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May 21, 2013
12:06 pm

Northwest Airlines A320 upon takeoff in San Jose, California, 2007. (photo credit: Dylan Ashe, CC, via wikipedia)

Kvetching rabbi will have his day in (Supreme) Court

Justices to hear case of S. Binyomin Ginsberg, the frequent-flier who ‘complained too much’ about Northwest Airlines

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

May 17, 2013
2:29 pm

Actress Angelina Jolie authored an op-ed for Tuesday’s May 14, 2013, New York Times, where she writes that in April she finished three months of surgical procedures to remove both breasts as a preventive measure. (photo credit: AP/Carlo Allegri, File)

Angelina Jolie may not have gone far enough to prevent cancer

Dr. Steven Narod, the foremost expert on BRCA gene mutations and their links to cancer, says the actress’s dramatic double mastectomy is only a good start

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

May 14, 2013
5:47 am

Foraging for fruit. (photo credit: Ethan Welty)

Gleaning just like Ruth would have done, if she’d had Google Maps

A new website maps fruit trees and other edibles for free harvesting in the urban jungle, espousing a ‘waste not, want not’ philosophy that jibes well with Shavuot

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

April 2, 2013
2:32 pm

Peretz Hochman circa 1942. (photo credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)

Warsaw Ghetto hero, a ‘Cigarette Seller,’ dies

Polish resistance fighter Peretz Hochman’s wife, Sima, will light his torch at Yad Vashem on Holocaust Remembrance Day

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

July 5, 2012
3:15 am

Rabbi Rick Jacobs. (photo credit: Clark Jones, Courtesy the Union for Reform Judaism)

Reform Judaism, claims its new US president, is increasingly the answer to secular Israelis’ prayers

Rabbi Rick Jacobs: In 10 years there will be a major force of non-halachically acknowledged Jews in Israel — serving in the army, paying taxes, intermarrying

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

June 27, 2012
6:07 pm

The 2012 Max M. Fisher Prize for Jewish Education in the Diaspora winner, Helena Miller and Andrew Groveman, Chairman of the Pincus Fund Board. (photo credit: Courtesy of Ahikam Seri)

Meet Britain’s top Jewish educator

Helena Miller, a soft-spoken 30-year veteran teacher, received the Max M. Fisher Prize for Jewish Education in the Diaspora this week

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

June 21, 2012
8:09 pm

Peter Beinart speaks at the Israeli Presidential Conference in June. (Photo credit: Shilo Productions)

Beinart laments rising indifference to Judaism — among Jews

Much-hyped head-to-head between controversial author and ADL’s Abe Foxman yields big audience, few sparks

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

June 14, 2012
5:51 pm

An ROI mega brainstorm (photo credit: Studio Adigital)

A place to give birth to the Next Big Jewish Thing

This week’s ROI summit in Jerusalem was a summer camp-like hive of youthful exuberance and a serious network of Jewish ingenuity

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

June 8, 2012
1:33 pm

Rabbi Miri Gold in front of the aron kodesh at Kibbutz Gezer's Kehilat Birkat Shalom. (photo credit: Amanda Borschel-Dan)

A landmark baby step to religious pluralism

Forty years after the ordination of the first female rabbi in the United States, Israel begins to recognize other streams of Judaism, starting with Rabbi Miri Gold of Kibbutz Gezer. A surprising conversation with the rabba

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

May 19, 2012
9:24 pm

Composer Daniel Asia at the University of Arizona campus. (photo credit: Ingvi Kallen)

Bringing the Star of David to the Stars and Stripes

Educator-composer Daniel Asia emphasizes the ‘Judeo’ when teaching students the Judeo-Christian basis of American culture

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

April 19, 2012
12:04 pm

The Fourth Generation

Poet Andrew Lustig’s follow-up to the YouTube sensation ‘I am Jewish’

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

April 8, 2012
3:50 am

Schusterman Foundation head Sandy Cardin speaking at this year's Amuta21C conference in Jerusalem. (photo credit: Yissachar Ruas)

The philanthropic seal of approval

The president of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation on the arc of Jewish philanthropy and where his foundation’s priorities lie today

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

March 30, 2012
10:15 am

Kosher for Passover bagels, the medley

The ten plagues have never sounded so hip

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

March 13, 2012
4:34 pm

The happy Beery-Kopelow family hours after Ayela's birth. (photo credit: Courtesy)

Creating a buzz

Jewish innovator Ariel Beery is creating an ad hoc ‘swarm’ to connect global Jews to the Israeli hive. Just beware his sting

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

March 12, 2012
2:13 pm

Pia Levine running in the 2011 Jerusalem half-marathon. (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Running against terror

Yeshiva University student Pia Levine returns to Israel on the one-year anniversary of the Jerusalem bombing she survived to run in the city’s half-marathon

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

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The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Writer: Amanda Borschel-Dan

Kvetching rabbi will have his day in (Supreme) Court

Justices to hear case of S. Binyomin Ginsberg, the frequent-flier who ‘complained too much’ about Northwest Airlines

Angelina Jolie may not have gone far enough to prevent cancer

Dr. Steven Narod, the foremost expert on BRCA gene mutations and their links to cancer, says the actress’s dramatic double mastectomy is only a good start

Gleaning just like Ruth would have done, if she’d had Google Maps

A new website maps fruit trees and other edibles for free harvesting in the urban jungle, espousing a ‘waste not, want not’ philosophy that jibes well with Shavuot

Warsaw Ghetto hero, a ‘Cigarette Seller,’ dies

Polish resistance fighter Peretz Hochman’s wife, Sima, will light his torch at Yad Vashem on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Reform Judaism, claims its new US president, is increasingly the answer to secular Israelis’ prayers

Rabbi Rick Jacobs: In 10 years there will be a major force of non-halachically acknowledged Jews in Israel — serving in the army, paying taxes, intermarrying

Meet Britain’s top Jewish educator

Helena Miller, a soft-spoken 30-year veteran teacher, received the Max M. Fisher Prize for Jewish Education in the Diaspora this week

Beinart laments rising indifference to Judaism — among Jews

Much-hyped head-to-head between controversial author and ADL’s Abe Foxman yields big audience, few sparks

A place to give birth to the Next Big Jewish Thing

This week’s ROI summit in Jerusalem was a summer camp-like hive of youthful exuberance and a serious network of Jewish ingenuity

A landmark baby step to religious pluralism

Forty years after the ordination of the first female rabbi in the United States, Israel begins to recognize other streams of Judaism, starting with Rabbi Miri Gold of Kibbutz Gezer. A surprising conversation with the rabba

Bringing the Star of David to the Stars and Stripes

Educator-composer Daniel Asia emphasizes the ‘Judeo’ when teaching students the Judeo-Christian basis of American culture

The Fourth Generation

Poet Andrew Lustig’s follow-up to the YouTube sensation ‘I am Jewish’

The philanthropic seal of approval

The president of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation on the arc of Jewish philanthropy and where his foundation’s priorities lie today

Kosher for Passover bagels, the medley

The ten plagues have never sounded so hip

Creating a buzz

Jewish innovator Ariel Beery is creating an ad hoc ‘swarm’ to connect global Jews to the Israeli hive. Just beware his sting

Running against terror

Yeshiva University student Pia Levine returns to Israel on the one-year anniversary of the Jerusalem bombing she survived to run in the city’s half-marathon

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