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Israel Police probing Leumi US money laundering affair - Globes, 37 minutes ago
Police arrest 2 white supremacists involved in Charlottesville violence - The Times of Israel, 44 minutes ago
Lebanon’s army declares pause in fighting against Islamic State - The Times of Israel, 2 hours ago
The ‘chosen’ Anzacs: Australia’s distinguished fighting Jews gain new recognition - The Times of Israel, 2 hours ago
After more than a week, Tel Aviv train stations reopen - The Times of Israel, 2 hours ago
Israelis log out of high-tech jobs for a life offline - The Times of Israel, 4 hours ago
Critics: Trump pardon is another affront against judiciary - The Times of Israel, 5 hours ago
Trump asked AG about dropping Arpaio charges – report - The Times of Israel, 5 hours ago
Some Jews are paying upwards of $500 for an Italian etrog this year - The Times of Israel, 6 hours ago
As Trump struggles, some Republicans talking 2020 challenge - The Times of Israel, 7 hours ago
For one night only: Gaza’s first proper cinema screening in three decades - The Guardian, 7 hours ago
Young Girl Is Sole Survivor After Airstrike Topples Her Yemen Home - NY Times, 7 hours ago
Palestinian killed, 7 injured in West Bank car crash - The Times of Israel, 8 hours ago
One dead in Texas as Harvey wreaks havoc - The Times of Israel, 9 hours ago
120 Herzls gather in Herzliya - The Times of Israel, 10 hours ago
As ‘Death to America’ Chants Lose Power, Iran Retools Propaganda With Rap Videos - NY Times, 11 hours ago
Islamic State claims Brussels stabbing attack - The Times of Israel, 11 hours ago
US denies Kushner’s team told Abbas a settlement freeze would topple Netanyahu - The Times of Israel, 12 hours ago
PA shelves plan to fire 6,000 Gaza civil servants - The Times of Israel, 13 hours ago
For U.S.’s Mideast Negotiators, Keeping the Palestinians Involved Is a Victory - NY Times, 18 hours ago

Australian, British and American soldiers and sailors raise their cups at a Passover Seder at the YMCA’s Jewish Hut, April 1919. (Courtesy)

The ‘chosen’ Anzacs: Australia’s distinguished fighting Jews gain new recognition

A new book by Mark Dapin chronicles the Outback’s rich history of Hebrew heroes — including the only Jewish military commander-in-chief outside of Israel

By Rich Tenorio

Police arrest 2 white supremacists involved in Charlottesville violence

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a third far-right protester, a Puerto Rican who said he attended the rally because he despises leftists

By Times of Israel staff and AP

In this Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017 photo, DeAndre Harris, bottom is assaulted in a parking garage beside the Charlottesville police station after a white nationalist rally was disbursed by police, in Charlottesville, Va. (Zach D. Roberts via AP)

Right-wing groups cancel San Francisco Bay Area weekend rallies

By Janie Har

Gary Cohn at the entrance of the West Wing of the White House, June 9, 2017. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/JTA)

Top Jewish aide: Trump team ‘must do better’ after Virginia

By AFP

Sebastian Gorka, center, at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md., Feb. 24, 2017. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Controversial Trump aide Gorka ‘fired’

By AFP and Times of Israel staff

Top Ops

My fellow Muslims, look in the mirror

Maajid Nawaz calls his anti-Israel co-religionists “totally self-unaware cry-bullies in the school playground”

By the way, Hallel has Down Syndrome

Gaby Shine Markowitz says her daughter has taught her that difference is wonderful and acceptance makes the world a better place

Weekly Parsha

The consent of the governed

Jonathan Sacks says the Torah is systematically skeptical about politics, for ideally, God alone would rule, but this is reality (Shofetim)

Yair Lapid and me

Dov Lipman says if you only knew the Yesh Atid head like he knows the Yesh Atid head…well, now is your chance

Trump a hero of Jewish history?

Nathan Lewin says the president can transform his legacy by using his exclusive power to change US policy on Jerusalem's statu

Strip-searching WoW — really?!

Micah Streiffer says this effort to prevent the Women of the Wall from bringing a Torah to the Kotel subverts the Torah’s own value of justice

The straw that made me join a synagogue

Katie Colt says there were plenty of reasons to do it sooner — Charlottesville pushed her to finally take the plunge

Even in a total eclipse there’s light

Peter Geffen says President Trump has made clear that we are in an ultimate battle of contending ideas

When should the Jews leave Europe?

Ari Afilalo says the anti-Semitism facing France’s most vulnerable Jews isn’t state-sanctioned, but it’s still time for them to get out

Right sentiment, wrong star, Billy Joel

Aliza Lipkin says the yellow star was a forced badge of shame, but in a world with the State of Israel, no Jew is a helpless victim

Jerusalem: A library-poor city

Julie Rosenzweig wants to know why the capital city of the People of the Book has few options for kids to take summer refuge in the stacks

Critics: Trump pardon is another affront against judiciary

US president’s decision to let Joe Arpaio off the hook is met with sharp rebuke, including from some fellow Republicans

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE

This file photo taken on January 25, 2016, shows Sheriff Joe Arpaio listening as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to the press prior to a rally in Marshalltown, Iowa. (AFP/Getty Images North America/Scott Olson)

After more than a week, Tel Aviv train stations reopen

The shutdown of three main stations for construction for the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv express line causes massive traffic delays in the area

By Times of Israel staff

An Israel Railways train passes the Ayalon Highway, near the Arlozorov Street 'Central' train station in Tel Aviv, August 23, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

One dead in Texas as Harvey wreaks havoc

‘Catastrophic’ flooding expected; National Weather Service warns storm-hit areas may be ‘uninhabitable for weeks or months’

By Mark RALSTON and Katie Schubauer

People look out from a seawall to the Gulf of Mexico as the effects of Hurricane Henry are seen August 26, 2017 in Galveston, Texas (AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski)

Lebanon’s army declares pause in fighting against Islamic State

Lebanese military stops offensive in order to negotiate for troops held by IS; Hezbollah also announces halt to combat

By AFP

Lebanese soldiers sit a top an armored personnel carrier in the eastern town of Ras Baalbek on August 21, 2017, after returning from fighting against Islamic State. (AFP Photo/Stringer)

Moshe Lazar, right, explaining to a visitor at an etrog orchard in Calabria in 2015 about how to pick kosher fruit. (Esrogim.info/via JTA)

'We’re worried that even at this high price we won’t be able to get one this holiday'

Some Jews are paying upwards of $500 for an Italian etrog this year

A frost has led to a severe shortage, causing Chabad hasidim to pony up a pretty penny for the coveted holiday citrons

By Cnaan Liphshiz

2,000 turn out as protests against Netanyahu resume near AG’s home

High Court had limited weekly protest calling for PM’s indictment for corruption to 500 demonstrators; Likud coalition chief slams ‘gross violation of court ruling’

By Alexander Fulbright

Menny Naftali center, and Eldad Yaniv, far right, main organizers of a weekly protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, are seen in front of the home of Israel's attorney general Avichai Mandelblit in Petah Tikva. Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

US denies Kushner’s team told Abbas a settlement freeze would topple Netanyahu

Senior White House official says al-Hayat report is ‘nonsense’ and that such comments ‘were never made’

By Eric Cortellessa

US presidential adviser Jared Kushner meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on June 21, 2017 (PA press office)

Toddler killed by falling ladder in southern Israel

18-month-old girl was playing next to a stable in Segev Shalom

By Times of Israel staff

Best hotels in Jerusalem for 2017

Summer travels From historic buildings to cutting-edge high-tech, no other city represents Israel’s diversity better than Jerusalem. As the summer heats up, here are The Times of Israel’s recommendations for best hotels, hostels and guesthouses

By Times of Israel staff

A general view shows the Dome of the Rock at the Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, January 13, 2017. (Thomas Coex/AFP)

Tales of the Times

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Dream team

120 Herzls gather in Herzliya
A cover up

Chador in, hijab out: Iran VP’s change draws criticism
Toilet humor

Conan O’Brien shows off his bathroom Hebrew
A dry vintage

Extreme weather slashes French wine output by a fifth
Zero to hero

Gal Gadot opens up about ‘sheltered’ Israeli upbringing
The whole 'tesha' yards

Incoming college football player tackles Hebrew
99 problems but Jews ain't one

Jay-Z defends ‘anti-Semitic’ lyric as gross generalization
Comedians in cars getting contracts

Netflix sets Seinfeld airing of special for September 19
#stoptweeting

Ex-CIA agent wants to buy Twitter to boot Trump
Fascionista

Prada subsidiary drops clothing line featuring yellow stars
No Lee-way

ESPN announcer Robert Lee pulled off Virginia game
Dirty dancing

Saudi police detain boy for dancing the Macarena
Money vs monster

Clooneys donate $1m to combat hate groups
Holocaust tweet denial

Peter Beinart mocked for tweet on daughter’s fear
Dressing down the haters

Mnuchin’s wife touts fashion labels, slams critic
Orange is the new crack

German cops seize thousands of Trump-shaped ecstasy pills
Crying foul

Tiger Ian Kinsler gets big-league fine for ump trash talking
Bright eyes

Bonnie Tyler to ‘Goatality’: the Great American Eclipse
What a view

‘Don’t look!’ shouts staffer, as Trump gazes at eclipse
Tower of silence

Big Ben bell falls silent for repairs

Israel & The Region

Diplomacy, defense, politics, Middle East affairs

Controversial Trump aide Gorka ‘fired’

Official says deputy assistant to president accused of ties to far-right groups did not resign, but was rather relieved of his White House duties

By AFP and Times of Israel staff

Upset with Trump’s response, Jewish economic aide mulled quitting after Virginia

By Jonathan Lemire and Catherine Lucey

Right-wing groups cancel San Francisco Bay Area weekend rallies

By Janie Har

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks during the news briefing at the White House in Washington, Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Mnuchin: I would never quit over Trump and Charlottesville

By Eric Cortellessa and Agencies

PA shelves plan to fire 6,000 Gaza civil servants

Move had raised fears of a collapse of the Strip’s health and education services

By AFP

Thousands march against terror in Barcelona

Spain’s king joins those who tended the victims in the deadly attack in leading mass gathering under the slogan, ‘I’m not afraid’

By Anna Cuenca

Israeli envoy says UN must address Hezbollah ‘weapons buildup’

Echoing Nikki Haley, Danny Danon says UN peacekeeping force is ‘blind’ to arms violations by terror group in southern Lebanon

By Times of Israel staff and AFP

Israeli doctors return smiles to African children’s faces

Rambam Medical Center surgeons join US mission to correct facial deformities of Ghanaese children

By Times of Israel staff

Buckingham Palace attacker had ‘4-foot sword,’ shouted ‘Allahu akbar’

Police say three unarmed officers were injured in London attack; 26-year-old assailant arrested under UK Terrorism Act

By AFP

Death of Gazan boy puts spotlight on polluted water

Amid ongoing power crisis and blistering summer heat, Strip residents continue to swim in a sewage-infested sea to cool down

By Adel Zaanoun

Palestinian girl killed after being struck by car in West Bank

Police said to detain Israeli driver for questioning after 5-year-old hit in Jordan Valley

By Times of Israel staff

Hebrew Media Review

Fri, Aug 25, 3:32 PM

Jared who?

Confidence in US peace efforts seems at an all-time low, with papers giving Kushner’s visit muted coverage and focusing instead on bad Trump, bad rules, bad schools and bad summer vacation

By Joshua Davidovich

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Jewish Times

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'The Ritchie Boys were interrogating German prisoners, turning the tables'

They fled the Nazis for the US, then served their new country to take down Hitler

In his new book, Bruce Henderson talks about the German-speaking Jewish soldiers who escaped WWII Europe, only to go back in uniform to collect intelligence

By Rich Tenorio

AJC slams ‘shameful’ Trump pardon for ex-sheriff Joe Arpaio

Widespread condemnation as US president gives clemency to a man who became a symbol of racial profiling

By Times of Israel staff and AFP

Radical Jamaican cleric indicted in US on terror charge

Sheikh Abdullah el-Faisal has advocated war with Jews, use of chemical weapons to exterminate unbelievers

By Karen Matthews

US Muslims want to increase mosque security, are turning to Jews for help

Cooperation between two communities grows, focusing on how to prevent attacks and handle hate crimes

By Ben Sales

Frankfurt advances bill barring BDS from municipal venues

Mayor Uwe Becker accuses Israel boycott movement of being ‘deeply anti-Semitic,’ using rhetoric reminiscent of Nazis

By JTA

Iconic San Francisco synagogue is no longer ‘just’ for LGBT Jews

With increased gay rights in the US, the new challenge for ‘queer havens’ is getting members of all stripes into the pews

By Rob Gloster

Swastika drawn on NY church that shares space with synagogue

Nazi symbol scrawled under banner with ‘hate has no home here’ written on it in multiple languages, including Hebrew

By JTA

'We're obeying God's commandments'

Christians who celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur a growing trend

Some congregations maintain some of Jesus’s Jewish traditions by following the holiday schedule set out in the Old Testament

By Ben Sales

A glimpse at one of the city's underrepresented communities

Take a walk through Sephardic Montreal’s 70-year history on a new urban tour

Visitors to the Museum of Jewish Montreal can see a glorious — and sometimes troubled — side of the city’s Jewish past like never before

By Julie Masis

'I work on total faith and confidence'

The non-Jewish mezuzah master whose custom cases are affixed to door posts around the globe

Ric von Neumann makes some of the world’s most creative scroll holders — in the middle of a remote Canadian wilderness

By Robert Sarner

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Israel Inside

Outside Jerusalem, troubled teens find a place in the farmlands

Israel travels The non-profit Kaima farms provide a home, and structure, for Israeli youth with nowhere else to go. And it’s working

By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am

Israeli citizen charged in knife attack on Polish policeman

Prosecutors say Ibrahim H. lightly injured a Warsaw officer in the face after neighbors alerted police to his strange behavior

By AP

Reykjavík getting food delivered by Israeli drones

In Icelandic city that once called for boycott of Jewish state, local food chain teams up with Israeli tech firm on UAV services

By JTA

Loveless monkey adopts chicken at Israeli zoo

Four-year-old Indonesian macaque named Niv opts to adopt a fowl after having difficulty finding a partner at the Ramat Gan Safari

By AFP

Official leading efforts to return captive Israelis in Gaza quits

Retired IDF colonel Lior Lotan steps down from role; family of slain soldier Hadar Goldin says Netanyahu has ‘forsaken’ them

By Raoul Wootliff

Outside Old City, a once-in-a-lifetime find of ancient Greek inscription

During a salvage excavation ahead of telephone cable infrastructure placement, archaeologists uncover a rare intact 1,500-year-old mosaic from the dawn of the Christian empire

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Woman crushed to death by electronic gate

57-year-old killed in northern Israel while on her way to work; baby badly injured in car crash on Route 4

By Times of Israel staff

Probably the most remarkable exercise in bringing people together ever held in the shadow of the Old City walls... involving dice

Jerusalem backgammon contest rolls winning dice for Jewish-Arab coexistence

Months of competition, attracting 500 players from across the city, culminate in a final, fateful throw

By David Horovitz

The half shekel donation was not only a means of filling Temple coffers, but was also used as a census during the Second Temple

8-year-old girl stumbles upon ultra-rare 2,000-year-old ‘half-shekel’

Silver coin found in Halamish was minted during the Great Jewish Revolt prior to the destruction of the Second Temple

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Netanyahu slams ‘unacceptable’ Western Wall body searches

PM instructs police minister to look into accusations 4 female rabbinical students were asked to lift shirts, skirts when entering holy site

By JTA

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Israelis log out of high-tech jobs for a life offline

AFP -- Former high-tech executive Dotan Goshen carefully arranges some melons at the bottom of a crate, followed by courgettes, tomatoes and lettuce. With a smile of satisfaction, he contemplates his "organic basket" ready to be delivered to a customer. Goshen,...

By Delphine Matthieussent

August 24, 2017
7:31 pm

Israeli startup helps businesses get an app ‘in a snap’

Israel's Wix.Com has made it cheaper and quicker for businesses and anyone who wants to set up a website. Now, another Israeli firm, AppsVillage, is seeking to do for apps what Wix.com did for websites. As our cellphones become an...

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26-year-old from Atlanta wants the Israeli army to innovate like Google

A 26-year old immigrant from the United States and his commander in the Innovation Unit of the Israeli Air Force are undertaking the ambitious mission of overhauling the Israeli army and transforming it from a complex, sprawling bureaucratic machine...

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August 24, 2017
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China’s new outbound investment policy: Is Israel an ‘irrational’ investment?

From our blogsChinese foreign relations with other countries affects its investors; the government is opposed to investments that adversely affect the country's image in the world, like in polluting industries or in places of war zone

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August 23, 2017
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Israel’s national basketball team has new strategy – at mealtime

Israel's national basketball team has a recipe for success – a literal recipe. DayTwo, an Israeli startup, is helping tailor customized diets for players based on the DNA sequencing of their gut microbiomes – the billions of bacteria, viruses and...

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Israeli gene-crunching firm aims to cut data down to size

The human genome has been mapped, but the genomes of most humans have not – at least not yet. When individual genomes are mapped, the world will have a problem: there is simply not enough space in the world's...

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Jerusalem: A library-poor city

From our blogsA city that wants to provide its children with library services will find a way to do so right away, even in the absence of a permanent structure; it will install a 'caravan,' take over a school bomb shelter or spare community-center room, or rent a storefront

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