Israelis abroad

Gil Levanon, left, and Kat Rohrer, are the minds behind 'Back to the Fatherland,' a documentary on Israelis moving back to Germany and Austria. (First Run Features)

June 15, 2019, 10:38 am

Israeli families struggle as their kids move back to Germany and Austria

In documentary ‘Back to the Fatherland,’ descendants of a survivor and a Nazi team up to examine the trend of young people returning to countries that perpetrated the Holocaust

By Curt Schleier

Israeli backpacker Bar Azoulay being interviewed on Israel's Channel 12 news after his plane from New Delhi to Istanbul carried out an emergency landing in the Iranian capital Tehran, on May 21, 2019. (Channel 12 screen capture)

May 22, 2019, 12:41 am

Israeli man recounts ‘terrifying’ hours after emergency landing in Tehran

A passenger’s cardiac arrest left Bar Azoulay, an Israeli backpacker flying from New Delhi to Bucharest, expecting Iranian authorities ‘to just take me’

By TOI staff

April 23, 2019, 12:43 am

Israeli who fell to death in Yosemite posed for picture hanging from cliff edge

18-year-old Tomer Frankfurter was trying to mimic a popular social media photograph when he plummeted nearly 600 feet last year

By AP

Guy First at his audition for Britain's Got Talent on April 13, 2019. (Facebook)

April 14, 2019, 6:20 pm

Israeli ‘fart’ artist blows away ‘Britain’s Got Talent’

Hand-farting musician Guy First receives standing ovation for his performance of classic songs at audition

By Joelle Milman

Shiry Avny explains on a tour how street artists apply their work on many different surfaces. (Robert Sarner/ Times of Israel)

March 2, 2019, 2:58 pm

Israelis in Paris give gritty, alternative art tours of the City of Love

Painting the town red, these street walkers don’t shy away from the under belly of the Parisian urban art scene

By Robert Sarner

Travelers walk to their terminal at the Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport on June 29, 2018 (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

February 18, 2019, 11:50 pm

Israeli tourist injured in hit-and-run in Florida

Nir Duani, 22, goes missing for three days before family locates him in Fort Lauderdale hospital

By TOI staff

Victoria Falls seen from the Zimbabwe side in May, 1997. (AP Photo/Samuel Shelanski)

February 6, 2019, 4:31 pm

Israeli man, 33, drowns in a river in Zimbabwe

Man’s body found near Victoria Falls, and will be brought back to Israel for burial; he reportedly worked in a skydiving club in the area

By TOI staff

Sharon Heinrich in Paris, across from the Eiffel Tower. (Eyal Yassky-Weiss)

December 26, 2018, 3:23 am

Meet the Israeli woman who’s championing French pastry in Paris

Patisserie maven Sharon Heinrich is carving out a sweet niche in the City of Love, giving Hebrew tours to visiting Israelis and spreading the good word on delectable treats

By Robert Sarner

Nitza Levy, Israeli living in Mexico City and board member of GIL. (Doug Dalgleish)

November 4, 2018, 2:39 pm

At Paris conference, expat Israelis strategize how to empower growing ‘diaspora’

With up to 1 million Israeli citizens now residing outside the Jewish state, members of the Global Israeli Leadership demand a place at the table in local communities and at home

By Robert Sarner

Illustrative: View of the Himalayas, by the Nepalese village of Nagarkot, December 17, 2016. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

September 26, 2018, 4:34 pm

Israelis rescued from snowstorms in India; others remain trapped but safe

Two hikers pulled off mountain after suffering from altitude sickness; rescue organization working to reach remote villages where some have been stuck for a week

By Stuart Winer

In this July 24, 2018, file photo, Francisco Avendano, visiting from Madrid, Spain, photographs Half Dome as smoke from the Ferguson Fire hangs over Yosemite National Park, Calif. (AP/Noah Berger)

September 5, 2018, 5:40 pm

Israeli teen dies after falling off cliff in Yosemite when taking selfie

Mother says Jerusalem resident slipped while trying to take photo at California park

By TOI staff

Screen capture from video of the Dharamshala region of northern India. (YouTube)

September 4, 2018, 1:48 pm

Israeli woman dies in India from suspected milk allergy

Foreign Ministry and consul in Dehli working to bring deceased traveler’s body back home for burial

By TOI staff

Leeor Brooks, left, during a match in Greece, November 22, 2017. (Courtesy of ZMAK/via JTA)

July 5, 2018, 3:20 am

An Israeli wrestler calls himself ‘The Chutzpah,’ and Europe loves to hate him

Whether dealing a ‘krav maga kick’ to challenger’s groin, or patented ‘Chosen People’s elbow,’ Leeor Brooks plays up Jewish stereotypes as a wrestling villain — and it’s working

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Illustrative photo of a gun. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

June 4, 2018, 5:41 pm

Israeli man shot dead at his home in Honduras

3 killers on motorcycle shoot Reuven Franklin in Catacamas; police believe incident was part of a personal dispute

By Stuart Winer

Partygoers leaving an event near the Colombia city of Santa Marta after it was raided by local authorities, who said large quantities of drugs were seized and that 90 percent of the participants were Israeli, on April 26, 2018. (Screen capture: Twitter)

April 28, 2018, 5:50 pm

Colombian authorities break up Israeli-organized drug party

Law enforcement seizes cocaine, ecstasy from event, allegedly organized by Israeli crime figure deported last year

By TOI staff