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Interview
'I didn't expect the musical, let alone being asked to join'
‘Dear Evan Hansen’ star stirs TikTok fans to donate $2m in ‘Ratatouille’ musical
By
Jordan Hoffman
Andrew Barth Feldman plays the lead role in a crowdsourced version of the Disney classic performed virtually during the pandemic to benefit struggling actors
Op-ed
David Horovitz
When funerals are fatal
Ultra-Orthodox crowds at 2 rabbis’ funerals were ‘helpless’ in the face of the ‘divine decree,’ an MK suggested. But helplessness is not an option when the consequences are deadly
ICC has jurisdiction to probe Israel, Hamas for war crimes, pretrial judges rule
By
Jacob Magid
In 2-1 decision, judges determine Palestine is a state, and The Hague can thus investigate there; probe likely to cover 2014 Gaza war, settlement policy, IDF actions on Gaza border
US opposes ICC ruling it has jurisdiction to probe Israel, Hamas for war crimes
By
Jacob Magid
Blog
This flawed decision turns the ICC itself into just one more Israel-basher
By
Alan Baker
Biden admin ’embraces’ IHRA anti-Semitism definition shunned by progressives
By
Jacob Magid
Heeding call of major Jewish groups, State Department official urges others to adopt classification, which critics say will curb free speech against Israel
Democrat lawmaker backtracks on claim Israel ‘burning down Palestinian villages’
By
Jacob Magid
Op-ed
David Horovitz
Kahanists, Arabs, Gantz could help Netanyahu, in Israel’s least ideological vote
This is no familiar right-vs-left election. It’s Netanyahu versus the rest. But though ‘the rest,’ this time, includes potent challengers from his own camp, the PM is far from done
Analysis
Why is Netanyahu trying (again) to push Kahanists into the Knesset?
By
Haviv Rettig Gur
Otzma Yehudit head says Kahane was ‘holy’; backs expulsion of ‘disloyal’ Arabs
By
Raoul Wootliff
Times of Israel Podcast
PODCAST: Daily Briefing, Feb. 4 — Kahane lives: Merger may mean extremist MKs
By
TOI staff
Analysis
After a year of political betrayals, mistrust puts party mergers on hold
By
Haviv Rettig Gur
Israel’s electoral system facilitates infidelity by letting blocs break up easily; with big parties unable to trust those hitching a ride, smaller factions may be left in the cold
Blog
Congratulations, Gilad Kariv. Now please, don’t sell us out.
By
Shulamit S. Magnus
Analysis
As the Arab Joint List falls apart, the biggest winner is Netanyahu
By
Aaron Boxerman
Times of Israel Podcast
PODCAST: Daily Briefing, Feb. 3 — Israeli election deadline; Jewish space lasers
By
TOI staff
Navalny sacrificed his freedom to liberate Russia; now he needs our help
By
Rachel Sharansky Danziger
Interview
Vaccinated! Now what? An expert offers answers for Israel’s dosed and confused
By
Nathan Jeffay
Prof. Nadav Davidovitch says new variants have made returning to normal even harder, but he offers advice, and a peek at the possible road ahead, for a nation seeking immunity now
New Israeli drug cured 29 of 30 moderate/serious COVID cases in days — hospital
By
TOI staff
14 of 16 severe COVID patients in trial recover with experimental Israeli drug
By
Luke Tress
Blog
Anti-vaxxers and Israel’s own conspiracy theorists
By
Paul Gross
For 5,000 Israelis killed by COVID, a digital tapestry of stories ended too soon
By
Jessica Steinberg
Academic award
And the Oscar goes to… Israeli engineers for film technology
By
Jessica Steinberg
Amimon team was notified a year ago of the nomination, but thought it was a gimmick
World’s hottest new math mind-teasers set by Israeli AI formula-finder
By
Nathan Jeffay
Tesla launches electric car sales in Israel, unveils lower-than-expected prices
By
TOI staff
Intel Israel reports record-setting year with $8 billion in 2020 exports
By
Luke Tress
Times Will Tell
PODCAST: ‘Biblical’ royal purple cloth, and all about radiocarbon dating
By
TOI staff
It’s Archaeology 101 with two of Israel’s leading scholars: Prof. Erez Ben-Yosef on excavations at Timna; and Prof. Elisabetta Boaretto breaks down radiocarbon dating for dummies
Rewriting history, evidence of olive consumption 6,600 years ago found off Haifa
By
TOI staff
Scientists: Bone carving found in Israel could be earliest human use of symbols
By
TOI staff
Interview
Canadian lawyer sets high bar with his bestselling, very Jewish crime thrillers
By
Robert Sarner
When not captivating judge and jury as a criminal defender, Robert Rotenberg thinks up ways to challenge fictional homicide gumshoe Ari Greene on his home turf in Toronto
Interview
Toronto trans girl inspires supportive dad to design non-binary bikini bottoms
By
Renee Ghert-Zand
Interview
'People shouldn’t feel ashamed for not wanting to exercise'
Loathe jogging? Harvard prof explains how humans evolved to be couch potatoes
By
Cathryn J. Prince
In his book ‘Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do is Healthy and Rewarding,’ Daniel Lieberman tackles myths and inaccuracies about physical fitness and the need for rest
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