July 31, 2017
6:14 pm

Meir Zehnwirth was charged with indecent assault on minors while he taught at the Talmud Torah elementary school in Tiberias on July 31, 2017. (Israel Police)

Elementary school teacher charged with molesting students

Court says Meir Zehnwirth inappropriately touched at least 2 girls he taught at the talmud Torah school in Tiberias

By Times of Israel staff

May 28, 2017
2:33 pm

Meir Goldstein, acquitted of the murder of his wife on grounds of insanity, May 28, 2017 (Channel 2 screenshot)

In legal precedent, man who beheaded his ex-wife deemed insane, acquitted of murder

Court orders Meir Goldstein sent to mental institution for 25 years

By Times of Israel staff

May 15, 2017
4:55 pm

Meir Ephraim Goldstein, suspected of beheading his wife in burning her body in Tiberias, is seen at the Nazareth Magistrate's Court as he arrives for a hearing on March 30, 2017. (Flash90)

Tiberias man who brandished ex-wife’s head found ‘not sane’

Psychiatrists find that Meir Goldstein ‘could not tell right from wrong’ at the time of the murder and decapitation

By Jacob Magid

March 30, 2017
2:50 pm

Police and paramedics at the scene of a suspected murder in the northern city of Tiberias, March 29, 2017. (MDA spokesperson)

Murders most gruesome on the front page

Papers don’t allow readers to look away from a grisly beheading and memories of a bloody lynching 16 years ago

By Joshua Davidovich

March 30, 2017
12:16 pm

Killer husband says ‘God told me’ to behead his ex-wife

Meir Ephraim Goldstein promises to reveal in 8 days why he gruesomely murdered his former spouse; judge sends him to psychiatric hospital

By Alexander Fulbright

March 29, 2017
9:17 pm

Tiberias man walked around with ex-wife’s severed head under his arm

Man reportedly was knocking on doors shouting ‘I killed Amalek,’ a reference to the biblical enemy of Israel

By Stuart Winer and Jacob Magid

March 29, 2017
2:08 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, March 26, 2017. (AFP/Gali TIBBON)

PM to seek cabinet approval for Amona replacement settlement

Arab leaders reaffirm support of ‘strategic’ 2002 peace initiative with Israel; US ambassador assures Israel it has a ‘friend and fighter’ at the UN; Palestinian shot dead attempting to stab police

By Tamar Pileggi

March 29, 2017
1:44 pm

Tiberias man suspected of beheading ex-wife, trying to burn the body

Eyewitnesses say blood-soaked suspect carried victim’s head outside before tossing it in nearby dumpster

By Stuart Winer

March 27, 2017
12:41 pm

Nahal Prat (Wadi Kelt), a nature reserve and park in the Desert of Judea, Israel (Public domain/Wikipedia)

When I followed the river to Tiberias

35 years ago, he set off on an ill-conceived, poorly planned 20-mile hike from Safed…and it was magical

By Bill Slott

February 24, 2017
4:12 am

Runners take part in a marathon in Israel's coastal city of Tel Aviv February 26, 2016. (Flash90)

Tel Aviv and Jerusalem marathons revel in a ‘healthy competition’

The unique allures and drawbacks of Friday’s signature sporting event in TA embody the rivalry between Israel’s two major cities

By Hillel Kuttler

January 29, 2017
8:23 pm

Dor Crasanti-Sela was killed by her husband alongside her sons, Yosef and Binyamin on January 28, 2017. (Facebook)

Mother and boys killed by husband, father laid to rest

Hundreds attend Migdal funerals of murdered Dor Crasanti-Sela, 23, Yosef, 2, and 8-month-old Binyamin

By Times of Israel staff

January 29, 2017
5:13 pm

An undated photo of 11-year-old Nahman Ataya who was murdered at a neighbor's house on January 28, 2017, in the northern town on Migdal. (Courtesy)

Boy killed by neighbor in quadruple homicide laid to rest

Hundreds attend funeral for Nahman Ataya, 11, at Migdal; mother: ‘He will have to finish learning in heaven with the angels’

By Times of Israel staff

January 29, 2017
12:03 pm

Police grasp for motive after man kills his sons and wife

Suspect said to confess to stabbing spree, which also killed his neighbors’ son; survivor, 10, says he survived by playing dead

By Tamar Pileggi

December 14, 2016
7:28 pm

Antiquities thieves exiting the burial cave in northern Israel when caught by IAA inspectors in December 2016. (Nis Distelfeld, Israel Antiquities Authority)

Three looters busted plundering ancient tomb in Galilee

Suspects caught in the act robbing graves, disturbing interred remains near Roman-era Jewish site mentioned in Talmud

By Ilan Ben Zion

December 2, 2016
10:30 am

Hikers near the Sea of Galilee, Israel's largest freshwater lake. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Minor earthquake felt in northern Israel

Epicenter of 3.8 tremor located some 5 km from Sea of Galilee; no injuries or damage reported

By Times of Israel staff

Topic: Tiberias

Elementary school teacher charged with molesting students

Court says Meir Zehnwirth inappropriately touched at least 2 girls he taught at the talmud Torah school in Tiberias

In legal precedent, man who beheaded his ex-wife deemed insane, acquitted of murder

Court orders Meir Goldstein sent to mental institution for 25 years

Tiberias man who brandished ex-wife’s head found ‘not sane’

Psychiatrists find that Meir Goldstein ‘could not tell right from wrong’ at the time of the murder and decapitation

Murders most gruesome on the front page

Papers don’t allow readers to look away from a grisly beheading and memories of a bloody lynching 16 years ago

Killer husband says ‘God told me’ to behead his ex-wife

Meir Ephraim Goldstein promises to reveal in 8 days why he gruesomely murdered his former spouse; judge sends him to psychiatric hospital

Tiberias man walked around with ex-wife’s severed head under his arm

Man reportedly was knocking on doors shouting ‘I killed Amalek,’ a reference to the biblical enemy of Israel

PM to seek cabinet approval for Amona replacement settlement

Arab leaders reaffirm support of ‘strategic’ 2002 peace initiative with Israel; US ambassador assures Israel it has a ‘friend and fighter’ at the UN; Palestinian shot dead attempting to stab police

Tiberias man suspected of beheading ex-wife, trying to burn the body

Eyewitnesses say blood-soaked suspect carried victim’s head outside before tossing it in nearby dumpster

When I followed the river to Tiberias

35 years ago, he set off on an ill-conceived, poorly planned 20-mile hike from Safed…and it was magical

Tel Aviv and Jerusalem marathons revel in a ‘healthy competition’

The unique allures and drawbacks of Friday’s signature sporting event in TA embody the rivalry between Israel’s two major cities

Mother and boys killed by husband, father laid to rest

Hundreds attend Migdal funerals of murdered Dor Crasanti-Sela, 23, Yosef, 2, and 8-month-old Binyamin

Boy killed by neighbor in quadruple homicide laid to rest

Hundreds attend funeral for Nahman Ataya, 11, at Migdal; mother: ‘He will have to finish learning in heaven with the angels’

Police grasp for motive after man kills his sons and wife

Suspect said to confess to stabbing spree, which also killed his neighbors’ son; survivor, 10, says he survived by playing dead

Three looters busted plundering ancient tomb in Galilee

Suspects caught in the act robbing graves, disturbing interred remains near Roman-era Jewish site mentioned in Talmud

Minor earthquake felt in northern Israel

Epicenter of 3.8 tremor located some 5 km from Sea of Galilee; no injuries or damage reported

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