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Doves fly past the 'Peace Statue' in Nagasaki, Japan, after being released into the air during the 80th annual memorial for the US nuclear bombing of the city in World War II, August 9, 2025. (JIJI PRESS / AFP)
August 9, 2025, 12:40 pm
Israeli envoy attends Nagasaki 80th atom bomb anniversary, a year after Gaza war snub
Memorial for US atomic bombing of Japanese city during WWII attended by representatives from some 100 countries, amid prayers for global peace, nuclear weapons ban
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, separated by heavy wire screen as they leave US Court House after being found guilty of by jury of spying for the Soviet Union, 1951. (Roger Higgins for the New York World-Telegram and the Sun/Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
September 10, 2024, 9:03 pm
Unsealed memo from 1950 says Ethel Rosenberg ‘did not engage’ in atomic espionage
While historians have long agreed husband Julius was Soviet spy, they have been divided over whether Ethel took part in activities; both were executed by US in 1953
By Eric Tucker
Photos of Ted and Joan Hall in 'A Compassionate Spy.' (Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures)
August 12, 2023, 2:43 am
The spy who loved her: How wife shielded US nuclear scientist after intel leak to USSR
New documentary ‘A Compassionate Spy’ reveals the crisis of conscience that led Manhattan Project physicist Ted Hall to spy for the Soviets, and how his spouse Joan kept his secret
By Rich Tenorio
A wildfire burning through the night. (Cathy Withers-Clarke, iStock/Getty Images)
August 3, 2023, 4:22 pm
‘Oppenheimer’ offers a timely warning on the dangers of the climate crisis
Scientists thought the chances of an A-bomb destroying Earth were ‘near zero.’ We know now that climate change could obliterate humanity, but we continue along our destructive path
By Sue Surkes
Cillian Murphy plays J. Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan's film 'Oppenheimer.' (Universal Pictures)
July 21, 2023, 3:55 am
The Jewish story behind Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer,’ explained
The blockbuster biopic delves into the mind of the ‘father of the atom bomb,’ a lonely man tortured by his achievements, at once surrounded by and isolated from his own community
By Shira Li Bartov
Cillian Murphy in 'Oppenheimer.' (Courtesy of Universal Studios)
July 21, 2023, 3:44 am
In ‘Oppenheimer,’ Judaism lends a stable nucleus to moral conflict of atomic genius
Now in theaters, Christopher Nolan’s movie about the man behind the A-bomb shows a struggle between pragmatism, humanism and ambition – and the solace of a Jewish friendship
By Matt Goldberg
Various centrifuge machines line a hall at the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility, Iran on April 17, 2021. (Screenshot/Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting-IRIB, via AP)
February 28, 2023, 10:16 pm
UN atomic agency confirms Iran has enriched uranium close to weapons grade
Corroborating earlier reports, IAEA says inspectors found traces of material at 83.7% purity in Fordo; Tehran says it’s only enriched to 60%, which already has no civilian use
By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN
An Iranian cruise missile is launched during a naval exercise in the Gulf of Oman, June 18, 2020. (Iranian Army via AP)
November 25, 2022, 8:26 pm
Report: Iran developing missiles that could eliminate obstacles to delivering nuke
While previous intel assessments said Iran would need 2 years to assemble weapon, NYT finds growing gaps in West’s knowledge of Tehran’s progress, particularly at Fordo site
By ToI Staff
Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), speaks at the start of the tenth annual review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at UN headquarters on August 1, 2022 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
August 3, 2022, 3:39 am
Iran’s ‘ambitious’ nuclear program ‘moving ahead very, very fast,’ warns IAEA head
UN nuclear chief Rafael Grossi urges more transparency from Tehran, says ‘good words’ not enough
By ToI Staff
Mohammad Eslami, new head of Iran's nuclear agency (AEOI) talks on stage at the International Atomic Energy's (IAEA) General Conference in Vienna, Austria, September 20, 2021. (Lisa Leutner/ AP/ File)
August 1, 2022, 8:17 pm
Iran’s nuclear chief reiterates Tehran’s ability — and unwillingness — to make bomb
Remarks come days after Revolutionary Guard threatens to turn New York into ‘hellish ruins’ through nuclear warheads it could mount on its long-range missiles
By ToI Staff
Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner, 1912 (Public Domain via WikimediaCommons)
December 21, 2020, 4:30 am
75 years post-Hiroshima, Jewish ‘mother of the bomb’ inspires spy thriller novel
Physicist Lise Meitner discovered nuclear fission soon after fleeing Nazi Germany in 1938, but Nobel Prize was given to a man as she saw her breakthrough used in ways she opposed
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Visitors observe a minute of silence for the victims of the atomic bombing, at 8:15 a.m., the time atomic bomb exploded over the city, at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park during the ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the bombing, August 6, 2020, in Hiroshima, western Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
August 6, 2020, 4:53 pm
Hiroshima marks 75th anniversary of world’s 1st atomic attack
At scaled-down ceremony due to coronavirus pandemic, survivors call on Japan, international community to increase efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons
By Mari Yamaguchi
Casings identical to those used for the 'Fat Man' and 'Little Boy' atomic bombs are displayed, July 15, 2020, at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History in Albuquerque, New Mexico (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)
July 18, 2020, 3:57 pm
Anniversary of world’s 1st atomic test fuels nuclear debate
After 75 years, the test is both revered for the scientific advancements it helped to usher in, and vilified for the moral and diplomatic implications that still linger in its wake
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN
Illustrative. A plutonium core from the Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States in 1946. (US government/Wikimedia)
May 2, 2019, 8:01 pm
Israel had plutonium core ready to turn into nuke in ’67 war, US journal reveals
Former Israeli atomic official Elie Geisler describes guarding the device, which he says was hidden in a former British police station in central Israel
By Judah Ari Gross
Paul Rudd and Sienna Miller appear in 'The Catcher Was A Spy' by Ben Lewin, an official selection of the Premieres program at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. (Sundance Institute | photo by Dusan Martincek)
February 6, 2018, 5:13 am
Thriller spins true yarn of Jewish athlete-turned-WWII-assassin
‘The Catcher Was a Spy’ sees Paul Rudd playing Moe Berg, the genius baseball catcher who goes to Europe to kill a German scientist before the Reich becomes an atomic superpower
By Jordan Hoffman
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