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Flag-waving protesters lash coalition lawmakers as NY holds annual Israel parade

NEW YORK — Protesters denounced coalition lawmakers who were visiting New York on Sunday for the city’s Celebrate Israel Parade, a major annual...

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Luke Tress

Villain or heroine? New book documents the complex, astonishing life of Ruth Blau

She was born Lucette Ferraille into a Catholic family in northern France in 1920. She was buried in Jerusalem in 2000 as Ruth Blau, a longtime...

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Amy Spiro

After megaphone tussle, Rothman’s wife says she felt ‘assaulted’ by NY hecklers

The wife of Knesset Member Simcha Rothman said Sunday she felt “assaulted” by protesters who confronted the couple in New York City over the...

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Canaan Lidor

Saudi Arabia to sharply slash oil output in bid to pump up prices

VIENNA, Austria (AFP) — Riyadh on Sunday announced a fresh oil output cut following a meeting of major producers aiming to prop up prices despite...

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Kiyoko Metzler

US, British navies come to rescue of ship ‘harassed’ by Iran in Persian Gulf

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The US Navy said Monday its sailors and the United Kingdom Royal Navy came to the aid of a ship in the crucial...

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Jon Gambrell

Russia says large Ukrainian attack in Donetsk thwarted amid counteroffensive threat

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s Defense Ministry announced early Monday its forces had thwarted a large Ukrainian attack in the eastern province...

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Susie Blann

University staff end 2-week strike after wage deal reached with Finance Ministry

An umbrella group representing senior staff at leading universities said Monday that it was ending a labor strike launched two weeks ago after...

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Toi Staff

Palestinian gets two life sentences for murdering Israeli man in 2015 terror attack

A military court handed down two life sentences on Sunday to a Palestinian terrorist who carried out a deadly shooting attack in the West Bank in...

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Emanuel Fabian

Netanyahu’s new media adviser has peddled 2020 US election falsehoods

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recently appointed media adviser has spread 2020 US election fraud conspiracies and charged that US President...

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Toi Staff

Egyptian cop who killed IDF troops is named, said to have griped about border duty

An Egyptian policeman accused of killing three Israeli soldiers in an attack on the border on Saturday morning was named Monday as Mohamed Salah...

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Emanuel Fabian

Australian police reopen probe into Jewish school for allegedly helping Leifer flee

Australian police have reopened an investigation into whether a Jewish girls school in Melbourne helped former principal and convicted sex offender...

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Toi Staff

2 arrested for stabbing 11-year-old on Jerusalem outskirts

Police have arrested two Jerusalem residents for stabbing an 11-year-old boy on the city’s outskirts. The two, ages 18 and 23, are suspected of...

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Netanyahu vows to probe deadly shooting of troops by Egyptian policeman ‘to the end’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to fully investigate the killing of three soldiers in southern Israel by an Egyptian policeman on Saturday,...

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Toi Staff

Biden envoy said to meet Iran’s UN ambassador as West looks to restart nuke contacts

The Biden administration’s special envoy for Iran has reportedly held several recent meetings with the Iranian ambassador to the United Nations,...

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Toi Staff

Making a splash: Cops pull over pickup truck turned into pool

The owner of a pickup truck from the Sharon region will have to explain to a judge why he converted the back of his vehicle into a pool and drove...

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Toi Staff

‘An unimaginable loss’: 3 IDF soldiers killed in Egypt border incident laid to rest

Thousands turned out to pay their final respects Sunday evening to the three IDF soldiers who were killed over the weekend by an Egyptian policeman...

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Coalition members back Rothman after he seizes protester’s megaphone in NYC

Several coalition lawmakers expressed support for Religious Zionism MK Simcha Rothman on Saturday after he was filmed forcefully seizing a...

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Luke Tress

Original Churchill World War II victory letter goes on sale for $200,000

An original letter signed by then-British prime minister Winston Churchill and sent to wellwishers upon the Allied victory in World War II was...

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Michael Horovitz

Likud lawmaker dismisses Justice Ministry’s anti-racism czar

Likud lawmaker David Amsalem, who serves as a minister within the Justice Ministry, reportedly fired the head of the government’s Anti-Racism...

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Michael Horovitz

Israel’s Stratasys gets counterbid offer from another US 3D-printing firm

Israeli 3D-printing firm Stratasys said it had received a counterbid from US rival 3D Systems after entering into a $1.8 billion merger agreement...

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Sharon Wrobel

Rights group demands criminal probe of Gallant and Smotrich over Homesh yeshiva

The Yesh Din organization has written to Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara demanding a criminal investigation of two cabinet ministers regarding...

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Jeremy Sharon

Tens of thousands set to march in Poland against law they say harms democracy

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s largest opposition party is leading a march Sunday meant to mobilize voters against the right-wing government,...

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Vanessa Gera

Rescue work ends for deadly train disaster in India that killed over 300

BALASORE, India (AP) — With rescue work finished, authorities began clearing the mangled wreckage of two passenger trains that derailed in...

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Rafiq Maqbool

Following Haredi boycott, Angel Bakeries apologizes for chairman’s Bnei Brak protest

Following a month-long consumer boycott of Angel Bakeries by many ultra-Orthodox Jews, the chairman of the firm’s board apologized on Sunday for...

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Canaan Lidor

Head of local council bordering Egypt says residents concerned after deadly attacks

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Sunday’s events as they happen. CAIRO — Egypt deployed three tugboats to tow away an oil tanker that had...

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Toi Staff

Daily Briefing June 4: Timeline of how an Egyptian infiltrated Israel to kill 3

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,...

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Toi Staff

Man killed, teenager injured in Ramle shooting as crime wave continues

A shooting in the central city of Ramle on Saturday night left a man dead and a teenager wounded, as a relentless wave of violent crime in Israeli...

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Toi Staff

In sensational upset, Israel downs Brazil 3-2 to reach U-20 World Cup semifinal

In a landmark achievement for Israeli soccer, the national under-20 team upset powerhouse Brazil 3-2 in extra time in the World Cup quarterfinals...

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Michael Bachner

Cyclist killed by concrete-mixer truck in Tel Aviv hit-and-run

A man riding an electric bicycle was killed in a hit-and-run by a concrete-mixer truck in Tel Aviv Sunday, police and medics said. Paramedics...

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Michael Horovitz

Halevi taps general to investigate ‘systemic’ failures in deadly Egypt border attack

Israel Defense Forces chief Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi on Sunday appointed a general to lead an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the...

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Emanuel Fabian

Beit Shemesh teen indicted for rape of toddler, sexual assault of 9-year-old boy

A 17-year-old was indicted on Sunday for allegedly raping a 2-year-old girl and sexually assaulting a 9-year-old in Beit Shemesh. The charges were...

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Michael Horovitz

Israel declassifies file on Nazi who enlisted in the IDF and spied for Egypt

Even by the standards of the Cold War espionage world, Ulrich Schnaft had a rare talent for infiltration. A former Nazi and Waffen-SS fighter, in...

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Toi Staff

Masked settlers from illegal Homesh outpost attack Palestinians in adjacent village

Masked Israeli settlers from the illegal outpost of Homesh attacked homes and residents of the adjacent Palestinian village of Burqa in the...

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Emanuel Fabian

Oil tanker breaks down in Egypt’s Suez Canal, briefly disrupting traffic

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — A tanker transporting crude oil broke down in a single-lane part of Egypt’s Suez Canal on Sunday, briefly disrupting traffic...

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Samy Magdy

Zionist rabbis tap Meir Kahana, reserves commander, as their pick for chief rabbi

A committee of religious Zionist rabbis tapped Meir Kahana, a rabbinical judge in Ashkelon, as the movement’s candidate to serve as the next...

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Canaan Lidor

Man gunned down in Qalansawe as deadly violence claims 89th Arab victim this year

Unidentified individuals shot dead a man in his 30s in Qalansawe, an Arab city near Kfar Saba in central Israel on Sunday evening. Police believe...

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Toi Staff

Heckler dubs DeSantis ‘f**king fascist’; Florida gov. says will win against ‘agenda’

A heckler called Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis a “fucking fascist” while the Republican presidential nominee hopeful spoke about his state’s...

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Michael Horovitz

PM: We expect ‘exhaustive and thorough’ probe by Egypt of deadly border shootings

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said Israel has told Egypt it expects an “exhaustive and thorough” investigation into the killings...

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Alexander Fulbright

Comedy for Koby’s Dan Ahdoot: Why Falafel Phil and overtipping hold the keys to peace

Dan Ahdoot, New York-born son of Iranian Jewish immigrants, was well on his way to becoming a doctor. He had completed all the premed course...

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David Horovitz

At security assessment drill, Netanyahu says IDF ‘can handle any threat on our own’

Israel’s high-level security cabinet convened Sunday night at the military’s main operational command bunker in Tel Aviv to simulate...

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Emanuel Fabian

Anti-overhaul protests enter 22nd week spurred by violent clashes with police

Demonstrations against the government’s judicial overhaul were set to enter their 22nd week on Saturday night spurred by a series of violent...

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Toi Staff

Palestinian nabbed for posing as Arab Israeli to work as armed guard at Holon mall

A Palestinian from the West Bank has been arrested for posing as an Arab Israeli man to work as an armed guard at a mall in Holon. Police said they...

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Toi Staff

Hikers urged to leave Judean Desert as flash flood warning issued, parks closed

The Israel Nature and Parks Authority on Saturday urged hikers to immediately leave the Judean Desert area after a flash flood warning was issued....

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Toi Staff

Senior officer vows nothing to remain ‘unsolved’ in probe of Egypt border shootings

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Saturday’s events as they happen. Several hundred protesters against the judicial overhaul rally near Prime...

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Toi Staff

Andie MacDowell stars in Israeli film about life choices, based on Cameri play

Hollywood star Andie MacDowell doesn’t lose her fabulous head of perfectly graying curls in “My Happy Ending,” a story of cancer and friendship,...

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Jessica Steinberg

One of three soldiers killed in Egypt border attack named as Sgt. Lia Ben Nun, 19

One of three Israeli soldiers killed by an Egyptian policeman in attacks on the border on Saturday morning was named by the Israel Defense Forces...

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Emanuel Fabian

Utah district bans Bible in schools ‘due to vulgarity or violence’

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Good Book is being treated like a bad book in Utah after a parent frustrated by efforts to ban materials from schools...

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Sam Metz

Turkey’s Erdogan takes oath of office, extending two-decade reign

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s longtime leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, took the oath of office on Saturday, ushering in his third presidential...

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Suzan Fraser

Police arrest 3 at ‘illegal’ anti-government protest at Netanyahu’s Caesarea home

Three people were arrested for alleged public disorder and attacking police officers during a protest on Friday night outside the private residence...

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Toi Staff

At least 200 killed, hundreds trapped as passenger trains derail in India

At least 200 people were killed, more than 850 more were injured and many others are feared trapped after a grisly three-train collision late...

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Agencies

Bulgaria’s ambassador to Israel condemned for skipping Holocaust history conference

JTA — Bulgaria’s ambassador to Israel did not attend a conference on Bulgarian Holocaust history last week, in a move that organizers said...

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Toby Axelrod

IDF: Troops killed at border post didn’t return fire after Egyptian officer attacked

The Israeli military on Saturday evening said it believed an Egyptian policeman who killed three soldiers in southern Israel earlier in the day...

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Emanuel Fabian

Selection of new chief rabbis postponed until after municipal elections

The elections for the Chief Rabbinate, which were due to be held in August, have been postponed until after the municipal elections on October 31,...

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Canaan Lidor

Two Israelis hit by gunfire in incident on Egyptian border

At least two Israelis were hit by gunfire in an incident on the Egyptian border on Saturday morning. The incident occurred close to the southern...

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Emanuel Fabian

EU, US ready common code of conduct on artificial intelligence

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — The European Union and the United States said Wednesday that they would soon release a voluntary code of conduct on...

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Marc Preel

Rare seal Yulia spotted on Gaza shores, appears headed to Egypt

An Israeli environmental group said its researchers confirmed Friday that a rare and endangered Mediterranean monk seal — affectionately known as...

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Toi Staff

New York’s Celebrate Israel Parade set to take place under shadow of judicial strife

NEW YORK — New York City’s annual Celebrate Israel Parade was set to take place on Sunday under the shadow of the government’s contentious...

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Luke Tress

Police complaint filed against MK Rothman as he grabs megaphone from NYC protester

Anti-government demonstrators filed harassment charges against Religious Zionism MK Simcha Rothamn early Saturday after he forcefully grabbed a...

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Luke Tress

Cynthia Weil, Grammy winning lyricist, dead at 82

NEW YORK (AP) — Cynthia Weil, a Grammy-winning lyricist of notable range and endurance who enjoyed a decades-long partnership with husband Barry...

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Hillel Italie

Inspired by ‘Hamilton,’ diverse docudrama based on survivor testimony is touring US

A few days after playwright Wendy Kout was asked to create a play about Holocaust survivors, white supremacists took to the streets of...

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Matt Lebovic

How AI could take over elections – and undermine democracy

THE CONVERSATION via AP — Could organizations use artificial intelligence language models such as ChatGPT to induce voters to behave in specific...

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Archon Fung

TikTok star Montana Tucker to emcee DC embassy event for Israel’s 75th anniversary

JTA — TikTok star Montana Tucker, who documented a family trip to Auschwitz last year for her millions of followers, will emcee the Israeli embassy...

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Gabe Friedman

On 22nd week, anti-overhaul protests enjoy bump in turnout amid anger at police

Weekly protests against the government’s intention to overhaul the justice system enjoyed slightly increased turnout Saturday evening over last...

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Michael Bachner

Havoc as wild winds send thick clouds of swirling sand skyward in south, center

Powerful winds kicked blinding clouds of sand and dust into the skies over Israel and the surrounding region Thursday, knocking down trees and...

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Toi Staff

Security cabinet set to meet to discuss threat of multi-front clash with Iran

The security cabinet is set to convene next week to discuss a potential multi-front conflict including Iran and Hezbollah, amid concerns over...

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Toi Staff

Firefighters battle hundreds of blazes as Israel sizzles under blistering heatwave

Israel simmered under a severe heat wave Friday as temperatures topped 38°C (100°F) in most places and high winds whipped up hundreds of fires...

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Toi Staff

With just days to spare, US Senate gives final approval to debt ceiling deal

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fending off a US default, the Senate gave final approval late Thursday to a debt ceiling and budget cuts package, grinding into...

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Lisa Mascaro

Rabbi recounts fear and heroism during deadliest antisemitic attack in US history

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Rabbi Jonathan Perlman took the witness stand Thursday wearing the yarmulke he had on the day a gunman burst into his...

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Peter Smith

US sanctions IRGC member over alleged plot to kill ex-Trump aide Bolton

WASHINGTON (AP) — The US imposed sanctions Thursday on an Iranian Revolutionary Guard official and others it says took part in wide-ranging plots...

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Fatima Hussein

Rally held outside New Jersey synagogue during speech by judicial overhaul architect

Israelis and American Jews protested Thursday in New Jersey outside an event attended by a leading figure in the government’s push to overhaul...

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Toi Staff

Visiting US climate envoy Kerry meets ministers on water, solar projects with Jordan

Energy Minister Israel Katz and Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman on Friday met separately in Jerusalem with John Kerry, the Biden...

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Toi Staff

After backlash, Rogers Waters drops Nazi costume at first show on UK tour

Roger Waters did not sport a costume resembling an SS officer and omitted a controversial comparison between Israel and the Nazis at his Birmingham...

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Toi Staff

Top Biden official flags ‘misreporting’ in Israeli press on Saudi normalization

A senior Biden administration official on Wednesday reproved the “misreporting” in the Israeli press about US efforts to broker a long-sought...

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Jacob Magid

Bill in Congress aims to defund colleges for antisemitism after NY law school speech

NEW YORK — Pressure mounted on New York City’s public college system on Thursday in the wake of a commencement speech that was harshly critical...

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Luke Tress

Shin Bet chief in Washington for talks with US officials fearful of PA collapse

The head of the Shin Bet security agency was in Washington on Thursday for meetings with senior American officials amid growing US concern over the...

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Jacob Magid

In reversal, Arkansas pays Jewish doctor who rebuffed pledge not to boycott Israel

JTA – The state of Arkansas has paid $500 it had promised to a Jewish doctor, after withholding the payment for months because of the doctor’s...

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Andrew Lapin

2 Beit Shemesh teens arrested for ‘cruel and shocking’ rape of toddler

A pair of teenagers were arrested Friday for the suspected rape of a toddler in Beit Shemesh, in a case described as “especially cruel and...

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Michael Horovitz

Lecture on Holocaust in Poland canceled after far-right lawmaker storms podium

(JTA) – Polish-Canadian historian Jan Grabowski was about to deliver a lecture in Warsaw Tuesday related to his battle against efforts by Polish...

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Asaf Elia-Shalev

Overdue or overdone? Two US scholars hope to secure the legacy of ‘Jewish Renewal’

JTA — When Rabbi Arthur Green gave the commencement address last week at the Jewish Theological Seminary, the Conservative flagship where he was...

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Andrew Silow-Carroll

Barcelona mayor who cut ties with Tel Aviv loses reelection bid

MADRID (JTA) — Ada Colau, Barcelona’s left-wing mayor who made headlines for breaking off the city’s long-standing relationship with Tel Aviv,...

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Orge Castellano

Porto Jews decry ‘Soviet-style antisemitism’ as lucrative citizenship vetting probed

PORTO, Portugal — If you’re a Jew considering immigrating, your coreligionists in this coastal city would like you to know that it has a...

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Canaan Lidor

What Matters Now to lobbyist Rachel Gur: Why Israel is so #₪@$! expensive

Welcome to What Matters Now, a weekly podcast exploration into one key issue shaping Israel and the Jewish world — right now. On Sunday, Prime...

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Amanda Borschel-Dan

Ukraine shoots down missiles, Iran-made drones in 6th Russian air assault in 6 days

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian air defenses shot down more than 30 Russian cruise missiles and drones in Moscow’s sixth air attack in six days on...

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Susie Blann

In Tel Aviv concert, Robbie Williams says Israeli fans ‘mean an awful lot to me’

UK pop star Robbie Williams took the stage for his long-awaited show in Tel Aviv’s Yarkon Park on Thursday night, dressed in gold, a slinky scarf...

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Charlie Summers

Champions League finals ref scrutinized for alleged ties to Polish far-right leader

GENEVA (AP) — An anti-racism group called on soccer’s top referee Thursday to distance himself from a far-right politician in Poland, and UEFA...

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Graham Dunbar

Power outages spark heated accusations as grid fails to meet sweltering demand

Hundreds of thousands of homes across Israel lost power Friday as a severe heatwave forced officials managing the nation’s electric grid to...

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Toi Staff

Police arrest Beit Shemesh teen after mob attack on Jerusalem Pride participants

Police on Friday arrested a teen who allegedly assaulted a member of the LGBTQ community in Jerusalem following the city’s heavily secured pride...

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Toi Staff

Casting wary eye on IAEA, Israel fears US laying groundwork for new Iran deal

Signs are pointing in a worrying direction for Israel. A smattering of reports, meetings and announcement appear to indicate that the US is moving...

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Lazar Berman

Switch to greener economy could generate 12,000 jobs, new research says

A potential transition to a circular economy, in which one person’s or company’s waste is another’s resource, could generate 12,000 additional...

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Sue Surkes

Tikvah Fund alumni urge group to cut support for think tank behind judicial overhaul

NEW YORK — Over two dozen alumni of the Tikvah Fund, a conservative US Jewish organization, have urged the group to cut support to the Kohelet...

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Luke Tress

Israel normalization on agenda as Blinken heads to Saudi Arabia next week

WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Riyadh next week, with warming ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia on the agenda...

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Jacob Magid

As Jewish leaders debate community’s future in Europe, their kids are already leaving

All but two of Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs’ seven children have left their native Netherlands, raising their own children in Israel and beyond. This...

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Canaan Lidor

Newly-obtained records detail lead-up to Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide

NEW YORK (AP) — Two weeks before ending his life, Jeffrey Epstein sat in the corner of his Manhattan jail cell with his hands over his ears,...

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Michael R. Sisak

Shaare Zedek hospital opens oncology center designed with healing aesthetic

Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem marked the official opening of its new state-of-the art Helmsley Cancer Center this week. The cancer...

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Renee Ghert-Zand

Alfred Moses sees the Codex Sassoon he bought for over $30 million for the 1st time

JTA — On Wednesday morning, Alfred Moses, 93, sat in a small white armchair at a round wooden table in a Manhattan office building as a historian...

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Jackie Hajdenberg

Daily Briefing June 1: PM kicks coalition issues down the road; Gay Pride in capital

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,...

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Toi Staff

Youth soccer trainer, 72, killed by driver of stolen car fleeing police in Holon

A 72-year-old resident of Holon was killed early Thursday while riding a scooter when he was rammed by a fleeing car thief, the Israel Police said...

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Toi Staff

Russia says it foiled a Ukrainian ‘invasion’ attempt

The Times of Israel is liveblogging Thursday’s events as they happen. Police in the central city of Ramat Gan say that forces opened fire on a...

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Toi Staff

Police arrest woman trying to smuggle over 70 reptiles into Israel

A woman was caught trying to smuggle dozens of snakes and other reptiles into the country, including a dangerous anaconda, one of the largest...

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Toi Staff

Protesters hound ministers as well as policy architect of judicial overhaul

Protesters against the government’s plans for a drastic overhaul of the judiciary held rallies Thursday outside events attended by two government...

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