The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/susan-silverman/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:11:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Susan Silverman | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/susan-silverman/ 32 32 Tiffany Haddish has celebrity-filled bat mitzvah https://www.timesofisrael.com/tiffany-haddish-has-celebrity-filled-bat-mitzvah/ Thu, 05 Dec 2019 07:00:59 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2196348 Billy Crystal, Chelsea Handler and Sarah Silverman on hand to help comedian celebrate event, which she dubbed her 'Black Mitzvah,' on the occasion of her 40th birthday

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]]> Facing deportation, asylum seekers find refuge with ‘sanctuary’ host families https://www.timesofisrael.com/facing-deportation-asylum-seekers-find-refuge-with-sanctuary-host-families/ Thu, 15 Mar 2018 04:38:44 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1809948 In an act of civil disobedience, the Israel Sanctuary Movement is helping Africans locate safe homes, calls on public to show sense of humanity

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]]> Sarah Silverman’s birthday wishes to her nephew in the IDF bring out the haters https://www.timesofisrael.com/sarah-silvermans-birthday-wishes-to-her-nephew-in-the-idf-bring-out-the-haters/ Sun, 07 Jan 2018 22:12:15 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1766339 Comedian responds to comments attacking photo of 19-year-old in army uniform -- 'Let’s hope he’s part of the solution'

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]]> Silverman sisters talk adoption on ‘The View’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/silverman-sisters-talk-adoption-on-the-view/ Fri, 27 May 2016 09:51:55 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1399544 Comic Sarah Silverman appears on talk show to promote rabbi sister Susan's new book and organization, but claims much of the spotlight

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]]> Funny, you don’t look Jewish: The story of transracial adoption https://www.timesofisrael.com/funny-you-dont-look-jewish-the-story-of-transracial-adoption/ Thu, 24 Mar 2016 05:49:07 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1359503 As a new study reveals rewards and challenges of raising adoptees in both Jewish and birth cultures, Rabbi Susan Silverman writes a memoir of her own experience raising her two Ethiopian sons

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]]> Rabbis to hold vigil for African migrants ahead of Shavuot https://www.timesofisrael.com/rabbis-to-hold-vigil-for-african-migrants-ahead-of-shavuot/ Wed, 20 May 2015 15:38:12 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1185834 Religious figures to gather for study session at Holot detention center, where 12 detainees face immediate deportation

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]]> Sarah Silverman shines at Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival https://www.timesofisrael.com/sarah-silverman-shines-at-jerusalem-jewish-film-festival/ Fri, 19 Dec 2014 08:52:00 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1108673 Controversial Jewish comedian in Israel to accept achievement award and celebrate nephew's bar mitzvah

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]]> Despite confiscations, Women of the Wall light Hanukkah candles https://www.timesofisrael.com/despite-confiscations-women-of-the-wall-light-hanukkah-candles/ Fri, 19 Dec 2014 02:20:48 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1108627 Susan and Sarah Silverman join group who managed to sneak menorahs by guards, defying Rabbi's ruling

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]]> Captain Sunshine’s quixotic battle for the presidency https://www.timesofisrael.com/captain-sunshines-quixotic-battle-for-the-presidency/ Thu, 24 Apr 2014 00:54:37 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=955794 US-born Yosef Abramowitz hopes to succeed Shimon Peres. He has no chance, but that's never stopped the veteran civil rights activist and solar energy pioneer

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]]> The rabbis who steam up the pulpit https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-rabbis-who-steam-up-the-pulpit/ Tue, 31 Dec 2013 07:14:00 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=807598 Rabbis approached by The Times of Israel take Jewrotica 'win' in good humor, happy for recognition of 'out-of-the-box' thinking

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]]> An (almost) all-female faction roars for change in Jerusalem https://www.timesofisrael.com/an-almost-all-female-faction-aims-to-change-jerusalem/ Thu, 12 Sep 2013 05:49:10 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=666208 With an eclectic list of 'lionesses,' Ometz Lev says it aims to 'advance the city's agenda' -- not a feminist one

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]]> A resonant reversal at the Wall, as police protect the pluralists https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-resonant-reversal-at-the-wall-as-police-protect-the-pluralists/ Fri, 10 May 2013 19:11:40 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=500174 400 non-Orthodox Jewish women make history at the Western Wall. But for some of them, the sense of victory is tinged by sorrow over the need for an ongoing fight

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]]> Female MKs join Women of the Wall prayer service https://www.timesofisrael.com/female-mks-join-women-of-the-wall-for-prayer-service/ Tue, 12 Mar 2013 07:26:05 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=410102 Stav Shaffir, Michal Rozin and Tamar Zandberg use parliamentary immunity to wear prayer shawls at the Western Wall

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]]> Women of the Wall lodge complaint over Haredi posters https://www.timesofisrael.com/haredim-against-women-of-the-wall/ Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:25:11 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=407618 Signs in ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods decry group's actions as desecration, call for mass protest

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]]> Women of the Wall read Megillah undisturbed by police https://www.timesofisrael.com/women-of-the-wall-read-megillah-unmolested-by-police/ Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:49:53 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=388706 80 participants take part in holiday celebration at the Western Wall, dressed up as cops, ultra-Orthodox men and a prisoner

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