Amy Spiro

Amy Spiro is a reporter and writer with The Times of Israel.

October 6, 2022, 8:35 pm

Israelis rally in Jerusalem in solidarity with Iranian women protesters

‘We want to say here in Israel that we believe you deserve your freedom,’ says co-organizer Shoshana Keats Jaskoll, as protesters wave signs in Hebrew, English and Farsi

By Amy Spiro

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh addresses the Glasgow Climate Conference on November 1, 2021. (WAFA)

October 3, 2022, 1:52 pm

Palestinian Authority PM expresses concern new UK PM could move embassy to Jerusalem

Mohammed Shtayyeh tells cabinet in Ramallah that any such step by Liz Truss would ‘be considered a flagrant violation of international law’

By Amy Spiro

The Miami Boys Choir in concert in Brooklyn in 2018. (Screenshot)

October 3, 2022, 4:05 am

The Miami Boys Choir churned out generations of child stars. Where are they now?

As the longtime Jewish singing group enjoys an unlikely viral moment on TikTok, The Times of Israel speaks to alumni about their experience in the choir and its lasting impact

By Amy Spiro

MK Amichai Chikli at the Knesset House Committee hearing on Yamina's request to declare him a 'defector' from the party, on April 25, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

September 28, 2022, 1:56 pm

Rebel ex-MK Chikli disqualified from running with Likud, which vows to appeal move

Central Elections Committee overturns terms of deal former Yamina MK made upon resigning in July; party to turn to Supreme Court, which tends to reverse such decisions

By Amy Spiro

Illustrative: Israeli snipers prepare for massive protests by Palestinians in Gaza and the potential for demonstrators to try to breach the security fence on March 30, 2018. (Israel Defense Forces/File)

September 21, 2022, 5:10 am

Israeli novelist explores painful psychological price paid by IDF soldiers

In ‘Victorious,’ Yishai Sarid tells the story of a military psychologist who believes her job is to teach young soldiers to kill. And then her son enlists in the paratroopers

By Amy Spiro

French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna speaks at a press conference at the French Mission, Sept. 19, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

September 19, 2022, 2:32 pm

French FM says Iran will not get a ‘better deal’ than the one on the table

On sidelines of UN in New York, Catherine Colonna tells reporters that it appears ‘the window of opportunity seems ready to close again’ on reaching a nuclear agreement

By Amy Spiro

Prime Minister Yair Lapid (left) meets with Jordanian King Abdullah II at the Royal Palace in Amman, July 27, 2022. (Haim Zach/GPO)

September 18, 2022, 2:10 pm

Lapid seeking meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah on sidelines of UN

Prime minister looking to sit down in New York with Jordanian monarch as police say they will boost presence around Jerusalem’s Old City amid concerns over clashes, terror attack

By Amy Spiro

Israeli soldiers operate in the West Bank, September 14, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)

September 14, 2022, 1:58 pm

US official says White House is very troubled by rising West Bank violence

State Department’s Barbara Leaf says security situation was at the top of her agenda during recent visit to region, and that Israel-Lebanon maritime talks are ‘progressing’

By Amy Spiro

Labor leader Merav Michaeli (left), Prime Minister Yair Lapid (center), and Meretz leader Zehava Galon (right). (Flash90)

September 11, 2022, 1:52 pm

Michaeli rejects Lapid’s attempts to incentivize union between Labor, Meretz

Despite PM’s offer for reserved spot in Yesh Atid and ministerial positions, Labor party says past attempts to join with Meretz only led to electoral failure

By Amy Spiro

The women of 'Bnot Brak' (from left): Simi Hershkop, Ofra Shimoni, Nana Halperin, Esti Socolovski and Yael Silverman. (HOT)

September 11, 2022, 12:15 pm

The Haredi women not afraid to step outside the box — and onto the screen

New HOT reality series ‘Bnot Brak’ debuts Sunday, spotlighting the lives of five ultra-Orthodox women who embrace social media and are eager to show the diversity of Haredi life

By Amy Spiro

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, right, is shown the Codex Valmadonna I book by, from left, President of Board of Deputies of British Jews Vivian Wineman, Chairman of Ostro Minerals Schweiz AG Maurice Ostro and UK Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks at a reception to mark the Diamond Jubilee in London, February 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, Pool)

September 8, 2022, 8:57 pm

Queen Elizabeth’s long, complex relationship with the British Jewish community

She inspired loyalty among UK Jews throughout her reign, hosted Jewish and Israeli leaders, but it irked members of the community that she never visited Israel

By Amy Spiro

Zalman Shazar, Golda Meir, David Ben Gurion and Giora Josephtal at a Labor party conference in Tel Aviv on April 8, 1959. (Hans Pinn/GPO)

September 7, 2022, 2:14 am

Biography revisits the life of Golda Meir, the anti-feminist feminist leader

Author Pnina Lahav’s ‘The Only Woman in the Room’ examines the career of Israel’s fourth prime minister by exploring how being a woman shaped — or twisted — her path

By Amy Spiro

A construction site in Jerusalem against the backdrop of a sunset, September 1, 2021. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

September 5, 2022, 1:52 pm

Israel advances plan for controversial Jewish neighborhood in East Jerusalem

Givat Shaked project, slated to include 700 housing units, criticizing for cutting off development options for Beit Safafa neighborhood

By Amy Spiro

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, left, welcomes President Isaac Herzog to Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany, September 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

September 4, 2022, 5:53 pm

Meeting German president in Berlin, Herzog denounces ‘toothless’ Iran deal

Ahead of 50th anniversary memorial for Munich massacre, Steinmeier criticizes ‘shameful’ delay in compensation deal for relatives of Israeli athletes murdered in Olympic attack

By Amy Spiro

In this photo released on Monday, Nov. 4, 2019 by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the organization, speaks with media while visiting the Natanz enrichment facility, in central Iran. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP)

August 31, 2022, 10:13 pm

Iran said to expand uranium enrichment with new advanced centrifuges

As nuclear deal talks hit fever pitch, IAEA report seen by Reuters says Tehran carrying out 5% enrichment on more IR-6 centrifuges at its underground Natanz plant

By TOI staff and Amy Spiro