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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 593

Inna Lazareva

Inna Lazareva

Illustrative: A carer helping an elderly Israeli to cross the street in Tel Aviv. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
February 22, 2023, 11:11 am
‘Modern slavery’: How foreign caregivers in Israel have been extorted for decades
ToI exposes a multi-million-dollar industry in which foreign workers are compelled to pay ‘placement fees’ to employment ‘brokers’ – with the government’s full knowledge
By Inna Lazareva
Activists protest to raise awareness of sexual violence against Ukrainian women and children in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, outside the Russian Embassy in Tel Aviv, on April 20, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
January 4, 2023, 11:13 am
Raped, abused, exploited: Ukrainian women seeking refuge in Israel find no haven
A harrowing examination reveals much abuse sliding under the authorities’ radar — or being willfully ignored — while the perpetrators remain free to commit further crimes
By Inna Lazareva
Igor Yarmonov and Galina Gurina in their room in a communal flat in Ashdod, December 18, 2022. (Inna Lazareva/Times of Israel)
December 22, 2022, 10:54 am
Disabled world chess champion from Mariupol faces eviction from his Ashdod lodgings
Igor Yarmonov and his wife fled to Israel with the help of chess enthusiasts around the world. Now, with only a week to find new housing, their future is far from certain
By Inna Lazareva
Roman and Katya Bashenko in Ichilov hospital, Tel Aviv, on November 30, 2022. (Inna Lazareva/Times of Israel)
December 5, 2022, 6:03 am
Buried alive by a Russian strike, a Ukrainian policeman fights to walk in Israel
Seriously injured and left for dead, Roman Bashenko uses life savings along with financial help from friends to pay for Israeli hospital treatment; the prognosis is complicated
By Inna Lazareva
Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann plays at the World Team Championship in Jerusalem, November 24, 2022. (Courtesy of FIDE/Mark Livshitz)
November 25, 2022, 9:00 am
‘Show me the evidence’: US captain defends alleged chess cheat Niemann at J’lem meet
As under-fire grandmaster keeps mum at tournament, team captain John Donaldson, who says he’s known the player since he was 10, praises his ‘great talent’ and maturity
By Inna Lazareva
Ilana David, captain of Israel's team at the World Teams Chess Championship, on November 20, 2022, in Jerusalem. (Inna Lazareva/Times of Israel)
November 24, 2022, 3:23 pm
‘Are you here by mistake?’ Meet the 1st Israeli woman to captain a men’s chess team
At the World Team Chess Championship, Ilana David describes her childhood alongside world champion Garry Kasparov, while lamenting the barriers facing women in the sport
By Inna Lazareva
The Ukrainian chess team display some national pride at the World Teams Chess Championship 2022 in Jerusalem. (Courtesy of Oleksandr Sulypa)
November 23, 2022, 6:49 am
Holding Russia in check, Ukrainians look to capture chess glory at Jerusalem tourney
Many of Ukraine’s players in the weeklong World Team Chess Championship come from the front lines or areas hit hard by Putin’s war gambit, and compete with their countrymen in mind
By Inna Lazareva
Ania Bukstein photo credit: Eyal Nevo / courtesy)
January 20, 2014, 4:31 am
Russian-born actress Ania Bukstein brings her fiery passion to music
She made her name on film playing a devout Orthodox lesbian; now she’s winning acclaim for a self-penned debut album with hints of Norah Jones
By Inna Lazareva
Bestselling historian Simon Sebag Montefiore (photo credit: courtesy)
December 3, 2013, 9:15 am
A modern Montefiore takes on Jerusalem
The Cambridge-educated author, a descendant of Sir Moses, speaks about the Holy City that has occupied his family for generations
By Inna Lazareva
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