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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)
July 31, 2017, 6:14 pm
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 TOI staff
Meir Goldstein, acquitted of the murder of his wife on grounds of insanity, May 28, 2017 (Channel 2 screenshot)
May 28, 2017, 2:33 pm
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 TOI staff
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)
May 15, 2017, 4:55 pm
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
Police and paramedics at the scene of a suspected murder in the northern city of Tiberias, March 29, 2017. (MDA spokesperson)
March 30, 2017, 2:50 pm
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
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)
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
Police and paramedics at the scene of a suspected murder in the northern city of Tiberias, March 29, 2017. (MDA spokesperson)
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
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, March 26, 2017. (AFP/Gali TIBBON)
March 29, 2017, 2:08 pm
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
Police and paramedics at the scene of a suspected murder in the northern city of Tiberias, March 29, 2017. (MDA spokesperson)
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
Nahal Prat (Wadi Kelt), a nature reserve and park in the Desert of Judea, Israel (Public domain/Wikipedia)
March 27, 2017, 12:41 pm
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
Runners take part in a marathon in Israel's coastal city of Tel Aviv February 26, 2016. (Flash90)
February 24, 2017, 4:12 am
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
Dor Crasanti-Sela was killed by her husband alongside her sons, Yosef and Binyamin on January 28, 2017. (Facebook)
January 29, 2017, 8:23 pm
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 TOI staff
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)
January 29, 2017, 5:13 pm
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 TOI staff
Dor Crasanti-Sela was killed by her husband alongside her sons, Yosef and Binyamin on January 28, 2017. (Facebook)
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
Antiquities thieves exiting the burial cave in northern Israel when caught by IAA inspectors in December 2016. (Nis Distelfeld, Israel Antiquities Authority)
December 14, 2016, 7:28 pm
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
Hikers near the Sea of Galilee, Israel's largest freshwater lake (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
December 2, 2016, 10:30 am
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 TOI staff
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