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Community leaders honored in inaugural Women of Iron awards

Eighteen women celebrated at event that also was tribute to late photographer Laura Ben-David

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Jessica Steinberg

Daily Briefing Jan. 4: Day 821 – Will Spain’s Israel boycott set precedent for other countries?

Diaspora Affairs reporter Zev Stub discusses Spanish embargo and Israeli immigration stats; reporter Diana Bletter reviews life in Kiryat Shmona and...

yesterday 30

Jessica Steinberg

Tel Aviv exhibit joins Jewish concepts to role-playing games

‘Roll of Destiny’ is the latest on display at Neve Schechter Gallery, with six original games employing Jewish ideas

friday 10

Jessica Steinberg

HBO Max streaming to launch in Israel this month

The Warner Bros. Discovery service arrives as company signs acquisition deal with Netflix

01.01.2026 60

Jessica Steinberg

Daily Briefing Jan. 1: Day 818 – Coalition, Haredim and judiciary on massive collision course

Political reporters Sam Sokol and Ariela Karmel discuss government clash with High Court over ultra-Orthodox school funding, finance minister’s...

01.01.2026 50

Jessica Steinberg

Daily Briefing Dec. 28: Day 814 – Will $35 billion gas deal with Egypt hike electricity costs?

Tech editor Sharon Wrobel reports on natural gas agreement; archaeology reporter Rossella Tercatin discusses ancient Holy Land trinkets and...

28.12.2025 50

Jessica Steinberg

Nominees reverse decision to boycott culture minister’s alternate film awards

8 film professionals had refused to participate in new ceremony until producer Moshe Edery promised to work with Culture Minister Miki Zohar to...

28.12.2025 60

Jessica Steinberg

Exhibit brings visitors back to Tel Aviv’s Shalom Meir Tower

Pop-up event fills empty office high-rise’s raw, industrial space

28.12.2025 50

Jessica Steinberg

Hundreds join Ran Gvili’s family to demand return of last hostage: ‘We don’t forget’

Slain police officer’s mother Talik says he’s being ‘abandoned,’ urges no progress in ceasefire until his return; weekly...

26.12.2025 20

Jessica Steinberg

Daily Briefing Dec. 25: Day 811 – Initial Knesset vote on contentious Oct. 7 probe bill sparks anger

Political reporters Ariela Karmel, Sam Sokol discuss planned Oct. 7 inquiry, Haredi ire over civil marriage vote, PM loyalist on Qatargate, and...

25.12.2025 40

Jessica Steinberg

Israeli director sees Oct. 7 drama ‘Stay Forte’ as his personal war against Hamas

Doron Eran says his fictionalized film about hostages Yotam Haim, Alon Shamriz and Samar Talalka, accidentally killed by the IDF, is his way of...

25.12.2025 60

Jessica Steinberg

Concert of former captive Alon Ohel sells out in hours

Pianist’s one-night show features him with headliner Israeli musicians

24.12.2025 40

Jessica Steinberg

Shiri Bibas’s sister lights parents’ menorah on reserve duty in Gaza

Dana Silberman Sitton, whose parents, sister and young nephews were killed by Gazan terrorists on and after October 7, looks for the light on Hanukkah

23.12.2025 50

Jessica Steinberg

Nazareth’s classical Christmas concerts return home

Polyphony’s Liturgical Festival brings together musical performances by Arabs and Jews

18.12.2025 40

Jessica Steinberg

Adeena Sussman: Latke frying helps cooks cope with life’s complexities

The cookbook author and celebrity chef discusses her latest book, ‘Zariz,’ optional toppings for a streamlined sheet pan latke board, and...

15.12.2025 80

Jessica Steinberg

Daily Briefing Dec. 14: Day 800 – Ceasefire tensions escalate after top Hamas commander is killed

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman discusses phase 2 of Gaza truce, latest on Lebanon; reporter Sue Surkes reviews a desalination channel to the...

14.12.2025 40

Jessica Steinberg

Father of last hostage Ran Gvili: ‘Hard for me to accept condolences until I see his body’

‘He didn’t think twice, he went and fought,’ says Itzik Gvili as family holds Kabbalat Shabbat gathering in Hostages Square; father of...

12.12.2025 30

Jessica Steinberg

Harrowing footage shows 6 hostages lighting Hanukkah candles 8 months before execution

Families of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Almog Sarusi, Ori Danino, and Alex Lobanov approve release of videos filmed by Hamas...

12.12.2025 100

Jessica Steinberg

Daily Briefing Dec. 11: Day 797 — Final Columbia antisemitism report reveals classroom aggressions

NY correspondent Luke Tress discusses the final task force report on the campus that spawned student encampments during the Hamas war, and...

11.12.2025 30

Jessica Steinberg

Movies on non-Zionist ‘Maus’ creator among diverse features in capital’s Hanukkah film fest

Jerusalem Cinematheque’s annual Jewish Film Festival, running Dec. 13-18, captures Jews’ varied voices, including two docus on Art...

11.12.2025 20

Jessica Steinberg

Daily Briefing Dec. 10: Day 796 – Knesset debate on Haredi draft bares PM’s closed-door efforts to pass bill

Deputy diplomatic reporter Nava Freiberg on PM’s upcoming US trip and his defense of Israel’s global standing; political correspondent...

10.12.2025 30

Jessica Steinberg

Spurning Ophir Awards, government announces alternate film awards ‘to tell our story’

Culture Minister Miki Zohar sets state-run ceremony for December 30, in response to Israeli Academy of Film giving its top prize to ‘The...

10.12.2025 40

Jessica Steinberg

‘One of ours’: Officials bid farewell to Sudthisak Rinthalak as his body flown home

Israeli and Thai ambassadors pay tribute to agricultural worker who was killed on Oct. 7 and whose body was taken to Gaza, as his remains are finally...

09.12.2025 10

Jessica Steinberg

Holocaust film ‘Among Neighbors’ causes uproar in Poland’s political right

Yoav Potash’s award-winning documentary about murderous Poles in the post-war period stirs nationalist outrage

08.12.2025 30

Jessica Steinberg

Celebrated Israeli painter’s grandchildren get their turn at the easel in Eilat exhibit

Curator Céline Avrahami’s ‘Face to Face’ brings photographs by Michal Rubin and paintings by Gidi Rubin, descendants of artist...

07.12.2025 60

Jessica Steinberg

Iran files charges against marathon organizers after women runners flout hijab law

Hundreds of women seen without veil running at Kish island’s race as Tehran tries to crack down on increasingly ignored modesty laws;...

06.12.2025 70

Jessica Steinberg

Major Saturday night events transition from hostage rallies to anti-government protests

At Friday evening event to welcome Shabbat, family of last remaining hostage Ran Gvili insists that Israel refuse to move ahead with the Gaza peace...

06.12.2025 50

Jessica Steinberg

Daily Briefing Dec. 7: Day 790 – Israel and Lebanon hold rare direct talks as conflict brews

US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses talks in Naqoura, PM’s remarks about hilltop youth, and last-minute cancellation of sanctions on...

04.12.2025 50

Jessica Steinberg

Father of hostage Sudthisak Rinthalak: ‘I always worry about him, I pray for him’

Family says it wants to bring his body home to Thailand to be buried with traditional ceremony; brother says he feels guilty for encouraging him to...

03.12.2025 80

Jessica Steinberg

Medical aid group urges countries to take in tens of thousands of Gazan patients

Doctors Without Borders says current intake is ‘drop in ocean,’ pace of evacuations has slowed in recent months despite ceasefire; warns...

03.12.2025 70

Jessica Steinberg

Kibbutz Bar’am curator returns to local museum amid tense calm on northern border

Avi Ifergan opens three new exhibits at the Bar-David Art and Judaica Museum, anticipating visitors to the collective community on the Lebanese border...

03.12.2025 50

Jessica Steinberg

Daily Briefing Dec. 2: Day 788 – PM invited to White House for unprecedented fifth time

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman on a potential Netanyahu-Trump meeting in DC, where discussions will presumably focus on stalled Gaza ceasefire...

02.12.2025 30

Jessica Steinberg

‘Tehran’ lead Niv Sultan stars in whodunnit about COVID hotel murder

Seven-episode contemporary drama set at Dead Sea reimagines classic Agatha Christie mystery

02.12.2025 40

Jessica Steinberg

Inaugural TV summit brings ‘Mad Men’ creator Matthew Weiner to Jerusalem

Jerusalem Sessions aims to create collaborative efforts during three-day meetup of Israeli and international television professionals

02.12.2025 50

Jessica Steinberg

Weekly hostage support rallies in Tel Aviv to end, family of slain captive says

Ran Gvili’s family announces Friday afternoon ‘Kabbalat Shabbat’ events instead, as it ‘adjusts to new reality’ of only...

02.12.2025 20

Jessica Steinberg

Dror Or of Kibbutz Be’eri, beloved father and cheesemaker, buried alongside his wife

Family eulogizes couple as ‘people of freedom and light, of spirit and creativity,’ assails political leadership for evading...

30.11.2025 30

Jessica Steinberg

Freed hostage Yosef-Haim Ohana heads home from rehab, 6 weeks after release from Gaza

Surviving captive greeted by cheering students and drummers, says he dreamed of home in the two years he was held by terrorists

30.11.2025 60

Jessica Steinberg

Father of Ran Gvili, one of two remaining hostages, to speak at possible final Tel Aviv rally

Hostages forum indicates Saturday event may be last as it narrows activities to support 2 families, says rallies don’t serve current situation...

29.11.2025 100

Jessica Steinberg

Daily Briefing Nov. 27: Day 783 – US mulls Muslim Brotherhood sanctions, excludes allies Turkey, Qatar

US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses Trump’s executive order examining the Islamist group in some Arab countries, GHF closing shop, start of...

27.11.2025 40

Jessica Steinberg

Fashion designer Elie Tahari outfits injured IDF servicewomen

Brand cofounded by Israeli-American hosts several female Israeli troops at Miami fashion show, including soldier shot 12 times: ‘An extension of...

26.11.2025 50

Jessica Steinberg

‘Everything is soaked’: Rain floods Gaza tents, amid efforts to ramp up aid

Displaced Palestinians say Hamas indifferent as 13,000 tents damaged, cesspits overflowing; UN says Israeli restrictions on shelter supplies hampering...

25.11.2025 30

Jessica Steinberg

Israeli orchestra accused of robbing Arab heritage with release of Umm Kulthum video

Firqat Alnoor, featuring both Jewish and Arab musicians, plays late Egyptian icon’s song to mark 50th anniversary of her death

25.11.2025 10

Jessica Steinberg

Berlin art exhibit in former Nazi bunker explores Jewish experience after October 7

Works by ‘Maus’ cartoonist Art Spiegelman, ousted Putin apparatchik-turned-gallerist Marat Gelman and others take aim at labels pushed on...

24.11.2025 40

Jessica Steinberg

Daily Briefing Nov. 24: Day 780 – After killing of Hezbollah #2, IDF preps for retaliation

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on Hezbollah’s military chief Haytham Ali Tabatabai, rise in Hamas terrorists over the ‘Yellow...

24.11.2025 40

Jessica Steinberg

Hostages Forum to shut offices; volunteers and funds made available to last 3 families

With ceasefire in place, official says families will decide on next steps; sister of remaining captive says she understands: ‘You can’t...

23.11.2025 60

Jessica Steinberg

Daily Briefing Nov. 23: Day 779 – Hamas wants the ceasefire, but doesn’t want to disarm

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman discusses terrorist officials’ visit to Cairo and his own visit to the US CMCC center in Kiryat Gat, and...

23.11.2025 50

Jessica Steinberg

‘We’re ready for him to come home,’ says sister of deceased hostage Ran Gvili

Shira Gvili says the wait for the body of her brother, a police officer and one of the final three slain hostages held in Gaza, feels interminable

23.11.2025 60

Jessica Steinberg

Rosalia’s new album soars with Hebrew verses and sacred imagery

Songs in ‘Lux’ include verses in 13 different languages, delve into female saints and how they’re seen in different cultures

22.11.2025 60

Jessica Steinberg

Daily Briefing Nov. 20: Day 776 – Court butts heads with coalition on Oct. 7 probe, draft dodgers

Tol editor David Horovitz discusses the justices taking the government to task for not setting up a state commission of inquiry, and for failing to...

20.11.2025 50

Jessica Steinberg

‘Now I’ve got the mic’: Kevin Spacey’s song-and-dance comeback gets warm Tel Aviv welcome

Actor repeatedly refers to last eight years of his life, after he was accused by dozens of sexual misconduct, during show that looks back on his...

20.11.2025 60

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Community leaders honored in inaugural Women of Iron awards

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