Michael Horovitz

Eggs stacked on shelves at the Osher Ad supermarket in Givat Shaul, Jerusalem, October 27, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

January 24, 2023, 4:10 pm

Heavy yolk: Government announces 16% jump in price of regulated eggs

12-pack of large eggs to cost NIS 13.97 ($4.10), up from NIS 12.05 ($3.60); ministry links decision to global increases amid Ukraine war, says it’s necessary to prevent shortages

By Michael Horovitz

A Maria Lactans, or breastfeeding Virgin Mary statuette, which was returned to the heirs of Jewish-German banker Jakob Goldschmidt, on January 20, 2023. (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation)

January 24, 2023, 3:36 pm

Virgin Mary sculpture sold under Nazi duress returned to Jewish owner’s heirs

Germany finds 16th-century breastfeeding statuette was sold in 1936 by collector Jakob Goldschmidt under unfair financial conditions

By Michael Horovitz

Stamps representing European principalities, such as Monaco, found by police while searching the Netanya home of a scam artist who allegedly posed as the secretary general of the Elysée Palace, the French president's official residence, January 24, 2023. (Israel Police)

January 24, 2023, 2:50 pm

Alleged Netanya fraudster arrested for posing as head of French presidential palace

Man suspected of faking position using special computer program to try to scam European diplomats, including ambassadors

By Michael Horovitz

Israeli President Isaac Herzog speaks at the Ashmoret conference in Tel Aviv, January 24, 2023.

January 24, 2023, 1:35 pm

Herzog warns Israel’s leaders: Clash over judicial overhaul ‘could consume us all’

President cites ‘deep concerns’ if coalition proposals are rushed through Knesset, urges dialogue, says Israel at a fateful moment: ‘This powder keg is about to explode’

By Michael Horovitz

Two cars go up in flames following an explosion in the coastal city of Netanya, January 23, 2023. (Courtesy)

January 24, 2023, 10:40 am

Car belonging to Netanya property developer blown up in apparent warning message

Man lightly injured trying to open door, likely trying to free passengers from vehicle he didn’t know was empty; posters in coastal city called real estate businessman a ‘scammer’

By Michael Horovitz

Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, former Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, who is under investigation for incitement. (AP/Joao Silva)

January 24, 2023, 1:30 am

Israel allows Palestinian cleric probed for incitement to fly to Morocco

MKs aim fire at authorities for allowing former grand mufti Ekrima Sabri to take off for conference hosted by arm of Islamic body charged with protecting al-Aqsa Mosque

By Michael Horovitz

Otzma Yedudit MK Limor Son Har-Melech (3R) poses with activists who set up an illegal outpost in the West Bank on January 20, 2023 (Courtesy)

January 20, 2023, 11:54 am

In test for coalition, illegal West Bank outpost set up in name of Rabbi Druckman

Organizers say site deliberately chosen to foil Palestinian territorial contiguity, call on Netanyahu government not to raze it like the previous government did

By Michael Horovitz

An AI-generated Joseph Goebbels responds in the Historical Figures Chat app. (Twitter photo screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

January 19, 2023, 7:14 pm

Chatbot denounced for generating remorseful responses from top Nazi figures

History professor says app makes excuses for Joseph Goebbels, who in chat claims to have ‘vehemently opposed’ violence against Jews, ‘publicly denounced’ their mistreatment

By Michael Horovitz

A 3D reconstruction of a male face published in December 2022, based on a 9,000-year-old plastered skull unearthed in the West Bank city of Jericho in 1953. (Cicero Moraes/Thiago Beaini/Moacir Santos)

January 16, 2023, 8:22 pm

9,000-year-old Jericho skull gets virtual facelift using plastic surgery techniques

Brazilian team of researchers reforms facial features and adds hair to create new 3D-image from remains found near West Bank city 70 years ago

By Michael Horovitz

A one-year-old baby inside a metal cage, found by police during a drug search operation at an apartment building in Haifa, January 15, 2023. (Israel Police)

January 16, 2023, 3:36 pm

Police find baby in locked cage during drug bust in Haifa

Mother of six arrested for false imprisonment, neglect and abuse; detectives find large quantities of suspected illicit drugs next door, arrest two residents

By Michael Horovitz

Rabbi Joshua Franklin of the Jewish Center of the Hamptons, in New York, giving a sermon on the role of artificial intelligence in a video uploaded on January 1, 2023. (Vimeo screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

January 16, 2023, 3:01 pm

Rabbi ‘plagiarizes’ AI sermon but says humans aren’t obsolete yet

NY’s Joshua Franklin delivers speech generated by ChatGPT linking story of biblical Joseph with vulnerability; congregants clap but he seeks to underline technology’s soullessness

By Michael Horovitz

Illustrative -- Police tape in Independence Park on July 30, 2015 (Garrett Mills/Flash90)

January 15, 2023, 3:17 pm

Man tased, slashed by teen gang after trying to break up Tel Aviv brawl

Sister of 18-year-old victim says assailants attacked him with tear gas, stun gun and a box cutter near Ramat Aviv park; police say 15-year-old arrested

By Michael Horovitz

Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, in Tel Aviv, on January 14, 2023. (Jack Guez/AFP)

January 14, 2023, 8:41 pm

‘A plan to change Israel’s DNA’: 80,000 rally in Tel Aviv against judicial overhaul

Braving rain, opponents of coalition’s radical proposals protest at Habima Square; minor scuffles with cops near Ayalon Highway; president urged to declare Netanyahu unfit to serve

By Naomi Lanzkron, Michael Horovitz and TOI staff

An image of US Airways Flight 1549 after it crashed into the Hudson River in New York City on January 15 2009, sent to passengers onboard a Tel Aviv flight to Istanbul on January 13, 2023. (Israel Airports Authority)

January 13, 2023, 3:18 pm

Israeli flight to Turkey delayed after plane crash photos sent to passengers’ phones

10 passengers taken in for questioning by police; plane only takes off after luggage checked; similar incidents occurred on flights in May and November

By Michael Horovitz

A flare is thrown at the volleyball court by Maccabi Tel Aviv fans during the quarter-final Challenger Cup match against Nicosia's Omonia V.C. in Tel Aviv, January 12, 2022. (Channel 5 screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

January 13, 2023, 12:45 pm

Maccabi Tel Aviv fans booted from volleyball game for throwing flares on to field

Supporters disrupt game against visiting Cyprus team, ignore warnings from referees and sports minister

By Michael Horovitz