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The Times of Israel

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Writer: Matti Friedman

May 12, 2013
3:33 pm

A detail of the mosaic floor of a Byzantine-era building recently unearthed in southern Israel (photo credit: Israel Antiquities Authority/Yael Yolovitch)

Byzantine mosaic unearthed in southern Israel

Excavating ahead of the construction of a new interchange, archaeologists uncover the ornate floor of a public building from 1,500 years ago

By Matti Friedman

May 8, 2013
12:08 pm

An iron key used to open a 2,000-year-old door, found in an ancient quarry in Jerusalem (photo credit: Clara Amit/Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority)

Ancient quarry, key unearthed in Jerusalem

The site in north Jerusalem yielded stones used for monumental construction around the time of the Second Temple, archaeologists say

By Matti Friedman

May 2, 2013
6:03 pm

Danny Ayalon (right) and Avigdor Liberman in court Thursday. The two men, once close allies, did not speak (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/POOL/Flash90)

Liberman-Ayalon court clash shows no love lost between former allies

In a scene with Shakespearean qualities, Danny Ayalon and his former patron at the Foreign Ministry, Avigdor Liberman, face off with Liberman’s political life in the balance

By Matti Friedman

May 2, 2013
1:41 pm

Prince Dimitri Romanov (center) and his wife, Princess Dorrit, in Jerusalem last week. On the right is former ambassador Danny Ayalon. (photo credit: Courtesy of Hila Solomon/Spoons)

Dinner with the Romanovs

A member of Russia’s deposed royal family visits Jerusalem and finds kinship in the Jewish search for home and homeland

By Matti Friedman

April 29, 2013
6:32 pm

An ancient Hebrew manuscript with illuminations made by master Italian artists from the late 1400s is presented to the media after its restoration at a paper laboratory at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Thursday, April 22, 2010 (photo credit: AP/Sebastian Scheiner)

Rare Renaissance manuscript acquired by Israel Museum, Met

15th-century Mishneh Torah will be displayed in a rotation agreement between Jerusalem and New York

By Matti Friedman

April 25, 2013
3:20 pm

Women of the Wall director Lesley Sachs is detained by police for wearing a prayer shawl at the Western Wall on April 11 (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Women of the Wall ‘ecstatic’ over court win

Jerusalem court rules that police were wrong to arrest five members of the group, in decision that could alter the status quo at the holy site

By Matti Friedman

April 23, 2013
5:06 pm

Lenient ruling on Women of the Wall faces test in court

District Court to rule Wednesday on arrest of five women released April 11 in surprising lower court decision

By Matti Friedman

April 18, 2013
6:10 pm

Count Philippe Piccapietra of the Order of St. Lazarus, this week (photo credit: Matti Friedman/Times of Israel)

After 700 years, the Knights of St. Lazarus return to Jerusalem… riding electric buggies

A Swiss count from a Christian military order that left the Holy Land in 1291 is spearheading a peaceful drive inside the Old City walls

By Matti Friedman

April 18, 2013
11:04 am

Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau (photo credit: Flash90)

Speculation roils chief rabbi race

A new-old candidate, former chief rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, is said to be considering a comeback

By Matti Friedman

April 15, 2013
3:32 pm

Isaac Shushan (foreground) and Havakuk Cohen in Lebanon, around 1949 (Courtesy of Isaac Shushan)

Our man in Beirut: The remarkable story of Isaac Shushan

On the day Israel became a country 65 years ago, the young Syrian Jew was in Lebanon as a spy, part of an odyssey that took him from Aleppo to a kibbutz, to war in Palestine and an encounter with Hitler’s yacht

By Matti Friedman

April 11, 2013
10:56 pm

David Ben-Gurion, flanked by the members of his provisional government, reads the Declaration of Independence in the Tel Aviv Museum Hall on May 14, 1948 (photo credit: Israel Government Press Office)

Why Israel’s first leaders chose not to call the country ‘Palestine’ in Arabic

National archive reveals a debate on the eve of independence over whether Arabic speakers should refer to the the new Jewish state as ‘Filastin,’ ‘Sayoun’ or ‘Eesra’il’

By Matti Friedman

April 11, 2013
12:10 pm

Rabbi Eliezer Igra believes the chief rabbinate is 'at the heart of the unity of the People of Israel' (photo credit: Courtesy)

Torah, gefilte fish, and the road to the rabbinate

Eliezer Igra, a former combat soldier and settlement founder, and now a candidate for chief rabbi, speaks to The Times of Israel about ancient law in modern Israel and why the Jewish state is becoming more Jewish

By Matti Friedman

April 10, 2013
1:52 pm

The newly discovered ritual bath, or mikveh, included three collecting basins carved into the roof (photo credit: Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority)

2,000-year-old ritual bath uncovered in Jerusalem

The mikveh met the requirements of Jewish law and included a unique water-collection system, archaeologists say

By Matti Friedman

April 8, 2013
11:13 pm

Adolf Eichmann on trial in Jerusalem, 1961 (photo credit: AP file)

Ben-Gurion’s bombshell: ‘We’ve caught Eichmann’

‘How does one do that?’ blurts out one amazed minister. Newly released transcript of a Cabinet meeting 53 years ago showcases a pivotal moment in Israel’s history

By Matti Friedman

April 4, 2013
5:59 pm

A ceramic lantern shaped like a miniature church, unearthed at Hamei Yoav in southern Israel (photo credit: Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority)

Byzantine winepress, unique lantern unearthed in dig

Archaeologists working at spa in southern Israel say lantern is shaped like a miniature church

By Matti Friedman

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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: Matti Friedman

Byzantine mosaic unearthed in southern Israel

Excavating ahead of the construction of a new interchange, archaeologists uncover the ornate floor of a public building from 1,500 years ago

Ancient quarry, key unearthed in Jerusalem

The site in north Jerusalem yielded stones used for monumental construction around the time of the Second Temple, archaeologists say

Liberman-Ayalon court clash shows no love lost between former allies

In a scene with Shakespearean qualities, Danny Ayalon and his former patron at the Foreign Ministry, Avigdor Liberman, face off with Liberman’s political life in the balance

Dinner with the Romanovs

A member of Russia’s deposed royal family visits Jerusalem and finds kinship in the Jewish search for home and homeland

Rare Renaissance manuscript acquired by Israel Museum, Met

15th-century Mishneh Torah will be displayed in a rotation agreement between Jerusalem and New York

Women of the Wall ‘ecstatic’ over court win

Jerusalem court rules that police were wrong to arrest five members of the group, in decision that could alter the status quo at the holy site

Lenient ruling on Women of the Wall faces test in court

District Court to rule Wednesday on arrest of five women released April 11 in surprising lower court decision

After 700 years, the Knights of St. Lazarus return to Jerusalem… riding electric buggies

A Swiss count from a Christian military order that left the Holy Land in 1291 is spearheading a peaceful drive inside the Old City walls

Speculation roils chief rabbi race

A new-old candidate, former chief rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, is said to be considering a comeback

Our man in Beirut: The remarkable story of Isaac Shushan

On the day Israel became a country 65 years ago, the young Syrian Jew was in Lebanon as a spy, part of an odyssey that took him from Aleppo to a kibbutz, to war in Palestine and an encounter with Hitler’s yacht

Why Israel’s first leaders chose not to call the country ‘Palestine’ in Arabic

National archive reveals a debate on the eve of independence over whether Arabic speakers should refer to the the new Jewish state as ‘Filastin,’ ‘Sayoun’ or ‘Eesra’il’

Torah, gefilte fish, and the road to the rabbinate

Eliezer Igra, a former combat soldier and settlement founder, and now a candidate for chief rabbi, speaks to The Times of Israel about ancient law in modern Israel and why the Jewish state is becoming more Jewish

2,000-year-old ritual bath uncovered in Jerusalem

The mikveh met the requirements of Jewish law and included a unique water-collection system, archaeologists say

Ben-Gurion’s bombshell: ‘We’ve caught Eichmann’

‘How does one do that?’ blurts out one amazed minister. Newly released transcript of a Cabinet meeting 53 years ago showcases a pivotal moment in Israel’s history

Byzantine winepress, unique lantern unearthed in dig

Archaeologists working at spa in southern Israel say lantern is shaped like a miniature church

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