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October 29, 2012
9:35 am

Ehud Barak at the memorial ceremony to commemorate the 17th anniversary of former Israeli Prime Minister Itzhak Rabin's assassination, at the president's house in Jerusalem on October 25, 2012 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The rise — and fall? — of Ehud Barak

After decades in politics, the defense minister might not make it into the next Knesset

By Aron Heller

September 27, 2012
6:43 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly, at United Nations headquarters in New York City. Friday, Sept. 23, 2011(photo credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90)

In New York, Netanyahu expected to take case against Iran to world stage

Prime minister, with history of fiery speeches at the UN General Assembly, promises to respond to Tehran’s anti-Israel rhetoric

By Aron Heller

September 8, 2012
7:32 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) former deputy chief of staff and national security adviser Uzi Dayan (center) and Defense Minister Ehud Barak (AP/Oded Balilty)

Former commandos dominate Israeli politics

Avi Dichter’s ministerial appointment underlines the centrality of veterans of Netanyahu’s old military unit, the elite Sayeret Matkal

By Aron Heller

August 28, 2012
6:12 am

Israeli high-school students walk through the yard next to a new rocket-proof school building in the Shaar Hanegev Regional Council (photo credit: AP/Tsafrir Abayov/File)

Reinforced school protects Israeli kids from Gazan rockets

$27.5 million facility takes protection to the next level; ‘You can finally teach without worrying,’ principal says

By Aron Heller

August 22, 2012
12:45 am

Archaeologist Yoram Haimi talking to young people from the Dror School in Israel about his findings at the site of the former German Nazi death camp of Sobibor, in eastern Poland, on Tuesday, Aug. 21 (photo credit: AP/Czarek Sokolowski)

Israeli archaeologist, seeking truth about his family, digs into Nazi death camp

Yoram Haimi has been able to remap Sobibor, where two of his uncles died; ash concentration led him to raise the estimate of number of people killed there

By Aron Heller

August 14, 2012
1:46 am

Agnes Keleti, a 91-year-old former Olympic gymnast, performs a split at her house in Herzliya, Israel, Monday, Aug. 13, 2012. (photo credit: Oded Balilty/ AP)

10-medal Olympian quietly living her golden years in Israel

Surviving the Nazis and the Communists, Agnes Keleti moved here in 1957; the previous year, aged 35, she had won four gold and two silver medals

By Aron Heller

August 8, 2012
6:23 pm

Biblical scholar Professor Menachem Cohen, reading from a book, at the Bar Ilan University library, outside Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

Israeli scholar completes ‘definitive’ version of the Bible

In correcting some 1,500 inaccuracies, Prof. Menachem Cohen, 84, has carried out the first major textual overhaul in 500 years

By Aron Heller

July 14, 2012
10:40 am

Gilad Shalit attends Bastille Day celebrations at the French Ambassador to Israel Christophe Bigot's residence in Tel Aviv Thursday. Shalit hasn't given many details about his captivity in Gaza, but he hasn't vanished from sight either. (photo credit: Ariel Schalit/AP)

Nine months after being freed from captivity, Gilad Shalit remains a mystery

The former Israeli soldier is emerging from the shadows — writing a column and showing up at parties — but has revealed little about his time in Gaza

By Aron Heller

July 7, 2012
11:54 am

A rally last year against drafting ultra-Orthodox men into the army (Photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Controversy over draft law breeds culture war

Tension between secular and ultra-Orthodox Israelis reaches a crescendo as leaders struggle to reach a consensus on alternative to Tal Law

By Aron Heller

July 6, 2012
3:18 am

Rita, an Israeli singer of Iranian descent, performs in Ashdod in June 2012 (photo credit: AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Rita hopes Farsi album’ll charm Iran

Tehran-born Rita’s album ‘My Joys,’ sung ‘in the language of Ahmadinejad,’ is gaining a following in the land of her birth. It’s not a political statement, she stresses, but a return to her roots

By Aron Heller

June 25, 2012
8:34 am

Arik Zeevi, white, and France's Frederic Demontfaucon compete at the men's judo -100kg half heavyweight division preliminaries at the Beijing 2008 Olympics (photo credit: AP/Charles Dharapak)

At 35, Arik Zeevi aims for another Olympic medal

Veteran judoka scored the bronze in the 2004 Athens games and recently won the European title in his weight class

By Aron Heller

June 18, 2012
1:21 pm

A member of Women of the Wall, wearing a tallit and kipa during prayer (photo credit: Sophie Gordon/Flash90)

Liberal Jews making progress in Israel

Conservative and Reform movements see decision to fund their rabbis as a crack in the ultra-Orthodox monopoly

By Aron Heller

May 31, 2012
10:36 pm

Boris Gelfand during a World Chess Championship tie break match on Wednesday. (photo credit: AP/Misha Japaridze)

Chess master Gelfand wins fans despite championship loss

Israeli grandmaster hailed as a national hero after narrowly losing to reigning champ

By Aron Heller

May 22, 2012
11:24 am

An Israeli Baseball League player in 2007 (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

High hopes again for Israeli baseball

A roster of Jewish-American stars makes it a contender in the World Baseball Classic

By Josef Federman and Aron Heller

February 20, 2012
10:39 pm

Dan Meridor speaks at a press conference in Jerusalem (photo credit: Sebastian Scheiner/AP)

Israelis fear homefront is vulnerable to Iran attacks

Analysis: Increasingly, the debate is turning to whether a strike can do enough damage to the Iranian program to be worth the risks

By Aron Heller

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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: Aron Heller

The rise — and fall? — of Ehud Barak

After decades in politics, the defense minister might not make it into the next Knesset

In New York, Netanyahu expected to take case against Iran to world stage

Prime minister, with history of fiery speeches at the UN General Assembly, promises to respond to Tehran’s anti-Israel rhetoric

Former commandos dominate Israeli politics

Avi Dichter’s ministerial appointment underlines the centrality of veterans of Netanyahu’s old military unit, the elite Sayeret Matkal

Reinforced school protects Israeli kids from Gazan rockets

$27.5 million facility takes protection to the next level; ‘You can finally teach without worrying,’ principal says

Israeli archaeologist, seeking truth about his family, digs into Nazi death camp

Yoram Haimi has been able to remap Sobibor, where two of his uncles died; ash concentration led him to raise the estimate of number of people killed there

10-medal Olympian quietly living her golden years in Israel

Surviving the Nazis and the Communists, Agnes Keleti moved here in 1957; the previous year, aged 35, she had won four gold and two silver medals

Israeli scholar completes ‘definitive’ version of the Bible

In correcting some 1,500 inaccuracies, Prof. Menachem Cohen, 84, has carried out the first major textual overhaul in 500 years

Nine months after being freed from captivity, Gilad Shalit remains a mystery

The former Israeli soldier is emerging from the shadows — writing a column and showing up at parties — but has revealed little about his time in Gaza

Controversy over draft law breeds culture war

Tension between secular and ultra-Orthodox Israelis reaches a crescendo as leaders struggle to reach a consensus on alternative to Tal Law

Rita hopes Farsi album’ll charm Iran

Tehran-born Rita’s album ‘My Joys,’ sung ‘in the language of Ahmadinejad,’ is gaining a following in the land of her birth. It’s not a political statement, she stresses, but a return to her roots

At 35, Arik Zeevi aims for another Olympic medal

Veteran judoka scored the bronze in the 2004 Athens games and recently won the European title in his weight class

Liberal Jews making progress in Israel

Conservative and Reform movements see decision to fund their rabbis as a crack in the ultra-Orthodox monopoly

Chess master Gelfand wins fans despite championship loss

Israeli grandmaster hailed as a national hero after narrowly losing to reigning champ

High hopes again for Israeli baseball

A roster of Jewish-American stars makes it a contender in the World Baseball Classic

Israelis fear homefront is vulnerable to Iran attacks

Analysis: Increasingly, the debate is turning to whether a strike can do enough damage to the Iranian program to be worth the risks

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