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Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, head of the Ponevez Yeshiva seen at his home after lightning the Hanukkah candles on the fourth night of Hanukkah, in Bnei Brak, December 5, 2018. (Aharon Krohn/Flash90)

'A spiritual leader of enormous stature'

Gershon Edelstein, leading Haredi Ashkenazi rabbi, co-existence advocate, dies at 100

By Canaan Lidor and Carrie Keller-Lynn

Rabbi was head of non-Hasidic Lithuanian Haredi community, with hundreds of thousands of followers, head of Ponevezh Yeshiva and spiritual guide of United Torah Judaism party

Thousands gather around the body of Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, head of the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, on May 30, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)

Police close roads as hundreds of thousands gather for Edelstein’s Bnei Brak funeral

Obituary

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, an architect and guardian of Haredi-secular relations

As the celebrated spiritual leader of Ashkenazi Haredi Jewry, Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, who died Tuesday at the age of 100, was a major advocate for compromise and coexistence at a time of growing estrangement between religious and secular Israelis. The head of the Bnei Brak-based Ponevezh Yeshiva and a top leader of the United Torah... Continue Reading

Rabbi Gershon Edelstein, head of the Ponevez Yeshiva, at his home in Bnei Brak, December 19, 2017. (Aharon Krohn/Flash90)

Opposition leader Yair Lapid (left) and National Unity party leader Benny Gantz meet in the Knesset on May 10, 2023. (Courtesy)

Live updates (closed)

Yesh Atid, National Unity say overhaul talks are ‘only possibility’ to reach solution

In joint statement, opposition parties say their participation is contingent upon ‘making progress,’ but they believe ‘majority of the public prefers talking to leaving the room’

6:19 pm

Trial for reporter who exposed case of Mahsa Amini opens in Tehran
6:04 pm

Defense attorney for Pittsburgh synagogue shooter admits he 'caused extraordinary harm'
5:51 pm

US CENTCOM chief in Israel to witness extensive IDF 'Firm Hand' drill

Damage is seen caused to an Israeli-owned car in a shooting attack near the Hermesh settlement in the northern West Bank, May 30, 2023. (Samaria Regional Council) Right: An undated photo of Meir Tamari, who was killed in the attack (Courtesy)

Israeli father of two killed in northern West Bank terror shooting

By Emanuel Fabian

Drive-by attack occurs near settlement of Hermesh, west of Jenin; military launches manhunt; victim named as Meir Tamari, 32

An Israeli soldier takes measurements at the home of a Palestinian terrorist in the West Bank city of Nablus, ahead of a potential demolition, early May 30, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF prepares to raze homes of Dee family terrorist, mastermind of soldier’s killing

By Emanuel Fabian

Damage caused to a military ambulance in a shooting attack in the southern West Bank, May 29, 2023. (Courtesy)

Military ambulance damaged in shooting attack in southern West Bank

By Emanuel Fabian

Illustrative: Otzma Yehudit member Benzi Gopstein (with microphone), head of the radical group Lehava, leads a demonstration against the Jerusalem Pride Parade on June 6, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Police: 2,000 cops to secure event, far-right counter-rally

‘Deadly Thursday’: Far-right activists threaten violence at Jerusalem Pride Parade

By Michael Bachner

Messages by members of extremist Lehava group — whose leader is an ally of police minister Ben Gvir — advocate burning, gunning down participants of LGBTQ rights march

File: Leader of the far-right Israeli group Lehava, Benzi Gopstein (R), seen at a press conference with his lawyer Itamar Ben Gvir, in Jerusalem on August 11, 2015. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing May 30: Pride parade under threat as extremists’ ally heads security

Pro-Israel stage protester says Roger Waters’ guards threatened to break his neck

A pro-Israel protester who rushed the stage with an Israeli flag during a Roger Waters concert in Frankfurt on Sunday told Israeli media Monday about the aftermath of his act, including that security guards had threatened to break his neck. Footage posted online showed the young man managing to reach the upper deck... Continue Reading

A man rushes the stage with an Israel flag during a Roger Waters concert in Frankfurt, Germany, May 28, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at Likud's Knesset faction meeting, May 29, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu to his colleagues: 'Don't believe what you read'

PM tells Likud overhaul is ‘not dead’; Gantz says any deal must cancel current bills

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

National Unity head indicates party could bolt judicial compromise talks if coalition takes both the seats allocated to MKs on Judicial Selection Committee

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Knesset during a debate, in Jerusalem, on May 29, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu accuses overhaul protesters of hounding MKs in the name of free speech

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara speaks during a legal conference in Haifa on January 12, 2023. (Shir Torem/ Flash90/ File)

Attorney general decides against mediation process in Netanyahu corruption trial

Injustice Minister Yariv Levin

What kind of justices does Levin purportedly believe the High Court needs? The kind that do not protect minority rights

Fred Shahrabani

What humans worry about when we worry about AI

If the real threat of artificial intelligence is that it’s too much like us, we need to embark on an urgent moral journey

When the words came back to me

What Clara offered was Hebrew lessons in exchange for babysitting. But what she gave me was a place that felt like home

No, I don’t live in Israel. Yes, I do have the right to protest.

I care deeply about Israel, and that should be reason enough, but as a US taxpayer I also have an obligation to speak out

MK Simcha Rothman at the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 29, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Rothman: ‘I won’t waste my precious time’ on ‘meaningless’ judicial overhaul talks

With direct compromise discussions set to resume, unnamed coalition official warns judicial selection panel ‘will not convene in its current form’ unless progress is seen this week

President Isaac Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog board their flight to Baku, Azerbaijan, May 30, 2023 (Haim Zach/GPO)

Before flying to Baku, Herzog strikes optimistic note on judicial reform talks

By Lazar Berman

Woman hands burning white sage. (iStock photo/ ninelutsk)

Interview'One look is all it takes'

Check yourself before you hex yourself: An expert’s guide to the evil eye

By Rich Tenorio

In his new book ‘The Evil Eye: The History, Mystery, and Magic of the Quiet Curse,’ Antonio Pagliarulo gives a practical overview of one of history’s most durable forces

US, EU slam construction of new yeshiva building in illegal Homesh outpost

By Jacob Magid, Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

State Department reiterates statement that it is ‘deeply troubled’ by move, while European Union calls on Israel ‘to reverse this action’

Return of judicial overhaul could hurt Israel’s credit rating, Fitch warns

By Sharon Wrobel

Fitch Ratings warned that growing domestic social and political upheaval and renewed uncertainty around the proposed judicial overhaul could hurt Israel’s A+ sovereign credit rating. “Israel continues to face high levels of internal social and political tension, and the advancement of certain policies favored by the governing coalition... Continue Reading

An illustrative photo of the Tel Aviv financial business district skyline. (Elijah Lovkoff via iStock by Getty Images)

View of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange on November 29, 2020. (Miriam Alster/ Flash90/ File)

Renewed market concern over judicial overhaul weakens shekel, keeps rates high

By Sharon Wrobel

Israeli Air Force chief Tomer Bar (left) and Ashdod Mayor Yehiel Lasri unveil a memorial for the IAF's first-ever strike mission 75 years ago, at the Ad Halom Park near Ashdod, May 29, 2023. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)

Successful but scrappy: Air Force marks 75 years since its 1st-ever strike mission

By Emanuel Fabian

Surprise attack on Egyptian convoy marching toward Tel Aviv is thought to have changed the course of War of Independence in 1948, despite not hitting its target

An Iron Dome missile defense system fires an interceptor from a Sa’ar-6 corvette, at a target during an exercise in May 2023. (Defense Ministry)

Ship-mounted Iron Dome system aces fresh tests

By Emanuel Fabian

IDF Artillery Corps and an Iron Dome air defense system are seen near the border with Lebanon, in northern Israel, April 6, 2023. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

IDF launches major drill focused on preparing for all out multi-front war

By Emanuel Fabian

'Very bad idea to make ceasefire when you've lost territory'

Kissinger denies delaying weapons airlifts to Israel during 1973 Yom Kippur War

Former US diplomat Henry Kissinger denied deliberately delaying airlifts of weapons to replenish Israel's depleted supplies during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, saying any delay was due to logistical problems and the fact that Washington initially thought Israel was already winning. Three years after the war, a retired... Continue Reading

Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger briefs newsmen on Friday, Oct. 12, 1973 at the State Department in Washington. The press conference followed his visit to the United Nations where he conferred with Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban on the troubled Middle East. (AP Photo)

President Isaac Herzog (left) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the presidential complex in Ankara, on March 9, 2022. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Netanyahu, Herzog call Erdogan after election victory, vow to improve ties

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Israeli leaders tell Turkish president they want to continue to strengthen their bilateral relationship after diplomatic rapprochement last year

Supporters of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gather outside the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, May 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Ali Unal)

With renewed mandate, Erdogan likely to maintain close ties with West and Russia

By Suzan Fraser and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY

A Gazan preschooler stomps on an Israeli flag at a graduation ceremony, at the Young Deer Kindergarten in Beit Hanoun, in footage posted from May 24 - May 27, 2023. (MEMRI screenshot)

Gaza preschoolers stage mock liberation of ‘Palestinian land’

By Michael Horovitz

Children armed with prop guns and dressed in military garb trample over Israeli flag and perform military exercises at ceremony, as parents clap

The interactive globe at the newly renovated Tower of David Museum in Jerusalem, reopening June 1, 2023 (Courtesy Ricky Rachman)

Modern and ancient coexist in $50 million Tower of David renovation

By Jessica Steinberg

Museum in age-old citadel becomes capital’s official gateway to the Old City

Dr. Aviad Scheinin, director of the Marine Apex Predator Lab at the Morris Kahn Marine Research Station at the Haifa University Charny School of Marine Sciences, looks for marine mammals during the Israel-UK survey of Israel's economic waters, in Spring 2022. (Elad Aybes, Greenpeace Israel)

New findings on deep sea whales, dolphins prompt call to stop Israel’s search for gas

First extensive exploration of Israel’s deep-sea economic waters by Israeli-UK team identifies two species of threatened whales that are sensitive to underwater noise

Protesters rally against plans for the Kesem power station. 'This gas will kill us,' read the signs in yellow (YouTube screenshot)

Government greenlights 2 gas-fired power stations to meet electricity demands

A view of the Dead Sea Works in southern Israel on February 2, 2018. (Issac Harari/Flash90)

State told to explain why it slashed NIS 65 million from Dead Sea Works water bill

More Headlines

The Celebrate Israel Parade in New York City, May 22, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

18 Israeli politicians said slated to attend Sunday’s Celebrate Israel Parade in NYC

By ToI Staff and Luke Tress

Transportation Minister Miri Regev (left) with her Moroccan counterpart Mohamed Abdeljali after signing a series of deals in Rabat, Morocco, May 29, 2023. (Twitter)

Israel inks three transportation deals boosting links with Morocco

By ToI Staff and AFP

Screen grab from an unverified video circulating on social media said to show damage to a Moscow building after a drone attack, May 30, 2023 (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Drone strikes on Moscow damage buildings; Russia says several UAVs shot down

Cpl. Maya Aloni, who died May 29, 2023 at the Border Police training base in the West Bank. (Israel Police)

Border Police recruit collapses, dies during training

By Emanuel Fabian

In this image released by the Italian firefighters, a helicopter searches for missing passengers after a tourist boat capsized in a storm on Italy's Lago Maggiore in the northern Lombardy region, May 28, 2023. (Vigili Del Fuoco via AP)

Lake Maggiore tour boat that sank was carrying Israeli and Italian security personnel

This November 4, 2020, satellite photo by Maxar Technologies shows Iran's Fordow nuclear site. (Maxar Technologies via AP)

Iranian state media: IAEA closed two lines of inquiry on nuclear program

By Amir Vahdat and Jon Gambrell

A man holds up a pre-wedding poster showing Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein and his fiance Rajwa al-Saif, during a free concert to celebrate the upcoming wedding at Amman International Stadium on May 29, 2023. (Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP)

Jordan starts celebrations ahead of first royal wedding in years

Portrait of former Supreme Court Justice Jacob Turkel at his home in Jerusalem, April 17, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Former Supreme Court justice Yaakov Turkel dies aged 88

By Jeremy Sharon

Shalev Aflalo, who was killed when he was hit by a car in Tel Aviv on September 24, 2022. (Courtesy)

Police redesignate teen’s 2022 road death as suspected murder, arrest 5

Illustrative: An Israel Police car, February 27, 2017. (Moti Karelitz/Flash90)

Police open murder probe after man found dead in southern Bedouin town

Aviad Sido climbs Everest in a video provided to Ynet (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Youngest Israeli to climb Everest, whose teammate died on descent, may lose finger

Illustrative: A beluga whale in Alaska, August 25, 2017. (NOAA Fisheries via AP)

Come in from the coldBeluga whale, once a suspected Russian spy, appears off Swedish coast

By JAN M. OLSEN

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