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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 376

Yifa Yaakov

Yifa Yaakov

Yifa Yaakov is a breaking news editor at The Times of Israel.
Author Amos Oz (center) and family watching the film documenting daughter Fania Oz-Salzberger's roots tour to Ukraine, Dec. 10, 2014. (Olga Noa Lavie /Limmud)
December 11, 2014, 12:18 pm
Amos Oz ‘overwhelmed’ by film documenting family’s past
Celebrated Israeli author touched by daughter’s journey retracing his mother’s steps in Ukraine
By Yifa Yaakov
A Jewish girl wearing a traditional Ukrainian wreath, or 'vinok,' stands in the lobby of Lviv's Dnister Hotel, where Israeli and Ukrainian flags stand side-by-side during the Limmud FSU conference in Lviv, Ukraine, November 6-10, 2014. (photo credit: Yossi Aloni)
November 14, 2014, 3:33 pm
Border instability brings Ukrainians, Jews closer, says Jewish NGO
At Lviv’s Limmud FSU conference, leaders say the surge in armed attacks on the borders with Russia compel non-Jewish Ukrainians to sympathize with Israel
By Yifa Yaakov
Participants young and old flaunt their Jewish and Ukrainian pride at the Limmud FSU conference in Lviv, Ukraine, November 2014. (photo credit: Yossi Aloni)
November 14, 2014, 3:31 pm
Limmud FSU goes back to Galicia, to build a Jewish future
Away from the tumult of war, Limmud Lviv brings Jews from the former Soviet Union together for an intense weekend of learning — and community building
By Yifa Yaakov
Store attendants help customers at an Apple store selling the iPhone 6 in Beijing on October 23, 2014. (photo credit: Greg Baker/AFP)
October 23, 2014, 4:55 pm
iPhone 6’s price in Israel among highest in the world
With latest Apple phone finally hitting the shelves, will consumers agree to pay over $1,000?
By Yifa Yaakov
A digger removes cement and debris on August 20, 2014, of a home destroyed the night before in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City's Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, targeting the elusive Hamas military chief Muhammad Deif (photo credit: AFP/Mohammed Abed)
October 23, 2014, 1:57 pm
Hamas says elusive terror chief Muhammad Deif alive
Israel ‘failed’ to kill Gaza military leader over the summer, but did kill his wife and 2 children, says Mashaal
By Yifa Yaakov
Jewish boys play before a dedication ceremony for the Jewish neighborhood of Ma'ale HaZeitim, inside the Arab-dominated area of Ras el Amud in East Jerusalem, May 25, 2011. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 23, 2014, 11:57 am
Palestinians pelt Jerusalem kindergarten with rocks
A day after deadly terror attack, the capital’s light rail also targeted, with no end in sight for violence; police vow ‘zero tolerance’
By Yifa Yaakov
Police and rescue personnel are seen at the scene where several people were injured when a car crashed into the Jerusalem light rail station by Ammunition Hill, October 22, 2014. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 23, 2014, 8:59 am
Defense minister pans Palestinian ‘culture of jihad’
Jewish Home party calls for construction of ‘thousands’ of Jewish apartments in Jerusalem in the wake of terror attack that killed baby
By Yifa Yaakov
The 'blitz' blouse as featured on Mango's website. (Mango.com)
October 18, 2014, 2:21 am
Mango sells ‘SS blouse’
Jewish-founded, Barcelona-based fashion chain’s new lightning-bolt shirt evokes Nazi militia’s insignia
By Yifa Yaakov
Sarah Silverman closes the gap. (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)
October 9, 2014, 10:26 pm
Sarah Silverman tackles the wage gap
In new campaign for women’s NGO, comedian pretends to opt for sex reassignment surgery to get better pay
By Yifa Yaakov
Illustration. Israeli police searching for a suspect. (Esther Rubyan/Flash90)
October 9, 2014, 9:46 pm
Police scour Rehovot for man suspected of raping 15-year-old cyclist
Young man allegedly stopped teen who was riding her bike at dawn and brutally assaulted her in a secluded area
By Yifa Yaakov
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, center, arrives at the Palestinian side of the Beit Hanoun border crossing in the northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Adel Hana)
October 9, 2014, 6:02 pm
Palestinian PM ‘weeps’ in Gaza, vows to help rebuild it
In unity government’s first meeting in war-torn territory, Hamdallah reaches out to Gazans, says cooperation more important than disagreements
By Yifa Yaakov and AFP
The Turkish dessert of Baklava is a specialty in Palestinian cuisine. (photo credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90)
October 9, 2014, 4:52 pm
Conflict-themed eatery angers US Jews
Pittsburgh restaurant featuring Palestinian-centric menu and events hits back at pro-Israeli critics
By Yifa Yaakov
Bahraini Prince Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa. (screen capture, YouTube)
October 9, 2014, 6:38 am
Bahraini prince loses immunity — could Israeli leaders be next?
Britain’s decision to change legal status of royal accused of torture may mean politicians will no longer be protected from trial abroad
By Yifa Yaakov
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah greet the members of the new Palestinian unity government in the West Bank city of Ramallah, June 2, 2014. (Photo credit: AFP /ABBAS MOMANI)
October 9, 2014, 1:49 am
Palestinian unity government to meet in Gaza for first time
Four months after Fatah-Hamas reconciliation, West Bank lawmakers to make their way to war-torn coastal enclave for first session
By Yifa Yaakov and AFP
Rabbi Akiva's tomb (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)
October 3, 2014, 5:41 am
Two men hurt in accident en route to prayer
60-year-old and 25-year-old seriously injured after their car crashes into a tree in Tiberias
By Yifa Yaakov
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