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December 25, 2012
4:05 am

Bnei Menashe immigrants arrive at Ben Gurion Airport from India in 2006. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Indian Jews from ‘lost tribe’ land in Israel

Dozens of Bnei Menashe members immigrate after years of controversy over their connection to Judaism

By Lauren E. Bohn

December 22, 2012
5:50 pm

Bethlehem’s first female mayor, Vera Baboun is seen in front of the Church of Nativity, traditionally believed by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West bank city of Bethlehem. Bethlehem’s first female mayor, Vera Baboun, can’t walk through the main square of the biblical town without being stopped by admirers. “This is our new mayor, who is turning Bethlehem into one of the greatest cities in the world,” a tour guide hollered to a group of Christian tourists passing by the Church of the Nativity, built over the grotto where tradition says Jesus was born. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

New female mayor gears Bethlehem up for Christmas

Vera Baboun, a Christian, tries to raise hope in city plagued by economic woes, says ‘we’re celebrating birth of Jesus… and of Palestinian state’

By Lauren E. Bohn

December 19, 2012
11:30 am

An alley in the Arab Israeli city of Nazareth in northern Israel (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Still on the fringe of Israeli society, Arabs are unenthusiastic about the elections

Although the Jewish state’s largest minority could capture a fifth of the Knesset seats, infighting and disillusionment may again keep many voters at home

By Lauren E. Bohn

November 13, 2012
10:28 pm

A Patriot anti-missile system in Israel (Photo credit: Shay Levy/Flash 90)

Israel’s new anti-missile system to be deployed in 2014

With an estimated 200,000 enemy rockets around it, country develops defense plan’s third layer

By Lauren E. Bohn

November 11, 2012
11:34 am

Ultra-Orthodox and secular Jewish men face off in Jerusalem, 2008. (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Jerusalem’s secular minority battles to hold its own

Kiryat Yovel neighborhood is latest focus of capital’s culture war between Jewish conservatism and pluralism

By Lauren E. Bohn

November 8, 2012
11:14 pm

A librarian goes through books at the library of the Scientology center in the port city of Jaffa Tel Aviv, Nov. 7, 2012. (photo credit:AP/Ariel Schalit)

Scientology joins Israel’s religious mix, so far with little resistance

The controversial religion, branded by some as a dangerous cult, is ready to meet and greet at a new center in Tel Aviv

By Lauren E. Bohn

November 3, 2012
2:30 am

In this Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 photograph, Israeli women work at the Tikkun Olam medical cannabis farm near the northern Israeli city of Safed, Israel. Marijuana is illegal in Israel, but medical use has been permitted since the early nineties for cancer patients and those with pain-related illnesses such as Parkinson's, Multiple Sclerosis, and even post-traumatic stress disorder. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

Israel pushing ahead in medical marijuana industry

Cannabis is administered without much controversy to over 10,000 Israeli patients, among them aging Holocaust survivors who struggle to cope with disease

By Lauren E. Bohn

October 15, 2012
8:42 am

Students take final exams in Rafah, southern Gaza strip, in June, 2009 (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

US nixes scholarships for Gazan students after Israel travel ban

American-funded program, inaugurated by Hillary Clinton two years ago, quietly put on hold

By Lauren E. Bohn

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: Lauren E. Bohn

Indian Jews from ‘lost tribe’ land in Israel

Dozens of Bnei Menashe members immigrate after years of controversy over their connection to Judaism

New female mayor gears Bethlehem up for Christmas

Vera Baboun, a Christian, tries to raise hope in city plagued by economic woes, says ‘we’re celebrating birth of Jesus… and of Palestinian state’

Still on the fringe of Israeli society, Arabs are unenthusiastic about the elections

Although the Jewish state’s largest minority could capture a fifth of the Knesset seats, infighting and disillusionment may again keep many voters at home

Israel’s new anti-missile system to be deployed in 2014

With an estimated 200,000 enemy rockets around it, country develops defense plan’s third layer

Jerusalem’s secular minority battles to hold its own

Kiryat Yovel neighborhood is latest focus of capital’s culture war between Jewish conservatism and pluralism

Scientology joins Israel’s religious mix, so far with little resistance

The controversial religion, branded by some as a dangerous cult, is ready to meet and greet at a new center in Tel Aviv

Israel pushing ahead in medical marijuana industry

Cannabis is administered without much controversy to over 10,000 Israeli patients, among them aging Holocaust survivors who struggle to cope with disease

US nixes scholarships for Gazan students after Israel travel ban

American-funded program, inaugurated by Hillary Clinton two years ago, quietly put on hold

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