Times Of Israel
Thu, 27 Jan 2022 09:54:10 +0000Lebanese cafe owner hailed for robbing bank to get his own money
Abdallah Assaii arrested after holding seven bank employees hostage, dousing them in gasoline and threatening to set them on fire unless provided with $50,000 from his account
Thu, 27 Jan 2022 09:39:34 +0000As world commemorates Holocaust, many Israeli survivors rely on charity
With roughly 1 in 3 living in poverty and not enough government help, many are dependent on food donations; pandemic and rising cost of living making the problem worse
Thu, 27 Jan 2022 09:38:47 +0000Data architecture startup Firebolt becomes newest unicorn with $100m investment
Series C funding led by New York investment firm Alkeon Capital values company, founded in 2018, at $1.4 billion
Thu, 27 Jan 2022 09:31:21 +0000‘Shema Yisrael’ pendants uncovered in Poland’s Sobibor death camp
Researchers say one of the amulets was discovered in a building where victims would undress before being led to the gas chambers
Thu, 27 Jan 2022 08:33:27 +0000Exhibit on false identities shows terror of Jews who hid from Nazis in plain sight
Online exhibition by Yad Vashem open from January 27 highlights the accounts of 14 survivors who forged papers, pretending to be non-Jewish to survive the genocide
Thu, 27 Jan 2022 08:26:30 +0000The Two ‘A’ Words: Apartheid and Antisemitism - Sponsored Content
Can meaningful discussion exist when the most extreme positions on each side increasingly define the conversation about Israel? Donniel Hartman, Yossi Klein Halevi and Elana Stein Hain discuss.
Thu, 27 Jan 2022 08:23:40 +0000Democrats seek fast confirmation of new US Supreme Court seat, taking cue from GOP
Majority Leader Schumer, Judiciary Committee Chairman Durbin plan to move fast when Biden makes his pick - whom he's said will be a Black woman - even before Justice Breyer retires
Thu, 27 Jan 2022 08:19:49 +0000Astronomers discover ‘spooky’ pulsing object in space
Researchers theorize mysterious object — located about 4,000 light-years from Earth and possessing an extremely strong magnetic field — could be the remnant of a collapsed star
Thu, 27 Jan 2022 07:55:14 +0000Slovak flying car gets official okay
Country's transport authority issues certificate of airworthiness for Aircar that can fly at 170 km/h and travel 1,000 kilometers -- but needs a 300-meter runway to take off
Thu, 27 Jan 2022 07:55:10 +0000‘Rogan or me’: Neil Young leaves Spotify over antivax podcast
Veteran rock star's music to be removed from streaming service after he protested podcast featuring prominent figure who spreads COVID misinformation
Thu, 27 Jan 2022 07:23:29 +0000ADL offers $5,000 reward for information on antisemitic attack in Crown Heights
NYPD seeks to identify suspect who punched Hasidic man in the face; Anti-Defamation League New York director warns such incidents are becoming normalized
Thu, 27 Jan 2022 07:23:03 +0000Americans’ trust in science significantly polarized during pandemic, poll shows
Survey shows Republicans have less confidence in scientific community and medicine compared to Democrats, with former less likely to be vaccinated
Thu, 27 Jan 2022 07:01:51 +00002 border guards lightly hurt by friendly fire while trying to thwart drug-smuggling
Security forces respond to 9 smuggling attempts in 'one of the most active nights on the Egyptian border in recent memory'
Thu, 27 Jan 2022 06:56:08 +0000With rising antisemitism, yellow star misuse, Holocaust remembrance grows in urgency
Observers say increase in hatred and proliferation of comparisons between public health restrictions and Nazi persecution of Jews point to need for expanding Holocaust awareness
Thu, 27 Jan 2022 06:50:02 +0000Tennessee school board removes iconic Holocaust novel ‘Maus’ from its curriculum
Author Art Spiegelman says decision by McMinn County to bar book from eighth grades, citing 'curse words' and nudity, is 'Orwellian'