Times Of Israel
Wed, 27 Apr 2022 08:53:12 +0000Free after 993 days of detention, US lawyer vows to continue fighting Chevron
Steven Donziger says it's time to force the oil giant to pay a court-ordered $9.5 billion for rainforest oil pollution. Chevron: The judgement was 'fraudulent'
Wed, 27 Apr 2022 08:35:09 +0000Liberman promises ‘dramatic’ initiatives to stem rising housing prices
Finance minister expected to announce new plans next month to address housing crisis more holistically
Wed, 27 Apr 2022 07:55:24 +0000New US Armed Forces rules forbid soldiers from non-official travel to Israel, region
2021 updates to CENTCOM regulations regarding vacation travel prevent participation in Birthright, holidays in Israel; spokeswoman insists changes entirely COVID-related
Wed, 27 Apr 2022 07:41:56 +0000Josh Shapiro launches ads in Pennsylvania governor’s race by touting Shabbat values
In TV commercial, attorney general says he places importance on spending Friday night dinners at home because 'family and faith ground me'
Wed, 27 Apr 2022 07:25:17 +0000Education minister unveils matriculation reform, riling teachers
Changes will bring new style of study and testing for history, literature, civics, and biblical studies; minister says change needed to match modern world
Wed, 27 Apr 2022 05:57:48 +0000Ahead of annual memorial day, 161,400 Holocaust survivors living in Israel
Average age is 85.5, with over 1,000 over age 100; social equality minister notes urgency in providing assistance as some 40 survivors die each day
Wed, 27 Apr 2022 05:48:49 +0000Palestinian killed in gunfight with Israeli troops in Jenin
Troops detain 5 suspects in West Bank city area and raid home of terrorist who killed 3 in Tel Aviv shooting; Palestinian media reports Ahmad Massad, 20, killed
Wed, 27 Apr 2022 03:14:44 +0000Netflix picks up Ottoman-era Israeli drama ‘Beauty Queen of Jerusalem’
First ten episodes drop May 20, with star Michael Aloni dubbing own character into English for international audience
Wed, 27 Apr 2022 02:48:21 +0000Ben Foster pulls no punches playing Holocaust-survivor-turned-boxer in HBO movie
Led by Oscar-winning director Barry Levinson, film debuts on April 27 and charts Harry Haft's life after WWII, as he resettles in a Brooklyn Jewish community suffused with loss
Wed, 27 Apr 2022 02:44:07 +0000Admission tickets among changes for Lag B’Omer at Mt. Meron, a year after disaster
Worshipers at annual festival will be transported from nearby parking lot on shuttles, given limited time at holy site, and only one bonfire will be allowed
Wed, 27 Apr 2022 02:01:56 +0000The lost Jews of Nigeria
Thousands in Nigeria have taken up Judaism in recent decades, despite no history of the religion in the country, The Guardian reports
Wed, 27 Apr 2022 01:48:13 +0000Austria shutters compensation fund for Nazi era victims
Program set up in 2001 has 'completed its tasks' after dispensing $215 million to restitute plundered property acquired after WWII
Wed, 27 Apr 2022 01:07:08 +0000What Elon Musk buying Twitter could mean for Jewish users and antisemitism
The billionaire's plans for the social network are murky, but his support for unfettered free speech is causing worries that hate will run rampant on the platform
Tue, 26 Apr 2022 23:54:13 +0000White House says Iran is ‘a few weeks or less’ from bomb breakout
'It definitely worries us': US blames Trump administration for Iran's nuclear development, urges diplomatic solution, as talks remain stalled
Tue, 26 Apr 2022 22:38:50 +0000Syria says 4 soldiers killed, 3 hurt in Israeli strike near Damascus
Attack would be the 3rd in Russia-dominated airspace in under a month despite tensions over Ukraine; state media says surface-to-surface missiles launched from northern Israel