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Jessica Steinberg

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Israeli opera star who sings about chocolate heads to Carnegie Hall

Nofar Jacoby, who is bringing her voice to New York’s famed venue, loves using Instagram to put her voice directly in audience’s ears

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Hostages, flamingos and the politics of Jerusalem stone to feature at DocAviv fest

Annual documentary film festival hosted at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque will screen dozens of movies about Israel and the world

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Parents of released hostage Edan Alexander thank Trump and Witkoff, not Netanyahu

Yael and Adi Alexander make statement at Tel Aviv hospital 24 hours after son’s release, urge PM and government to seize opportunity and negotiate...

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New exhibition recreates ex-hostage’s Nova jewelry stand

More than a dozen Israeli artists bring contemporary works to the 07SH10AH23 exhibit in Tel Aviv

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Andalusian Orchestra Ashdod to host jazz pianist, Berber singer and Ethiopian saxophonist

Musicians Omri Mor, Abatte Barihun and Aziz Ozouss to tour Israel in in a month-long concert series.

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Daily Briefing May 7: Day 579 – Trump cuts deal with Houthis, leaving Israel out in cold

US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses latest on Yemeni group, aid plan for Gaza, hostages’ families’ hopes ahead of Trump regional visit and...

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Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood and Dudu Tassa pan censorship after UK shows canceled

Longtime musical collaborators says they were forced to call off concerts due to credible threats on the venues and audiences

06.05.2025 20

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Art fair to take place in little-known Israel Electric compound

Fresh Paint, Israel’s largest art event, to brings visitors to Kremnitzky Technical Center, east of Ayalon Highway

06.05.2025 20

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International Court of Justice throws out Sudan genocide case against UAE

ICJ says it ‘manifestly lacked’ jurisdiction to rule, points to ‘reservation’ stipulated by United Arab Emirates against countries suing each...

06.05.2025 20

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Daily Briefing May 6: Day 578 – Israel strikes Yemen port in response to Houthis’ attacks

ToI founding editor David Horovitz discusses IAF strike on Yemen, reservists’ return to Gaza, debate over Oct. 7 state commission and Steve...

06.05.2025 20

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Hostage’s father struggles to speak again in effort to bring his son home

Tal Kuperstein, recovering from a stroke that followed a serious car accident, is pushing himself to do everything he can to get his captive son Bar...

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‘Eretz Nehederet’ makes poignant remake of Israeli rap song

Satirical sketch show borrows Jimbo J’s new work ‘White Sail’ for a litany of all of Israel’s recent troubles

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Freed hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen sings with Idan Raichel

Kibbutz Nir Oz resident speaks about sense of hope and loss experienced by his community during performance of ‘Children of Life’

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A (fake) tree grows in Tel Aviv’s Museum of Art

‘The Garden’ juxtaposes fake flora and fauna with real trees and vegetation to explore urban nature

01.05.2025 20

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Daily Briefing Apr. 29: Day 571 – Fake news may be muddying hostage talks

US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses negotiations, what’s next in Syria and ,comments from Biden aides; political reporter Sam Sokol reviews latest...

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Daily Briefing Apr. 27: Day 569 – Legal wrangles at ICC, shark attack in Hadera

Legal correspondent Jeremy Sharon discusses latest on war crimes case, and that of Ronen Bar; reporter Sue Surkes reviews Hadera shark attack and...

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Families of ‘Beautiful 6’ murdered hostages organize evening of song, unity

Israelis of all stripes invited to gather in memory of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Almog Sarusi, Or Danino and Alex Lubanov,...

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Former hostages, survivors and the bereaved walk together in March of the Living

Channeling horrors of the Holocaust on the march through Auschwitz, President Herzog says the ‘return of the hostages is a universal human imperative’

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Hostage families join Holocaust survivors ahead of 2nd Auschwitz march since Oct. 7

Former captive Agam Berger and survivors of Oct. 7 onslaught among 8,000 participants who tour Holocaust death camp ahead of Thursday’s annual March...

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Documentary digs up story of Polish village that butchered its Jews after Holocaust ended

It took filmmaker Yoav Potash 10 years to describe the events of once peacefully coexisting Gniewoszów, with the help of residents, survivors and a...

22.04.2025 20

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Award-winning show about comic who was jailed as a teen comes to Netflix

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NBA player, Oct. 7 folk hero to be honored on Independence Day; singer declines

Yardena Arazi, lamenting wartime division, says she won’t join ‘Rachel from Ofakim,’ Deni Avdija, and 10-year-old Israel advocate at...

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Pope makes Easter appearance, deplores rising world antisemitism and deaths in Gaza

Emerging from convalescence, pontiff, who missed most Holy Week events, sits in wheelchair on balcony of St. Peters Basilica as traditional Urbi et...

20.04.2025 20

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Daily Briefing April 20: Day 562 – Hostages’ families in anguish as PM says no deal

Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz discusses Netanyahu’s statement, the progress of US-Iran nuclear talks, and the latest on...

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African artifacts, digital designs and angler art on display in Haifa

Haifa Museum of Art and National Maritime Museum showcase new artists, as well as older works from their own collections

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Daily Briefing Apr. 17: Day 559 – Hostage talks continue as US and Iran keep speaking

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman discusses latest in negotiations led by Ron Dermer, response from Hamas and what the next round of US talks with...

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Hostage’s parents say Witkoff ‘cried’ at video of him, PM didn’t know he was wounded

Parents of Matan Angrest, after meeting with US envoy last week, tell silent protesters Netanyahu ‘isn’t fighting’ for the release of their...

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Daily Briefing Apr. 15: Day 557 – Tariffs, a tech brain drain and manna from Sicily

Tech editor Sharon Wrobel discusses US tariffs and the war’s effect on the tech industry; archaeology reporter Rossella Tercatin reviews the...

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Bernard-Henri Lévy to open Writers Fest, Book Forum in Jerusalem in May

Jerusalem Prize to be awarded to French author Michel Houellebecq, who has written about France becoming Islamic

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‘#Nova’ film, about Oct. 7 atrocities, arrives on Prime Video

The documentary chronicles the Hamas massacre at the desert rave, using footage taken by festival attendees and by the terrorists themselves

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Fifth season of ‘Fauda’ to star award-winning French actress

Mélanie Laurent will appear in Israeli drama’s upcoming season, set to premiere in early 2026

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Ex-hostage Agam Berger will perform at Auschwitz during March of the Living

Former captives and their families, alongside relatives of current hostages and Oct. 7 victims, set to join 80 Holocaust survivors, marking 80 years...

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Daily Briefing Apr. 10: Day 552 – US pushes Iran diplomacy, with a military threat

Times of Israel editor David Horovitz on upcoming nuclear talks, Trump’s thoughts on hostages and Hamas, and IAF reservists who say prioritize the...

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This Passover, count butterflies or see portraits of northerners who are finally back home

Ideas of places to go during the springtime holiday, with plenty that’s free and open to the public

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Released hostage Agam Berger joins orchestra that once played for her release

Freed captive and violinist plays in Jerusalem with the Lu Yehi Orchestra, an intergenerational, multicultural team of professional and amateur...

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What Matters Now to hostage mom Idit Ohel: Let our captives go!

Son Alon Ohel has shrapnel in his eye but endures with other fellow captives. Now, ahead of Passover, Idit says the entire Jewish nation must...

09.04.2025 10

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Daily Briefing Apr. 8: Day 550 – Surprises for prime minister during DC trip

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman reviews Netanyahu’s carefully planned visit to Hungary and his last-minute journey to the US for a meeting...

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Germany’s likely last Holocaust convict Irmgard Furchner dies at 99

The former Nazi secretary was handed a two-year suspended sentence in 2022 for complicity in the murder of more than 10,000 people at Stutthof camp in...

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Fashion exhibit looks at design as symbol of hope during World War II

Holon Design Museum launches ‘Heroines,’ a look at World War Two-era designers who leaned on fashion, as well as Holocaust items

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New graphic novel focuses on fictional kids who lost fathers on October 7

‘Echoes of October’ has 4 child narrators, from Tel Aviv, Gaza City, Toronto and Daliyat al-Karmel, each tell tragic story from onslaught; most...

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Be’eri artist and gallery director finds clarity in temporary home, art and family

Sofie Berzon Mackie fled her kibbutz on Oct. 7 as terrorists torched the community’s art space. She spent months living in a hotel room and hopes to...

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Hostages’ families yearn and mourn in new Passover Haggadahs

‘I have to hold onto something that gives me hope,’ says hostage Nimrod Cohen’s mother, who illustrated a children’s Haggadah

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Daily Briefing Apr. 2: Day 544 – Ex-hostages speak their minds about IDF in Gaza

US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses comments made by Amit Soussana, Yarden Bibas and others on national platforms, and the growing number of...

02.04.2025 10

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Yemen’s Houthis claim they downed another American drone as US strikes pound country

Trump promises ‘real pain’ for Iran-backed rebels, who say they used a ‘locally manufactured missile’ to shoot down 16th, $30-million MQ-9...

01.04.2025 10

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Artist calls for salvation in show at Bat Yam museum

Ester Schneider salvages furniture legs and arms to create tabernacles and a sukkah in her solo exhibit, ‘Hoshana’

01.04.2025 10

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Daily Briefing Mar. 31: Day 542 – IDF tells Gazans to leave Rafah, Trump threatens Iran

Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz discusses Gaza, Iran and the rise in rhetoric, as reporter Sue Surkes describes challenges facing...

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Daily Briefing Mar. 29: Day 540 – Jonathan Dekel-Chen: US feels like hostages’ only beacon

Father of released hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen reflects on his son’s sense of rebirth, the struggle to bring him home, and the continuing sense of...

29.03.2025 10

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What Matters Now to Jonathan Dekel-Chen: US feels like the hostages’ only beacon

Father of released hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen reflects on his son’s sense of rebirth, the struggle to bring him home, and the continuing sense of...

29.03.2025 30

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Album of raps composed by Oct. 7 hero, Aner Shapiro, released by family

Clip of ‘Headstart’ features Aner’s best friend, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, singing the song in the car

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Daily Briefing Mar. 27: Day 538 – Knesset passes judicial selection law, what now?

Times of Israel editor David Horovitz discusses the details and effects of the judicial appointments process law, the protests that aimed to stop it;...

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