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Negev vintners visit Spanish wineries to talk grapes and tourism

Trip sponsored by Merage Foundation as part of effort to establish region as agritourism hub

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Daily Briefing Mar. 25: Day 536 – Govt, high court and AG face off on Shin Bet chief

Legal reporter Jeremy Sharon discusses legalities of firing Ronen Bar and probe into police as archaeological reporter Rossella Tercatin discusses...

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French Jewish group seeks distance from Israeli confab drawing far-right leaders

French Jewish group seeks distance from Israeli confab drawing far-right leaders

CRIF umbrella group stresses invites for Jordan Bardella, Marion Marechal to attend Jerusalem antisemitism event came from Israeli authorities, noting...

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No spring chickens, aging dancers add wrinkle to new ensemble

Group of performers over the age of 40 set to premier original work, ‘Four Fathers,’ at Suzanne Dellal Center in Tel Aviv

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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...

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Daily Briefing Mar. 19: Day 530 – US fully supportive of Gaza strikes, but Trump stays silent

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...

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‘They’re not just posters, they’re people’: Freed hostages urge deal to save those left behind

‘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...

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Historical imagery, magical letters capture the imagination in Bible Lands exhibits

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...

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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

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Daily Briefing Mar. 16: Day 527 – Haredi groups help yeshiva students dodge draft

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...

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Daily Briefing Mar. 13: Day 524 – Is Steve Witkoff the only hope for a hostage deal?

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...

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‘Eretz Nehederet’ cast and Hanan Ben Ari sing for hostage Alon Ohel

‘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

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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...

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A mourning rabbi looks to hostage son, slain in Gaza, for direction as he pushes for a deal

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...

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Haifa, Jerusalem pizzerias make 50 Top Pizza list for Asia-Pacific region

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 pie guide

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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

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Daily Briefing Mar. 10: Day 521 – Israeli banks gain in war, El Al gets company on NY route

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...

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Oct. 7 bereaved father draws his hope, sadness and criticism in daily caricatures

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...

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After Oct. 7, Israel’s new National Library helps a resilient nation turn the page

After Oct. 7, Israel’s new National Library helps a resilient nation turn the page

The $225 million building opened to the public just days after the Hamas atrocities – and has become an unexpected source of unity for a diverse...

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Daily Briefing Mar. 5: Day 516 – Arab states plan for Gaza, are frustrated with PA

Daily Briefing Mar. 5: Day 516 – Arab states plan for Gaza, are frustrated with PA

US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses former hostages at Trump’s address to Congress; an Arab summit opposing the president’s plan; and the role...

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Anu Museum introduces pilot program for veteran immigrants

Anu Museum introduces pilot program for veteran immigrants

Institution to host discussion circles in English, Russian, French and Spanish about the ongoing challenges of immigration

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Daily Briefing March 3: Day 514 – Freed hostage Eli Sharabi is all business with PM

Daily Briefing March 3: Day 514 – Freed hostage Eli Sharabi is all business with PM

Zman Yisrael founding editor Biranit Goren discusses the deadly Haifa terror attack, a former hostage’s strength, and the Oscar that went to...

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Freed hostage Emily Damari undergoes surgery on hand shot on October 7

Mandy Damari, the former captive’s mother, said her daughter was ‘sewn up like a pin cushion’ by Hamas

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Daily Briefing Feb. 27: Day 510 – 4 more hostage bodies arrive home, after Bibas burial

Times of Israel editor David Horovitz discusses national response to the return of the bodies of hostages, expectations for phase 2 of the hostage...

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In Rahat, an Israeli Jew and a Bedouin mom of 7 have founded a local film festival

In its third year, the Rahat Film Festival is slowly gaining momentum by introducing audiences to such films as ‘Eid,’ the first Ophir...

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Director Renen Schorr, influential founder of Sam Spiegel Film School, dies at 72

After winning three Ophir awards for ‘Late Summer Blues,’ filmmaker wanted to make a change in Israeli film culture

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Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas buried in a single casket: ‘They will remain together’

Mother and two young sons, murdered while held hostage by Gaza terrorists, laid to rest; ‘I’m sorry I couldn’t protect you all,’ says Yarden Bibas;...

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Ballads from Bibas family soundtrack play at funeral of Shiri, Ariel and Kfir

Songs from American heavy metal and hard rock bands resonate at southern cemetery

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‘A bigger fight than anything imagined’: Edan Alexander’s mom battles for hostage son

Yael Alexander, mother of soldier with dual US-Israeli citizenship, lives between realities of Israel, their New Jersey home and DC: ‘Since October...

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‘We fought for peace, were attacked by those we helped’: Yocheved Lifshitz parts from Oded

Family, friends, neighbors and comrades bury Oded Lifshitz, 83, murdered in captivity in Gaza and brought home for burial in Kibbutz Nir Oz, which...

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Daily Briefing Feb. 25: Day 508 – Is Hamas’s show of force in Gaza backfiring?

US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses latest US diplomacy plans regarding the hostage deal, Hamas presence in Gaza, and a UN resolution backed by...

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Shackled, starved, alone in tunnels: Families of freed hostages share new details

Father of Hisham al-Sayed says he returned a shell of a person after a decade in Hamas captivity; Netanyahu speaks to freed captives Sagui Dekel-Chen...

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In Berlin, Israeli director screens homage to hostage David Cunio and his family

Filmmaker Tom Shoval filmed a ‘kind of letter’ to the onetime actor — who starred in his 2013 film ‘Youth’ — and...

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Hostages’ mothers, wives and sisters honored on International Women’s Day

Peres Center honors women who are shaping Israel’s post-October 7 recovery: ‘We’re fighters and we’ll change the world with...

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Two days after release, ex-captive warns remaining hostages ‘don’t have any more time’

Iair Horn addresses rally at Hostages Square that caps fast, events held throughout day to mark 500 days since Hamas-led attack; relatives urge deal...

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Hostages’ families mark 500th day of captivity with fast, rallies across Israel

Activists block roads, march to Knesset, call for 500-minute fast to mark days since hostages’ abduction; ‘They’ve already been fasting...

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Daily Briefing Feb. 17: Day 500 – Trump team pushes for talks, unclear what PM wants

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman discusses Netanyahu’s successful meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, as Trump officials look...

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It’s a rap: 71 performers celebrate the genre on one Israeli album

‘Mitz LaMax’ has 16 original songs by generations of rappers and hip-hop artists

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Girlfriend of freed hostage Sasha Troufanov: He prayed I would find someone else to love

‘He didn’t want me waiting for a man he thought would never return home. He didn’t believe he would survive,’ Sapir Cohen...

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Daily Briefing Feb. 16: Day 499 – Freed Nir Oz hostages describe torture, torment in Gaza

Times of Israel founding editor David Horovitz discusses details revealed by the newly released hostages, and the prime minister’s ‘wriggling’...

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Decade after debut, director puts hostage David Cunio back on big screen at Berlinale

Award-winning filmmaker Tom Shoval screens ‘A Letter to David’ at Berlin film festival as a show of support for the Nir Oz captive who starred in...

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Ireland’s anti-Israel stance has Jews on edge: ‘We feel unheard and unseen’

‘Nuanced antisemitism’ has upended pre-Oct. 7 sense of security, says community leader: ‘Demonization of Israel gets to our core’; many said...

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Released hostage Karina Ariev’s sister says ex-soldier focused on Oct. 7 failure

Sasha Ariev talks about Karina’s desire to commemorate her friends killed at Nahal Oz, as Shlomi Berger, father of released hostage Agam talks...

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A Gaza-border kibbutznik casts an eye homeward as temporary Tel Aviv relocation drags on

Textile artist Reut Nechushtan speaks about the challenges of city life for an agricultural collective forced to flee after the horrors of Oct. 7

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Daily Briefing Feb. 13: Day 496 – Likud lawmakers push toward Haredi draft

Political correspondent Sam Sokol reviews political shifts on Haredi military service; environment reporter Sue Surkes reports on Jewish Climate Trust...

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Hostage Nimrod Cohen’s family pressure, protest and petition to get their son home

Family of soldier who was dragged from his tank on Oct. 7 accuses the gov’t of continued abandonment of the hostages; a newly freed captive has...

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Daily Briefing Feb. 12: Day 495 – With ceasefire stalling, Israel scrambles to respond

US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses the prime minister’s mixed messages on the hostages, Trump’s meeting with the Jordanian king, and a shift...

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‘Captain America’ premiere starring Israeli Shira Haas draws protest

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators call for boycott of ‘Captain America: Brave New World,’ in which an Israeli superhero works for the US government

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Nova community to get proceeds of exhibit showcasing Israeli art

Bank Hapoalim’s annual ‘Israeli Art’ event will donate 75% of proceeds from sales to helping survivors, the bereaved and families of hostages...

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Daily Briefing Feb. 11: Day 494 – Will the ceasefire hold? Cabinet discusses next steps

Political correspondent Tal Schneider brings us latest on hostages, Hamas allegations and moves Israel could make; Diaspora reporter Zev Stub reviews...

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