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The preliminary logo of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Israel, to be used until the host city is known. (Courtesy/European Broadcasting Union)
Officially naming Israel as Eurovision host, organizers start work on 2019 event
By Michael Bachner and TOI staff
European Broadcasting Union meets officials from Israel's public broadcaster, say host city and contest dates for songfest to be announced by September
Chef David Lv displays his finished Yu Xiang eggplant dish at a workshop for Israeli chefs (Michael Harel/Times of Israel)
Kung Pao Tel AvivHold the hummus, bring on the fried rice, say Chinese tourists to Israel
By Michael Harel
Author Sarah Tuttle-Singer (right) is interviewed by journalist Matthew Kalman at a Times of Israel Presents event in Jerusalem, June 18, 2018. (Laura Ben-David)
Times of Israel PresentsAuthor and social media guru emphasizes personal connection as route to peace
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Jay-Z and Beyonce toward the end of their video, 'Apeshit - The Carters', produced by Jerusalemite Natan Schottenfels (YouTube screenshot)
Jerusalemite produces Louvre-conquering video for pop royalty Beyonce and Jay-Z
By Jessica Steinberg
The preliminary logo of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Israel, to be used until the host city is known. (Courtesy/European Broadcasting Union)
June 20, 2018, 6:17 pm
Officially naming Israel as Eurovision host, organizers start work on 2019 event
European Broadcasting Union meets officials from Israel's public broadcaster, say host city and contest dates for songfest to be announced by September
By Michael Bachner and TOI staff
Chef David Lv displays his finished Yu Xiang eggplant dish at a workshop for Israeli chefs (Michael Harel/Times of Israel)
June 20, 2018, 5:52 pm
Hold the hummus, bring on the fried rice, say Chinese tourists to Israel
Tourism Ministry brings Chinese master chefs to teach Israeli hotel chefs how to make Chinese food, in an effort to please visitors' picky palates
By Michael Harel
Thousands attend 17th annual Pride Parade in Tel Aviv on June 12, 2015. (Alexi Rosenfeld)
June 20, 2018, 5:50 pm
Knesset advances bill banning sexual orientation, gender identity discrimination
Legislation narrowly passes initial reading with support of two coalition MKs apparently break party lines; coalition whip says they were permitted a vote of conscience
By TOI staff
Producer Arnon Milchan accepts the Film Tribute Award at the 26th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards at Cipriani Wall Street, November 28, 2016, in New York. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
June 20, 2018, 12:03 pm
Police suspect Hollywood mogul was go-between for PM, newspaper chief — report
Arnon Milchan, who is suspected of bribing Netanyahu, said to have boasted of connecting PM with Yedioth publisher, a suspect in a separate case
By TOI staff
Mayor Nir Barkat's endorsement video for Jerusalem Affairs Minister Ze’ev Elkin (Screen capture: Facebook)
June 20, 2018, 9:58 am
Barkat endorses Elkin for Jerusalem mayor in Wild West-style video
Two Likud politicians spar with tales of the successes they have brought to the city
By TOI staff
A June 19, 2018 photo of an Israeli Navy submarine being outfitted with a smart new torpedo system. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
June 19, 2018, 9:55 pm
Navy says new ‘smart’ torpedo set for deployment
Secretive new underwater missile system is 'digital,' boasts electronic warfare capabilities, greater range and precision, and even the ability to hamper enemy detection
By TOI staff
A young Israeli secular couple walks next to an ultra-Orthodox couple as the light rail goes by on Jaffa road in central Jerusalem on January 22, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash 90)
June 19, 2018, 6:14 pm
Knesset passes law giving secular workers a Shabbat break
Non-religious Jews can now refrain from work on the day of rest without being questioned about their beliefs
By Michael Bachner
Jay-Z and Beyonce toward the end of their video, 'Apeshit - The Carters', produced by Jerusalemite Natan Schottenfels (YouTube screenshot)
June 19, 2018, 2:46 pm
Jerusalemite produces Louvre-conquering video for pop royalty Beyonce and Jay-Z
Natan Schottenfels laconically reveals in a Facebook post that he's the producer of 'Apeshit - The Carters,' a dazzling clip that has racked up 18 million views in its first 3 days
By Jessica Steinberg
Author Sarah Tuttle-Singer (right) is interviewed by journalist Matthew Kalman at a Times of Israel Presents event in Jerusalem, June 18, 2018. (Laura Ben-David)
June 19, 2018, 11:44 am
Author and social media guru emphasizes personal connection as route to peace
At the Jerusalem book launch of her 'Jerusalem Drawn and Quartered,' The Times of Israel's Sarah Tuttle-Singer recounts first-person tales of humanity under duress
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Nature and Parks Authority representatives handle a sea turtle after it was attacked and abused on a beach, 2009 (Courtesy Nature and Parks Authority)
June 19, 2018, 5:54 am
Man gets 10 months in prison for stabbing rare sea turtle, causing its death
Dmitry Kendler shoved a sharpened stick into neck of female green sea turtle that had come ashore to lay eggs
By TOI staff
Actors John Hurt (left), Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Olivia Thirlby in 'Damascus Cover,' Howard Kaplan's 39-year-old novel (Damascus Cover)
June 19, 2018, 1:33 am
Israel-Syria spy thriller screens in Tel Aviv before US debut
'Damascus Cover,' based on the 40-year-old novel by Howard Kaplan, has seen a long road to release
By Michael Harel
Gonen Segev is sworn in at the Knesset in 1993 at the age of 35 (Hadashot TV screenshot)
June 19, 2018, 1:06 am
If convicted, ex-minister will head long list of top officials revealed as spies
While certainly not the first senior official charged with espionage, Gonen Segev is the highest-ranking -- and the only one who allegedly worked for Iran
By Raphael Ahren
Former Israeli minister Gonen Segev interviewed in 2016 in Nigeria (Hadashot TV screenshot)
June 19, 2018, 12:36 am
Former minister could potentially face death penalty for spying for Iran
Justice Ministry official says capital punishment an option in Gonen Segev's case, but would be an 'unprecedented penalty' for espionage
By Raoul Wootliff
Protestors demonstrate outside the closed doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City on February 27, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 19, 2018, 12:14 am
Churches ask Netanyahu to thwart bill restricting land sales
Heads of Armenian, Greek Orthodox and Catholic churches accuse government of failing to stick to deal reached after Holy Sepulchre was shuttered in protest
By AFP and TOI staff
Oded Guez (handout via JTA)
June 18, 2018, 9:55 pm
In rare move, rabbinical court annuls marriage of woman refused divorce
Two years after Oded Guez fled rather than grant wife bill of divorce, Haifa court uses secret legal procedure to nullify the marriage retroactively
By David Sedley
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