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Ofir Akunis attending a conference in Tel Aviv, January 17, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
March 17, 2024, 3:11 pm
Cabinet approves Ofir Akunis as next consul-general in New York
Position has remained vacant since Asaf Zamir resigned last year in protest of judicial overhaul; science minister replaced by Gila Gamliel, whose ministry is being shuttered
By ToI Staff
Asaf Zamir outside Israel's consulate in New York City shortly after quitting his position as consul general in protest, March 26, 2023. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
August 28, 2023, 5:34 pm
Former NY consul general Zamir joins Tel Aviv Mayor Huldai to run for city hall
Ex-tourism minister announces return to local politics after quitting envoy job due to judicial overhaul, 1 election cycle after losing challenge against longtime incumbent in 2018
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
New York City Mayor Eric Adams marries Asaf Zamir and Maya Wertheimer the New York Public Library on June 11, 2023. (Maya Wertheimer/Instagram)
June 12, 2023, 6:46 pm
Asaf Zamir and Maya Wertheimer are wed by NYC mayor ahead of return to Israel
Former consul general and actress wife retie knot in the US since their Reform marriage in Israel isn’t recognized by the Jewish state
By PHILISSA CRAMER
File: Then-foreign minister Yair Lapid (left) and then-special envoy to combat antisemitism and delegitimization of Israel Noa Tishby at the Foreign Ministry on April 11, 2022. (Foreign Ministry)
April 2, 2023, 10:36 pm
Noa Tishby booted as volunteer antisemitism envoy after criticizing overhaul
Actress and pro-Israel activist says disapproval of legislation likely behind ouster; Foreign Ministry declines to comment
By AP and ToI Staff
Asaf Zamir outside Israel's consulate in New York City shortly after quitting his position as consul general in protest, March 26, 2023. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
March 27, 2023, 2:40 am
Israel’s NY envoy quits in protest of overhaul ‘to join fight for Israel’s future’
Asaf Zamir, who was summoned to Jerusalem last week for comments against coalition, pens open letter saying effort to curb judiciary ‘undermines democratic system’s foundation’
By Luke Tress and Jacob Magid
Israeli Consul General to New York Asaf Zamir speaks at a New York City event with the Jewish Federations of North America on September 27, 2021. (Shahar Azran)
March 19, 2023, 9:20 pm
Israel’s envoy in NY summoned to Jerusalem over criticism of judicial overhaul
Asaf Zamir ordered to fly home to explain his comments at a gala dinner expressing ‘deep concern’ over country’s direction and saying Jewish homeland must remain democratic
By Jacob Magid and Lazar Berman
Israel's Consul General in New York Asaf Zamir speaks at a JNF-USA event on October 28, 2021. (Shahar Azran/File)
March 18, 2023, 12:46 am
Israeli envoy in NY ‘deeply concerned’ by country’s direction as overhaul advances
In rare criticism of the government by a sitting diplomat, Asaf Zamir, a Lapid appointee, says a ‘national home’ in Israel ‘really must be democratic’
By Jacob Magid
A panel discussion at the JFNA General Assembly in Chicago on October 30, 2022. (Jewish Federations of North America/ File)
November 1, 2022, 5:54 pm
US Jewish leaders express quiet concern about potential rise of Israeli far-right
At Jewish Federations confab in Chicago, few officials willing to speak publicly about fears of Itamar Ben Gvir joining cabinet, but local lay leaders say issue is being discussed
By PHILISSA CRAMER
A rare quarter shekel silver coin, minted in 69 CE, that was handed over to Israeli authorities in New York, September 12, 2022. (Israel Antiquities Authority)
September 13, 2022, 12:38 pm
Rare, stolen 2,000-year-old silver coin returned to Israeli authorities in US
Quarter-shekel minted in 69CE was smuggled out of country to black market; international probe results in it finally being restored to Israel Antiquities Authority
By Stuart Winer
Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai holds a press conference at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, on January 24, 2021, in Tel Aviv. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
February 23, 2022, 3:30 pm
Tel Aviv Mayor Huldai, 77, to run for sixth term after 25 years in office
Huldai announces plan to tackle rising cost of living in Tel Aviv, which sources say is meant to prepare the ground for the 2023 municipal elections
By Tobias Siegal
Israel's Consul General in New York Asaf Zamir speaks at a JNF-USA event on October 28, 2021. (Shahar Azran/File)
January 14, 2022, 6:37 pm
Israel’s new man in NY: Bring on the broad — but legitimate — criticism of Israel
Consul General Asaf Zamir says providing US youth with tools to sell both progressive and Zionist identities requires explaining conflict’s complexity more honestly than in past
By Jacob Magid
Onlookers including Orthodox Jewish residents stand on the corner of Forshay Road in Monsey, New York, December 29, 2019, down the street from the scene of a stabbing rampage that occurred late the previous day during a Hanukkah celebration. (AP Photo/Allyse Pulliam)
January 11, 2022, 5:02 am
‘An act of pure evil’: NY leaders hold 2-year memorial for deadly antisemitic attack
Governor, senators, attorney general and Israeli envoy commemorate 2019 machete assault on Hanukkah worshipers in Monsey that killed 1, injured 5
By Luke Tress
A health worker takes test samples of Israelis at a COVID testing center in Jerusalem on January 9, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 9, 2022, 2:00 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 9 – Rising Omicron numbers and Israel’s new consul general in NY
ToI editor David Horovitz weighs in on coronavirus and death of 4-year-old by stray bullet, as US correspondent Jacob Magid discusses interview with new envoy Asaf Zamir
By ToI Staff
Israeli Consul General to New York Asaf Zamir speaks at a New York City event with the Jewish Federations of North America on September 27, 2021. (Shahar Azran)
December 19, 2021, 3:08 pm
Israel’s consul general in New York, 12 other aides test positive for COVID
Foreign Ministry claims Asaf Zamir still waiting for results, but diplomat’s wife blows lid off story with Instagram post
By Jacob Magid
Entrance to the Israeli Consulate in New York City (screen capture: Google Street View)
December 18, 2021, 1:47 am
At least 10 COVID cases said confirmed at Israeli consulate in New York
Israeli TV says dozens of other employees report not feeling well, as New York state records highest single-day infection total
By ToI Staff and AP
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