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Woman lightly hurt in Rosh HaAyin stabbing attack - Ynet, 3 April 2016, 14:24
Egyptian officials ask Hamas about missing Israelis - Ynet, 6 minutes ago
Woman injured in Rosh Ha’ayin in suspected terror stabbing - The Times of Israel, 34 minutes ago
Iran oil exports surpass 2 million barrels per day — minister - The Times of Israel, 35 minutes ago
Parole board delays decision on freeing ex-president Katsav - The Times of Israel, 46 minutes ago
Police summons Labor activists to testify in Herzog probe - Ynet, 60 minutes ago
Jewish mom perpetuates Ladino with kid-friendly music - The Times of Israel, 1 hour ago
Eli Yishai said in talks to join Kulanu party - The Times of Israel, 1 hour ago
IEC reduces Jericho electricity supply - Globes, 2 hours ago
Steinitz sees gas solution "within months, even weeks" - Globes, 2 hours ago
Nakash, Minrav to build Tel Aviv seafront hotel, homes - Globes, 2 hours ago
Communications Ministry chief denies PM favors Bezeq - Globes, 2 hours ago
Tehran Jews begin making matzah - The Times of Israel, 2 hours ago
Israeli high-tech targets high-net worth investors - Globes, 2 hours ago
One woman’s battle to heal her home city of Homs - The Guardian, 3 hours ago
Egypt said to probe Hamas over Israeli hostages in Gaza - The Times of Israel, 3 hours ago
At Donovan concert, flower power, echoes of a simpler time - The Times of Israel, 4 hours ago
Belgians protest for and against Islamophobia - The Times of Israel, 5 hours ago
Iran says US hampering its oil industry recovery - The Times of Israel, 6 hours ago
Palestinian stabber killed in Hebron to undergo autopsy - The Times of Israel, 8 hours ago

Breaking news

Woman injured in Rosh Ha’ayin in terror stabbing

Victim lightly wounded; female attacker subdued by security guard and arrested

By Judah Ari Gross

The scene of a stabbing attack in Rosh Ha'ayin on Sunday, April 3, 2016 (Barry Klatzkin)

Top Ops

A new open dialogue with Torah values

Steven Bayme says he founded PORAT to counter growing efforts to silence Modern Orthodoxy

Jew-hatred and junk Constitutional law

Mark G. Yudof says no, criticizing a speaker is not illegal, and no, the law doesn't protect speech aimed at blocking other speech

Turkey an enabler of ISIS nuclear terror

Christina Lin says despite a worldwide red alert, Ankara has declined to cut off a deadly supply line to the Islamic State

Israel-Indonesia — deja vu all over again

Emanuel Shahaf says Israel squandered a golden opportunity when it blocked a visit to the PA from the world’s biggest Muslim nation

Hypocrisy hides behind the kosher laws

Nathan Lopes Cardozo says for meat to be fit for a religious diet, humane slaughter is not enough

Looking for women on JTA’s Twitter list

Jeremy Burton says when 51% of the population is missing from public eye, the community must protest

The Parsha

Curb your enthusiasm

Jonathan Sacks says Jewish law and ritual protect the intense personality from the danger in the fire of religious fervor (Shemini)

Photo Essay

God in living color

Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll shows that spring has sprung in Israel, bringing with it dazzling lessons in the beauty of change and diversity

My mom donated her body to science. Would I?

Amanda B. Dan dissects what remains after the remains have been dissected

Students who did Justice for Palestine

Izzy Ezagui says in Louisville, they stood holding banners that equated Zionism to terrorism and, for once, it was inspiring

My name's Elizabeth and I am Jewish

Avi Baumol tells her story: Her father did everything he could to hide her Jewishness, but then she arrived in Krakow and met a rabbi

Egypt said to probe Hamas over Israeli hostages in Gaza

Report follows comment by terror group denying Jerusalem has been seeking to free its citizens held in the Strip

By Dov Lieber

Members of the Izz a-din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, take part in the funeral of a Palestinian who died in a tunnel collapse, March 4, 2016. (AFP/SAID KHATIB)

Parole board delays decision on freeing ex-president Katsav

Panel to rule Wednesday on early end to 7-year rape sentence for former politician, who has never admitted wrongdoing

By Times of Israel staff

Former president Moshe Katsav, left, serving a seven-year sentence for rape, seen with his wife, Gila, leaving Ma'asiyahu Prison for a furlough over the Jewish holiday of Passover, April 3, 2015. (Flash90)

Palestinian stabber killed in Hebron to undergo autopsy

IDF soldier who shot Abdel Fattah al-Sharif while he lay apparently helpless on the ground faces manslaughter charges

By Times of Israel staff

Israeli soldiers remove the body of a Palestinian man shot after he stabbed and wounded a soldier in the West Bank city of Hebron on March 24, 2016. (Wissam Hashlamon/Flash90)

At Donovan concert, flower power, echoes of a simpler time

Concert review Scottish singer-songwriter takes a trip down memory lane in Israel

By Sue Surkes

Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan performs in Bat Yam, Israel, on Saturday night, April 2, 2016 (screen capture: YouTube)

Eli Yishai said in talks to join Kulanu party

Former Shas party leader denies negotiations are taking place, as does Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon

By Times of Israel staff

Leader of the Yachad political party Eli Yishai on his campaign tour, March 08, 2015. (photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)

Ladino musician Sarah Aroeste releases her latest album “Ora de Despertar,” or "Time to Wake Up." (Courtesy of Sarah Aroeste)

Interview 'I want to ensure that my daughters are proud of the rich tradition from which they come'

Jewish mom perpetuates Ladino with kid-friendly music

Singer-songwriter Sarah Aroeste’s new album is a wake-up call for kids and parents to preserve a dying Jewish culture

By Joanna Valente

Iran says US hampering its oil industry recovery

Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi claims sanctions removal freed up $1 billion

By Stuart Winer and Agencies

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (YouTube/Press TV/File)

Beleaguered Molenbeek struggles to fend off jihadist recruiters

Impoverished immigrant slum in Belgium’s capital Brussels has become a focal point for those seeking to turn disaffected youth to jihad

By Alix Rijckaert

Local youth and police on horseback gather in the street of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean in Brussels, on April 2, 2016. (Nicolas Maeterlinck/Belga/AFP)

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Israel & The Region

Diplomacy, defense, politics, Middle East affairs

Germany said to spy on Israeli prime minister’s office

Berlin’s intelligence service in recent years collected info on allies in Jerusalem, UK Defense Ministry, NASA and others, Der Spiegel says

By Times of Israel staff

Satellite image of red River Nile evokes biblical legend

Photo uses infrared technology to map heat created by vegetation surrounding the Egyptian river

By Times of Israel staff

Air France female cabin crew to Tehran told to wear headscarfs

Resumption of flights, announced in December, leads to row over Iranian law obligating women to cover hair in public

By AFP

White House accused of censoring Hollande saying ‘Islamist terror’

Clip of meeting between two leaders omits translation of French president’s use of phrase; officials later post fixed version, cite technical issues

By Times of Israel staff

Iraq frees 1,500 from underground Islamic State jail

As government forces advance, troops discover previously unknown prison in strategic Anbar town of Hit

By AFP

‘Lone wolf intifada’ is not driven by religion, seems to be waning

Analysis: Six months of terror A Palestinian Generation Y no longer feels beholden to PA leadership; instead, it increasingly supports ‘Israstine’ — one state for two peoples

By Avi Issacharoff

It’s home bittersweet home for returning Iraqi migrants

Disappointment, homesickness and fear of violent attacks from neo-Nazi gangs motivating thousands to return to their war-torn homeland

By Jean-Marc Mojon

Syria cease-fire at risk as heavy fighting erupts

Fresh clashes between Assad forces and opposition fighters, including members of the jihadist Nusra Front, outside Aleppo; dozens killed

By PHILIP ISSA

Mass grave of IS victims, some beheaded, found in Palmyra

Syrian army uncovers remains of 42 people, 24 of them civilians including 3 children

By AFP

Hebrew Media Review

Fri, Apr 1, 4:52 PM

The interior minister investigated yet again

News of a full criminal probe against Aryeh Deri features prominently in the Hebrew-language press, which also continues to deal with fallout from the Hebron shooting

By Adiv Sterman

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Interview 'In crowdfunding, backers really become part of the team, and they want to feel it'

Indiegogo co-founder says teamwork is key to sweet funding success

As newly appointed chief brand officer of the popular crowdfunding site, Slava Rubin works to make people’s ideas a reality

By Lisa Klug

75 years after his nation bombed it, German heads British Museum

Art historian Hartwig Fischer to become first foreigner in 150 years appointed as director of revered cultural institution

By Times of Israel staff

Calls for French women’s minister to quit over veil ‘slavery’ row

Petition signed by 18,000 urges sacking of Laurence Rossignol, who compared women wearing Muslim headscarf to ‘negroes who supported slavery’

By AFP

Brazil’s president: Calls to impeach me are like Nazi treatment of Jews

Jewish groups protest comparison by Dilma Rousseff, who is at center of corruption scandals

By JTA

Brazilian Jews ‘relieved’ spat over envoy finally resolved

Interview Community leader’s hope that new Israeli ambassador arrive in time for Rio Olympics likely to remain unfulfilled

By Raphael Ahren

Threat of extreme right march stirs fears in tense Molenbeek

Amid tensions after March 22 terror attacks, locals predict district’s Muslims will fight back against neo-Nazis on Saturday

By Lori Hinnant

‘Gaza Girls’ spoof of Palestinian propaganda flagged as incitement in Spain

Spanish judge recommends prosecution of Tudela resident for sharing 2014 video ‘Kill All the Jews’ on social media

By JTA

Imagining a Trump administration? Count on unpredictability

The impulsive Republican candidate often blurts out what’s on his mind, then changes his mind. Would he be winging it in the White House?

By Nancy Benac

'It’s called Palestine, sir'

Operator at Belgium terror hotline fired for telling caller Israel doesn’t exist

Interior Ministry telephone responder had ‘corrected’ Jewish caller inquiring about travel arrangements for terror attack casualties

By JTA

Online DP camps collection is poster child of post-war Jewish rebirth

YIVO digitizes more than 1,000 handwritten and printed public communications reflecting Holocaust survivors’ political, cultural and religious resilience

By Renee Ghert-Zand

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Will Supreme Court’s bite out of rabbinate monopoly be upheld?

In landmark ruling aimed to embrace diversity of the Jewish people, conversions outside auspices of Israel’s religious authority are to be acceptable for immigration status. But will this decision be ‘castrated’?

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Illustrative: An Israeli rabbinical court reviews a conversion case. (Flash90)

Palestinian requests for conversion rejected outright, official says

By JTA

Head of Itim Rabbi Seth Farber and Supreme Court petitioner Martina Ragacova at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, June 30, 2015. (courtesy Itim)

State must recognize private Orthodox conversions, court says

By Adiv Sterman

Is the cohesion of the Jewish people about to be lost in an administrative shuffle?

What happens when two Jews means two different peoplehoods?

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Sole woman owner in top-flight Israeli soccer leads against-the-odds title bid

When Alona Barkat bought Hapoel Beersheba in 2007, the club was stuck in the second tier. Now it’s headed for a first championship in 40 years. No wonder her gender has ceased to be an issue

By Simon Griver

Police arrest suspect in murder of Thai man found near Netanya

Suspect, also Thai, has lived in Israel illegally for five years; court sends him to psychiatric evaluation

By Times of Israel staff and Raoul Wootliff

Netanyahu revives bid to appoint spokesman who called Obama anti-Semitic

PM said to finally submit Ran Baratz to vetting committee, despite history of derogatory statements; calls efforts to stymie appointment ‘absurd’

By Times of Israel staff

Yariv Oppenheimer steps down as Peace Now head

The left-wing activist served as left-wing group’s secretary-general since 2002

By Times of Israel staff

Israeli NBA player Omri Casspi suffers hamstring injury

Sacramento Kings’ forward may not return for final six games of season, to undergo MRI

By Times of Israel staff

Israeli tourist dies in Peru after suffering altitude sickness

Friends of Shira Roth, 21, are unable to wake her after she falls asleep on bus while headed to see doctor

By Times of Israel staff

Steinitz: Israel is a global leader in readiness for nuclear terror

At nuclear security summit in DC, energy minister says Jewish state willing to help Mideast nations prevent smuggling of radioactive materials

By Times of Israel staff

Liberman: Corruption probes will topple government within months

Yisrael Beytenu party chairman also defends IDF soldier facing manslaughter charges: ‘He may not be a hero, but he’s not a murderer’

By Tamar Pileggi

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For a fine cup of coffee and organic wine, head north

From freshly brewed java at Zichron’s Kilimanjaro Coffee to a light red Nebbiolo at Lotem, the Lower Galilee is where it’s at

By Jessica Steinberg

New York Jewish Week is new Times of Israel Local partner

Leading US Jewish publication, covering the world’s largest local Diaspora community, hails opportunity for greater online engagement

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