The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/sean-penn/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:51:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Sean Penn | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/sean-penn/ 32 32 El Chapo wears Jewish fashion; you can too https://www.timesofisrael.com/el-chapo-wears-jewish-fashion-designers-and-you-can-too/ Thu, 14 Jan 2016 13:42:54 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1321376 Captured Mexican drugs kingpin brings sales boon for LA-based Iranian brothers

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]]> IsraAID helps British flood victims https://www.timesofisrael.com/israaid-helps-british-flood-victims/ Tue, 05 Jan 2016 17:39:18 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1315610 First response group helping to repair homes and hand out blankets and food in northern city of Leeds

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]]> Sean Penn lauds Israeli aid agency as Haiti ‘mentor’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/sean-penn-lauds-israeli-aid-agency-was-his-haiti-mentor/ Mon, 30 Nov 2015 16:19:24 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1293790 On first visit to Jewish state, Oscar winner delivers keynote address at IsraAID's Tel Aviv conference

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]]> Why Sean Penn is coming to Israel https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/why-sean-penn-is-coming-to-israel/ Wed, 18 Nov 2015 13:57:15 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1286701 Despite the Hollywood star’s leftist lean, the idealistic young Israelis he met in Haiti made an impression

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]]> Year after escaping Bolivia, Orthodox Jew struggles to recover https://www.timesofisrael.com/sean-penn-helps-orthodox-jew-recover-from-bolivia-ordeal/ Tue, 06 Jan 2015 20:57:04 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1117026 Businessman Jacob Ostreicher credits actor Sean Penn with saving him from Third World prison nightmare, but has yet to rebuild his life

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]]> Tragedy, triumph and tears in foremost Jewish events of 5774 https://www.timesofisrael.com/tragedy-triumph-and-tears-in-foremost-jewish-events-of-5774/ Thu, 25 Sep 2014 12:20:41 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1067597 ...But this year of war and massive funerals also brought us an Israeli Wonder Woman -- and a 12-year-old telling penis jokes on national US television

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]]> Celebs come out to fete Shmuley Boteach’s network https://www.timesofisrael.com/celebs-come-out-to-fete-shmuley-boteachs-network/ Tue, 20 May 2014 02:38:53 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=984746 At an event honoring Sheldon Adelson, Republican presidential hopefuls rub shoulders with Hollywood stars

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]]> Shmuley Boteach hails the saving power of lust https://www.timesofisrael.com/shmuley-boteach-hails-the-saving-power-of-lust/ Thu, 24 Apr 2014 11:48:13 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=944214 Rabbi discusses celebrity friends, the difficulties of modern living, Jonathan Pollard and more in free-wheeling interview

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]]> Ostreicher’s flight proves guilt, says Bolivian prez https://www.timesofisrael.com/ostreichers-flight-proves-guilt-says-bolivian-prez/ Wed, 25 Dec 2013 06:46:59 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=800476 Actor Sean Penn calls the haredi businessman's escape a 'humanitarian operation'

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]]> Sean Penn with US businessman wanted in Bolivia https://www.timesofisrael.com/sean-penn-with-us-businessman-wanted-in-bolivia/ Wed, 18 Dec 2013 09:46:14 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=791338 Hollywood A-lister says 'humanitarian operation' led to the extraction of Jacob Ostreicher from 'corrupt prosecution and imprisonment'

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]]> Jacob Ostreicher’s wife laments: ‘They will never let him go’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/jacob-ostreichers-wife-laments-they-will-never-let-him-go/ Fri, 24 May 2013 03:26:25 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=518824 At a congressional hearing, actor Sean Penn calls for the US to 'step up' for Alan Gross in Cuba as well

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]]> Sean Penn lobbies for haredi man imprisoned in Bolivia https://www.timesofisrael.com/sean-penn-lobbies-for-haredi-man-imprisoned-in-bolivia/ Wed, 22 May 2013 09:54:57 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=516636 Actor suggests putting pressure on sponsors of money-making Dakar Rally to reroute race until Jacob Ostreicher freed

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]]> Freed Haredi man: Bolivia’s Jewish community was ‘disappointing’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/ostreicher-bolivias-jewish-community-was-disappointing/ Thu, 27 Dec 2012 18:03:05 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=325424 US Jewish businessman Jacob Ostreicher, who remains under house arrest in South America, claims local Jews are afraid of their government

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]]> After 28th hearing, Orthodox man jailed in Bolivia calls case a joke https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-28th-hearing-orthodox-man-jailed-in-bolivia-calls-case-a-joke/ Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:32:08 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=311146 At a proceeding attended by actor Sean Penn, judges refuse to free man seen as victim of extortion conspiracy

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]]> With Sean Penn’s help, US Jew jailed in Bolivia may be released https://www.timesofisrael.com/with-sean-penns-help-us-jew-jailed-in-bolivia-may-be-released/ Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:50:08 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=310146 A growing extortion scandal suggests a conspiracy to confine Jacob Ostreicher, an Orthodox agriculture investor from New York

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