered in secret cache dating from Muslim conquest

Forty-four pure gold coins were recently found hidden in a wall during excavations at the Banias archaeological site within the Hermon River nature...

The Miami Boys Choir churned out generations of child stars. Where are they now?

The Miami Boys Choir’s first album was released as a vinyl record. The Jewish singing group later moved on to cassettes, then CDs, mp3s, streaming...

Religious students report sexual abuse at twice rate of secular school peers – study

Students who attend religious schools are more than twice as likely to have reported being sexually abused than those in secular public schools,...

IDF: Two Palestinians killed trying to ram troops during West Bank arrest raid

Israeli troops shot two Palestinians dead near Ramallah in the pre-dawn hours of Monday, after they attempted to run over troops during an arrest...

The Real Escalation Is the Destruction of Palestinian Space

The frenetic elections that take place with Italian frequency stands in contrast to the stability of Israeli policy in the West Bank (including...

Iran’s Khamenei accuses US, Israel of engineering ongoing ‘riots’

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Monday’s events as they unfold. The High Court rejects a petition calling to criminally investigate the Likud...

Shadowy Israeli firm claims it ran negative campaign that ousted Berlin soccer boss

A commercial Israeli spy outfit said it helped oust the president of a Berlin soccer team, it was revealed last week, sending shockwaves through...

One of Netanyahu's Most Stunningly Irresponsible Decisions Threatens Israel's Future

“A revolt against the Haredim is coming,” my Israeli cousin yelled into the phone about the ultra-Orthodox community. “Israelis can’t take it...

The future of American Jews on campus

What’s going on at Havard? When I refer to Harvard, it is shorthand for the American campus in general, especially those with the most glittering...

Putin Escalates, Europe Hesitates

How effective are the West’s sanctions on Russia?

The previous three Geoeconomic Briefing series discussed whether Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has aspects of a “new war.” To better understand...

Realizing a free and open Indo-Pacific

TOKYO – The invasion of Ukraine by Russia has drastically changed the global security environment and posed serious challenges to Japan’s...

Seeing and somethingness

An evolutionary approach to consciousness can resolve the ‘hard problem’ – with radical implications for animal sentience - by Nicholas Humphrey...

Daily Briefing Oct. 3: Sex abuse in religious schools and railroad electioneering

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,...

Bank of Israel hikes interest rate to 2.75% to bring inflation within target range

The Bank of Israel delivered another large increase to its benchmark interest rate on Monday, hiking it by another 0.75 points to 2.75 percent, as...

EU’s top diplomat presses Lapid on Palestinians, at opening of Brussels meeting

Prime Minister Yair Lapid and EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell adopted contrasting tones in their remarks at the start of the long-frozen EU-...

Environment minister urges charity instead of ‘kapparot’ for Yom Kippur

The Environmental Protection Ministry on Monday issued a fresh call for religious Jews who practice the “kapparot” ceremony to instead donate...

IDF says shots fired at troops in northern West Bank; no injuries

Gunshots were fired Monday evening at Israeli troops stationed in the northern West Bank, the military said. According to the Israel Defense...

Tom Stoppard’s alt-neu Broadway play ‘Leopoldstadt’ is 140 minutes of shock and awe

NEW YORK — “What did you think of ‘Leopoldstadt’?” I’ve asked everyone I know that has seen Tom Stoppard’s new play. No one ever says...

White House ‘alarmed and appalled’ by Iran’s violent crackdown on student protesters

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE — The United States is “alarmed and appalled” at the crackdown by Iranian authorities on student protesters angered by the...

Tehran 2 – A Riveting Thriller

The second season of Tehran, an Apple TV and Israeli state television co-production, lives up to expectations. Tehran, in its debut season,...

Liberman proposes easy entry for great-grandchildren of Jews, in wake of Ukraine war

Finance Minister and Yisrael Beytenu party chief Avigdor Liberman on Monday proposed easing entry requirements to Israel for residents of the...

German Christmas cookies turn traditional Yom Kippur break-fast treats

THE NOSHER via JTA — When people deny themselves food for an extended period of time they’re usually ravenously hungry and find themselves...

Netanyahu: Lapid is giving away ‘sovereign territory’ to Hezbollah in maritime deal

Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday accused Prime Minister Yair Lapid of bargaining away Israel’s “sovereign territory” in a potential...

Aké tresty pre cestných pirátov? V Dánsku sa s nimi nebabrú

Ak v súčasnosti niekto „nafúka“ do jedného promile, je jeho konanie považované za priestupok. V takomto prípade môže policajt vodičovi...

Israeli Aid to Ukraine –A Source of National Pride

On this eve of Yom Kippur  the  citizens of the State of Israel can take pride in the country’s humanitarian aid to Ukraine. Israel is making...

Questions about Sukkot

Judaism has dozens of meaningful customs and ceremonies, but most people, even Jews, do not know all of them, their origins and their...

Prayer and the perfect storm

Recently, an ally described the first portion of my High Holidays as “the perfect storm.” I write poetry, so I naturally assumed that she was...

Episode 1: Parties are tools but not the essence

If there is one problem that most Argentinians have heard about and dealt with in their everyday lives, that is stability. How many countries have...

All the King’s Games