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A postal worker helps a child try on a gas mask in Jerusalem. (photo credit: Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)

Netanyahu to spend another $350 million so every Israeli has gas mask

By Stuart Winer and Lazar Berman

Amid heightened tensions with Syria, PM concludes nationwide chemical defense drill by ordering ministries to equip 100% of residents with protective kits

Russian media: No S-300 missiles sent to Syria

By Yoel Goldman and Stuart Winer

Russian manufacturer to sell 10 MiGs to Syria

By AP and ToI Staff

Israel ‘the most threatened state in the world,’ says PM

By Stuart Winer

Alexander Gould, who played Shane Botwin in "Weeds," sitting in the playground of the Yeruham elementary school where he taught English this spring (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

‘Weeds’ star forgoes suburbia for an unrecognized stint in the desert

By Jessica Steinberg

Alexander Gould completes a 10-month stay in Israel — learning Hebrew, deepening his connection to Judaism, and teaching English to schoolkids in the Negev — in welcome anonymity

Giving voice to Iran’s own victims

While Iran’s global threat is much-discussed, justice also demands we tell the stories of the regime’s political prisoners

What would Ben Gurion do?

Israel’s founding father would have been appalled by the existence of a special ultra-Orthodox army unit in the IDF

Illustrative photo of graffiti reading 'Christians are monkeys,' spray-painted on Dormition Abbey in Jerusalem, in May 2012. (photo credit: Courtesy Dormition Abbey)

‘Price Tag’ attack targets Jerusalem church

By Yoel Goldman

Culprits spray-paint epithets on outer walls of Dormition Abbey, vandalize two cars parked nearby; second incident targets Arab village near Ramallah

Construction in the neighborhood of Har Homa in East Jerusalem (photo credit: Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

From the webNew housing down nationwide, spikes in West Bank

Rabbi Miri Gold in front of the 'Aron Kodesh' at Kibbutz Gezer's Kehilat Birkat Shalom (photo credit: Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)

Non-Orthodox city rabbis to be funded by state

By Lazar Berman

In major victory for Reform movement, Ministry of Religious Services announces drastic changes in how community rabbis chosen

Syrian President Bashar Assad during an interview broadcast on al-Manar television on Thursday, May 30, 2013. (photo credit: AP/al-Manar television)

Assad vague on delivery of Russian missiles

By AP and ToI Staff

Earlier reports erroneously cited Syrian president specifying his country had already received a first shipment of S-300 anti-aircraft systems

Grateful Dead drummer to perform in Jerusalem

Mickey Hart and his band will jam at the Mount Scopus Amphitheater in August

The bombed Israeli tour bus in Burgas, Bulgaria, July 2012 (photo credit: Dano Monkotovic/Flash90)

State Dept. notes ‘marked resurgence’ in Iran-sponsored terror

Newly released report marks 20-year high in Tehran-backed terror operations in Southeast Asia, Europe, and Africa

Mariusz Aoflko (center) celebrates his bar mitzvah at the Western Wall (photo credit: Sasson Tiram/Shavei Israel)

‘Lost’ Polish Jew, 64, marks bar mitzvah at Western Wall

By Lazar Berman

Mariusz Aoflko, who grew up Catholic, discovered his heritage from his dying mother 13 years ago

Is French Jewry’s elderly leadership losing touch?

By Rebecca Benhamou

In the wake of the umbrella organization CRIF’s recent election of Roger Cukierman, 76, many are questioning its relevance and capacity for renewal

Israeli soccer players lounging at their hotel in New Jersey ahead of a match against Honduras. (photo credit: Howard Blas/Times of Israel staff)

After 35 years, Israeli national soccer team returns to New York

Jewish state’s elite squad is relaxed, ready and eager for Sunday’s exhibition game against Honduras

Azza William, who gave herself the name Habibah Shaaban after she converted to Islam, speaks to the Associated Press while recovering at Assiut University's Teaching Hospital, some 180 miles (300 kilometers) south of Cairo, earlier this month. (photo credit: AP/Hassan Ammar)

A tale of two Egyptian converts

By Hamza Hendawi

Christians say conversion to Islam is widely promoted, whereas rare cases of Muslims turning to Christianity precipitate violence against entire communities

Free Syrian Army soldiers in Idlib province, Syria, in February (photo credit: AP/Hussein Malla)

Michigan woman, 33, killed in Syria battle

By AP and ToI Staff

Family of Nicole Mansfield says FBI confirmed she died while fighting with rebels against Assad regime

Writing and reading children's books is a global pastime, but Israeli authors seem to have cornered the market on ensuring they write adult and children's fiction. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash 90)

Top Five

Local writers love nothing more than spinning a story

By Jessica Steinberg

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Two Ramallah children taking their pet snake for a walk. (photo credit: screen capture/YouTube)

Snakes Alive!Baby, you can ride my boa

By Asher Zeiger

President Shimon Peres in 2009 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Peres’s hometown celebrates his 90th birthday

Omar Wallid, injured in the Beersheba bank shooting on May 20, accused the police of shooting him. (photo credit: image capture/Channel 10 news)

Man shot in Beersheba bank rampage says police fired at him

By Asher Zeiger and ToI Staff

Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, mother of the Boston Marathon bombings suspects, speaks to reporters in Makhachkala, the regional capital of Dagestan, Russia, on Thursday (photo credit: AP/Musa Sadulayev)

Boston bombing suspect is walking, says mother

Illustrative photo of Syrian soldiers loyal to President Bashar Assad at the Dabaa military air base, in Homs province (AP/SANA/File)

Syrian opposition refuses to attend peace talks

Yeshiva U launches Jewish genetics resource

Turkish commandos stand near the Turkish-Syrian border in Akcakale, Turkey, October 2012 (photo credit: AP)

Turkey returns fire following attack from Syria

Alfred Dreyfus (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

Dreyfus letter sells for $492,000 at Paris auction

A roller coaster ride (illustrative) (Liron Almog/Flash90)

Hebrew Media ReviewMasking ambitions

By Yossi Nachemi

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