Israel Story

We bring you quirky, unpredictable, interesting and moving stories about a place we all think we know a lot about, but really don’t. A collaboration between The Times Of Israel and Israel Story.

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A Tale of Two Sisters

April 17, 2026

Grace and Carol, straddling the ninth decade of their lives, suddenly find themselves as unexpected roommates during a war.

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Flower Power

December 31, 2025

Black markets, propaganda, and ... wildflowers.

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Frankly, My Deer

December 16, 2025

Fine caviar, Persian carpets, a potential Nazi, cold-blooded murder, and some of the last 'olim' to leave Iran before the Revolution

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Sorry, Not Sorry

October 1, 2025

For Yom Kippur: What does it mean to apologize?

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Wartime Diaries: Pazit Noyberger and Radwan Abu Arara

September 3, 2025

In the messy tension of war, Pazit had to make a life-or-death decision: donating her kidney to the daughter of a colleague from another community.

Rescue teams work outside a heavily damaged building following an Israeli strike in the Iranian capital of Tehran, June 13, 2025. (AFP)

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Iran to Israel, Tehran to Tel Aviv

July 23, 2025

In the middle of a war, we reached out to the other side. They answered.