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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 530

Jessica Steinberg

Jessica Steinberg

Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center
Protesters march for the release of hostages from Gaza and against efforts by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fire Shin Bet head Ronen Bar, on Route 1 outside Jerusalem, March 18, 2025. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 19, 2025, 1:14 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 19: Day 530 – US fully supportive of Gaza strikes, but Trump stays silent
US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses White House support for Israel’s strikes, the latest on US hostage envoy Adam Boehler, and US payments to the Palestinian Authority
By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid
From the trailer for 'Guygu,' a short film about hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal, being released in March 2025 (Courtesy)
March 19, 2025, 12:25 pm
For hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal, a film imagines salvation through all things Japanese
22-year-old anime fan planned on traveling to Japan before he was abducted by terrorists on October 7, 2023; his story is now the subject of ‘Guygu,’ a six-minute animated short
By Jessica Steinberg
From left to right: Freed hostages Aviva Siegel, Keith Siegel, Yarden Bibas, Iair Horn, Yocheved Lifshitz and Sasha Troufanov attend a rally at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, March 18, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
March 18, 2025, 11:19 pm
‘They’re not just posters, they’re people’: Freed hostages urge deal to save those left behind
Families fear resumed war could be fatal for loved ones; Sasha Troufanov asks ‘why are we abandoning them’; Yarden Bibas say he’s ‘petrified’ for his friends; Noa Argamani pleads to save every soul
By Jessica Steinberg and Noam Lehmann
Bible Lands Museum director Risa Levitt shows 'Kuma,' the illustrated scroll made by Eitan Rosenzweig, a soldier killed on November 22, 2023, in battle in Gaza, currently on exhibit in the Jerusalem museum through Summer 2025 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
March 18, 2025, 4:53 pm
Historical imagery, magical letters capture the imagination in Bible Lands exhibits
Jerusalem’s Bible Lands Museum extends its archeological focus with two new exhibits, one connected to October 7 and the other to the Hebrew alphabet
By Jessica Steinberg
Poet and doctor Owen Lewis felt his latest poetry book 'barrel out of him' after the atrocities of October 7 (Courtesy Columbia News)
March 17, 2025, 8:03 am
Columbia med school professor and poet reflects on October 7 grief
In ‘A Prayer of Six Wings,’ psychiatrist Owen Lewis grapples with the traumas of the Hamas atrocities
By Jessica Steinberg
Haredi Jews clash with police during a protest against the ultra-Orthodox draft on Road 4 outside Bnei Brak on March 2, 2025 (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 16, 2025, 12:59 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 16: Day 527 – Haredi groups help yeshiva students dodge draft
Political correspondent Sam Sokol discusses the issue of ultra-Orthodox draft exemptions amid current budget debate and his ongoing investigation into draft dodging organizations
By Jessica Steinberg and Sam Sokol
Singer Kobi Oz and the Teapacks band perform for Einav Zangauker and Ilana Gritzewsky, mother and girlfriend of hostage Matan Zangauker, on March 13, 2025, at the hostage tent encampment on Tel Aviv's Begin Road outside the Defense Ministry (Amir Yaacobi)
March 13, 2025, 2:47 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 13: Day 524 – Is Steve Witkoff the only hope for a hostage deal?
Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz discusses how to save the talks on freeing the hostages, the March 31 budget deadline, and Trump’s latest comments on Gazans’ future
By Jessica Steinberg and David Horovitz
Singer and performer Hanan Ben Ari, left, with the cast of 'Eretz Nehederet' singing a song for hostage Alon Ohel, March 2025 (Courtesy)
March 12, 2025, 5:30 pm
‘Eretz Nehederet’ cast and Hanan Ben Ari sing for hostage Alon Ohel
The singer plays a yellow piano, symbolizing the struggle to free the hostages held in Gaza, and dedicates a song to the budding pianist
By Jessica Steinberg
John Cleese in a May 2023 interview about King Charles' coronation (Screenshot: GBNews/YouTube)
March 11, 2025, 1:32 pm
Still upright at 85, John Cleese to bring sit-down comedy to Israel
Co-creator of Monty Python, ‘Fawlty Towers’ and other comic hits — who touted his 2019 appearance as the last chance to see him alive — to play Tel Aviv and Jerusalem in June
By Jessica Steinberg
Rabbi Elhanan Danino speaks at a memorial event in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, February 20, 2025. (Alon Gilboa/Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
March 11, 2025, 12:56 am
A mourning rabbi looks to hostage son, slain in Gaza, for direction as he pushes for a deal
Before he was murdered in captivity, Ori Danino helped fellow hostages, including Hersh Goldberg-Polin, in acts of heroism that color how his father now honors his legacy
By Jessica Steinberg
A Margherita pizza at Haifa's NeoPolitan, which ranked 25th in 50 Top Pizza on March 10, 2025. (Courtesy)
March 10, 2025, 10:42 pm
Haifa, Jerusalem pizzerias make 50 Top Pizza list for Asia-Pacific region
Haifa’s NeoPolitan takes 25th spot and new entry of the year award and Jerusalem’s La Piedra is at 37 on the prestigious guide
By Jessica Steinberg
Lior Raz, second from right, will star in the fifth season of 'Fauda,' which will start filming in April 2025 (Credit Ronen Akerman)
March 10, 2025, 7:11 pm
Israeli hit show ‘Fauda’ to start filming fifth season
The team goes abroad for a private mission in episodes of the action series that will premiere early next year
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative: Parked airplanes belonging to Israir and El Al at Ben Gurion International Airport, August 8, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/FLASH90)
March 10, 2025, 2:35 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 10: Day 521 – Israeli banks gain in war, El Al gets company on NY route
Tech editor Sharon Wrobel discusses lenders’ profits, Israir’s new TLV-NY plans; reporter Diana Bletter analyzes allegations against IDF in Gaza and non-Jewish villagers’ return home
By Jessica Steinberg, Diana Bletter and Sharon Wrobel
Posters of Israelis held hostage in Gaza are seen posted outside the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, under a banner reading: "First, the hostages!" on March 9, 2025. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
March 10, 2025, 10:17 am
Israeli negotiators set to head to Qatar for hostage talks, amid Gaza aid cut-off
US envoy Witkoff reportedly expected in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday and in Doha on Wednesday; hostage families sleep outside Defense Ministry, demanding deal
By Agencies, Jessica Steinberg, Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Bereaved father Moshe Shapiro at an event displaying his caricatures sketched before and after his son, Aner Shapiro, was killed on October 7, 2023 (Courtesy)
March 8, 2025, 8:19 am
Oct. 7 bereaved father draws his hope, sadness and criticism in daily caricatures
Moshe Shapiro, father of hero Aner Shapiro who died protecting Nova partygoers in roadside shelter, seeks his own rehabilitation through a familiar hobby
By Jessica Steinberg
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