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Russian diplomats expelled by the US after a nerve agent attack on a former spy leave their embassy in Washington, D.C, March 31, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / ZACH GIBSON)
April 1, 2018, 10:21 am
Russia, US diplomats pack their bags after tit-for-tat expulsions
60 Russian diplomats leaving Washington, 60 US diplomats prepare to quit Saint Petersburg, as relations between Russia and West sink to new low over ex-Russian spy attack
By Sylvie LANTEAUME and Marina Koreneva
Screen capture from video showing alleged crime lord Assi Ben Mosh, right, on a flight after being expelled from Columbia. (YouTube)
November 27, 2017, 10:02 am
Colombia deports suspected Israeli crime lord
Assi Ben-Mosh was accused of dealing drugs, coercing minors into prostitution, evading taxes, and 'harming security' of the country
By TOI staff
From left to right: Episcopal Vicar Raffaele Mangano, who handed over the key to the former Oratory of Santa Maria Delle Grazie al Sabato on behalf of the Archbishop Corrado Lorefice, Shavei Israel chairman Michael Freund, Ariel Finzi from the Jewish Community of Naples, vice president of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities Giulio Disegni. (Courtesy)
February 2, 2017, 12:58 am
500 years after being wiped out, Sicilian Jewish life is reborn
A vibrant community was expelled from Sicily under the Spanish Inquisition in 1493. What is causing residents to rediscover their hidden roots today?
By Rossella Tercatin
Coalition Chairman David Bitan seen with Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz (R) during a Knesset committee meeting in the Knesset, on March 23, 2016 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 15, 2017, 4:48 pm
Ministers delay vote on bill to expel terrorists’ families
Legislation that attorney general said violates Israeli and international law to be shelved 3 more months
By TOI staff
Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Barack Obama meet at the G20 summit being held in Hangzhou in eastern China's Zhejiang province, September 5, 2016. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
December 30, 2016, 5:13 pm
Putin blocks expulsion of US diplomats, looks to Trump
Shock decision comes after his foreign ministry requested expulsions in retaliation for similar move by Obama in election cyberattack row
By Max Delany
Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 14, 2016, 4:00 pm
Kahlon backs proposal to expel families of terrorists
Finance minister says controversial move will deter terror, vows to oppose de-funding artists who are 'disloyal' to the state
By Marissa Newman
File: Syrian President Bashar Assad listening to a question during an interview with AFP in the capital Damascus, February 11, 2016. (AFP/JOSEPH EID)
March 14, 2016, 1:55 pm
Assad says Russia to draw down, not pull out
Syrian president praises cooperation with Moscow for 'returning security to the country'; French envoy for Mideast peace confab meeting Israeli officials; Western Wall rabbi pulls support for egalitarian prayer space
By Raoul Wootliff
Police take up positions at the scene of a shooting attack on Salah a-Din street in Jerusalem on March 8, 2016. (United Hatzalah)
March 10, 2016, 11:39 pm
Israel expels terrorist’s family from Jerusalem to West Bank
Father and four siblings of Fouad Tamimi, who shot and wounded two policemen on Tuesday, did not have permission to live in capital
By Stuart Winer and Judah Ari Gross
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, confers with then-cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit during a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, on December 20, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 2, 2016, 2:31 pm
Netanyahu advances bid to expel attackers’ families to Gaza
PM seeks attorney general's opinion, saying the measure 'will lead to a significant decrease in terror attacks'
By Raphael Ahren
File: Avichai Mandelblit arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office in Jerusalem on January 17, 2016. (Amit Shabi/POOL)
February 28, 2016, 12:59 pm
Attorney general: Israel can’t expel terrorists’ families to Gaza
Avichai Mandelblit says deportations supported by Likud ministers would contravene Israeli and international law
By Stuart Winer
Haim Casas surrounded by congregants at Atid in Barcelona, 2015. (Antoni Moreno)
February 9, 2016, 11:29 pm
First Cordoba-born rabbi since 1492 expulsion set on reversing history
After his ordination next year in London, Haim Casas to return to Maimonides' home town to build progressive Jewish life inspired by great Sephardic legacy
By Renee Ghert-Zand
French Jewish author Tobie Nathan (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, G. Garitan)
December 19, 2015, 8:58 am
Jewish author wins top Tunisian prize for book on Cairo expulsion
Jury of Goncourt List votes to give its first-ever award to Tobie Nathan for 'This Country that Resembles You'
By JTA
Ashley Perry, president of Reconectar and director of the Knesset Caucus for the Reconnection with the Descendants of Spanish and Portuguese Jewish communities, at the caucus launch October 13, 2015. (Jeffrey P Worthington)
October 14, 2015, 5:56 pm
Knesset caucus aims to ‘reconnect’ with descendants of Sephardi Jews
It is a moral imperative to strengthen ties with the 'bnei anusim' who are now being embraced by Spain and Portugal, says caucus director Ashley Perry
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
People gather at the riverside meadow west of London as the Red Arrows RAF display team fly over the Magna Carta memorial in Runnymede, England, during a commemoration ceremony Monday June 15, 2015, to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the groundbreaking accord called Magna Carta. (Steve Parsons / Pool photo via AP)
June 15, 2015, 6:25 pm
The Magna Carta’s very Jewish underpinnings
800 years after its signing, a look at the Jewish clauses in the document widely praised as the foundation for enshrining civil liberties
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Detail of a historiated initial-word panel: Barukh (blessed) at the beginning of the benediction for the ending of the Shabbat (Havdalah ceremony). An elderly man lifts a goblet while performing the Havdalah blessing over a twisted candle held by a young boy. Origin: Catalonia/Barcelona (public domain)
March 22, 2015, 3:19 am
After 500 years, Catalonia’s haggadahs come home
Everything's illuminated at new Jewish liturgical manuscripts exhibit in Barcelona
By Ronit Treatman
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