Partner Links: Learn Hebrew • Travel to Israel • Live Kotel Camera • Israel Pharmacy • Cellphone Rentals in Israel • Israel Relief Campaign

Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Iyyar 20, 5773
7:04 pm IDT
Site updated 5 minutes ago

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: Josefin Dolsten

April 27, 2013
4:58 am

Ina and Jack Polak (photo credit: Mark Seliger)

Exchanging love letters in Westerbork and Bergen-Belsen

A new opera, ‘Steal a Pencil for Me,’ sets to music an unexpected Holocaust love story

By Josefin Dolsten

February 15, 2013
6:14 pm

My Favorite Enemy in concert (photo credit: courtesy)

Arab-Israeli ensemble makes NY debut — at Shabbat services

Well-known Israelis, Palestinians and Jordanians sing a musical message of peace at concert scheduled for Friday in Manhattan

By Josefin Dolsten

January 8, 2013
4:35 am

“Unfortunately, many of us don’t see each other as human beings," says 21-year-old Siavosh Derakhti. (Courtesy of Expo)

In tense Swedish city, young Muslim crusades against anti-Semitism

The son of immigrants from Iran, Siavosh Derakhti recently won an award for his efforts to promote tolerance and educate about the Holocaust

By Josefin Dolsten

September 21, 2012
4:47 pm

Funny, she doesn’t look Jewish

Why don’t American standards of political correctness regarding a person’s appearance and ethnicity extend to Jews?

By Josefin Dolsten

August 7, 2012
6:42 pm

A moment of silence for the Sikhs

Empathy for people killed because of their religion this week in the US

By Josefin Dolsten

July 23, 2012
12:03 pm

Can religious Judaism and egalitarianism coexist?

While the Conservative movement may theoretically be a good fit for me, the way it is practiced today is not

By Josefin Dolsten

July 3, 2012
6:03 pm

Jerusalem of Gold, Jerusalem of Stone

Jerusalem has a way of taking away one dream while igniting a new one

By Josefin Dolsten

June 25, 2012
3:31 pm

When to wear your Star of David

Why is it that we’re sometimes afraid of appearing ‘too Jewish?’

By Josefin Dolsten

June 15, 2012
11:10 am

Egg shells and ice cream

Interfaith relations will continue to fail so long as we avoid broaching the real issues

By Josefin Dolsten

June 5, 2012
4:22 pm

Is Orthodoxy the future for American Jews?

Approximately 100 people attended our Reform Rosh Hashanah services at Cornell. That’s about one in ten reform students

By Josefin Dolsten

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: Josefin Dolsten

Exchanging love letters in Westerbork and Bergen-Belsen

A new opera, ‘Steal a Pencil for Me,’ sets to music an unexpected Holocaust love story

Arab-Israeli ensemble makes NY debut — at Shabbat services

Well-known Israelis, Palestinians and Jordanians sing a musical message of peace at concert scheduled for Friday in Manhattan

In tense Swedish city, young Muslim crusades against anti-Semitism

The son of immigrants from Iran, Siavosh Derakhti recently won an award for his efforts to promote tolerance and educate about the Holocaust

Funny, she doesn’t look Jewish

Why don’t American standards of political correctness regarding a person’s appearance and ethnicity extend to Jews?

A moment of silence for the Sikhs

Empathy for people killed because of their religion this week in the US

Can religious Judaism and egalitarianism coexist?

While the Conservative movement may theoretically be a good fit for me, the way it is practiced today is not

Jerusalem of Gold, Jerusalem of Stone

Jerusalem has a way of taking away one dream while igniting a new one

When to wear your Star of David

Why is it that we’re sometimes afraid of appearing ‘too Jewish?’

Egg shells and ice cream

Interfaith relations will continue to fail so long as we avoid broaching the real issues

Is Orthodoxy the future for American Jews?

Approximately 100 people attended our Reform Rosh Hashanah services at Cornell. That’s about one in ten reform students

Latest Articles

Latest Blogs

The Times of Israel on Facebook