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Daily Briefing May 7 – Golders Green terror shows rising threat to world Jews

Daily Briefing May 7 – Golders Green terror shows rising threat to world Jews

Tol editor David Horovitz discusses Trump’s desire to make deals with Iran and Lebanon, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s political hostility,...

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Artists paint dinner plates for lone soldier charity

Artists paint dinner plates for lone soldier charity

Tel Aviv exhibit ‘A Plate of Hope and Color’ includes work by some of country’s best-known artisans

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New drama ‘The Eichmann Trial’ at Jerusalem’s Beit Ha’am takes same stage as actual trial

New drama ‘The Eichmann Trial’ at Jerusalem’s Beit Ha’am takes same stage as actual trial

Through May 4, the portrayal of the 1961 hearing offers a captivating glimpse at the human psyche, along with a history of budding relations between...

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Noa Koler’s ‘Happy Place’ wins big in Israeli TV awards, rescheduled after Iran war

Noa Koler’s ‘Happy Place’ wins big in Israeli TV awards, rescheduled after Iran war

Kan snags 27 prizes in belated 2025 awards; winning Best Investigative Program, Uvda’s Ilana Dayan says government ‘machine’ working to erase...

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Rare mystical prayer book unveiled at ANU museum in Tel Aviv

Rare mystical prayer book unveiled at ANU museum in Tel Aviv

16th century siddur, handwritten and based on Rabbi Isaac Luria’s kabbalistic teachings, to be exhibited starting on Lag B’Omer

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Daily Briefing May 3 – Scared and angry London Jews feel UK isn’t fighting antisemitism

Daily Briefing May 3 – Scared and angry London Jews feel UK isn’t fighting antisemitism

Jewish world and real estate reporter Zev Stub reviews latest on Golders Green stabbing, looks at economic status of Israel’s north and Haredi real...

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Artist from war-torn north relocates to Tel Aviv, discovers success with works of kibbutz views

Artist from war-torn north relocates to Tel Aviv, discovers success with works of kibbutz views

Doron Adorian evacuated after October 7, 2023, is welcomed by city’s art community as the ‘northern refugee.’ Now her art hangs on the wall of...

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Artist, left-wing activist and writer Yair Garbuz dies at 80

Artist, left-wing activist and writer Yair Garbuz dies at 80

Known for his collages and an incendiary comment made at a 2015 rally, Garbuz stayed mostly out of public life for the last decade

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Israeli chef closes Berlin restaurant amid constant threats

Israeli chef closes Berlin restaurant amid constant threats

Eyal Shani’s Gila & Nancy shutters doors following months of pro-Palestinian protests and intimidation

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Tel Aviv’s ‘Open Houses’ offers fresh peek at private and public spaces

Tel Aviv’s ‘Open Houses’ offers fresh peek at private and public spaces

City’s annual Batim Mibifnim, Hebrew for ‘homes from the inside,’ event opens for registration on May 1

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Dara Horn, Joseph Finder among visiting authors at annual writer’s festival

Dara Horn, Joseph Finder among visiting authors at annual writer’s festival

Director acknowledges difficulty in securing guests for next month’s Jerusalem event given boycotts and Israel’s paper-thin favorability in...

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Daily Briefing April 27: Success of Bennett-Lapid merger hinges on Eisenkot role in race

Daily Briefing April 27: Success of Bennett-Lapid merger hinges on Eisenkot role in race

Political correspondents Sam Sokol and Ariela Karmel discuss the decision by Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid to run a joint list and campaign for the...

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Daily Briefing April 26 – As both sides keep striking, is there still a Lebanon ceasefire?

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian discusses the IDF’s readiness with regard to Iran, a fragile ceasefire with Lebanon, and two IAF technicians...

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Daily Briefing April 22: Trump’s muddled messaging complicates talks with Iran

US bureau chief Jacob Magid reports on the Iran ceasefire and the second round of Lebanon talks, as well as the stalled Hamas disarmament and a...

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‘Creativity is the basis of Judaism’: Yaacov Agam, father of kinetic art, receives Israel Prize

Accepting the award in the eponymous museum he helped design ahead of Wednesday’s ceremony in Jerusalem, the 97-year-old creator charms admirers —...

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Rachel Goldberg-Polin: Mother of murdered hostage Hersh ‘parcels out her pain’ in book

‘When We See You Again’ is mother’s raw accounting of what happened to her son, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, and to her and her family

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Daily Briefing April 21 – The shekel’s remarkable strength

Tech editor Sharon Wrobel discusses the Israel’s currency powerhouse performance against the dollar, plus the recent turbulence of air travel

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Rachel Goldberg-Polin’s new memoir piercingly articulates the ordeal of losing a son

‘When We See You Again’ is a dive into ‘The Before’ and ‘The After’ of life as mother to Hersh Goldberg-Polin, the 23-year-old taken...

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‘He didn’t fall in vain’: On Memorial Day, two young IDF widows discuss life after death

Alma Levin Fridman and Revital Shamir talk about their husbands, families and communities, sharing their grief – and their stories – with the...

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In Jerusalem, young composers partner with bereaved families to create musical memories

The Tarbut Movement pairs families who lost loved ones on or after Oct. 7, 2023, with local school musical programs to create and record songs...

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Two Israeli films to premiere at Tribeca in June

‘The Future to Come’ from award-winning director Ruthy Pribar and ‘Moishe Badhan’ from Gidi Dar and Shuli Rand will open at the New York festival

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Aner Shapira, hero of October 7, is heard in duet with Yehudit Ravitz

Beloved singer Ravitz brings her voice to ‘Come on, Let’s Get Out of Here,’ a rap composed by Shapira

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Israeli artist adopts classical motifs to frame contemporary trauma in new exhibit

‘Yudith Levin: Break of Dawn’ at the Israel Museum features her work over 50 years, from her brother’s 1956 death in a military plane crash...

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Underground art, literally: War takes Tel Aviv museum’s tours to the basement

The Tel Aviv Museum of Art’s curators guide visitors through the New Objectivity exhibit, rehung in its dressing rooms

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Daily Briefing April 14 – Lebanon and Israel get talking, with shared goal to disarm Hezbollah

Tol editor David Horovitz discusses Holocaust Remembrance Day, Iranian negotiations, talks between Israel and Lebanon in Washington, and a landslide...

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Noga Erez tells Coachella she’s ‘heartbroken’ about situation at home

Indie singer, first Israeli musician to perform at California music festival, shares thoughts onstage about war turmoil

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Daily Briefing April 12 – As US de-mines Strait of Hormuz, traffic status still murky

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian discusses US-Israel war with Iran by numbers, ongoing efforts to allow passage through key waterway, IDF in...

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Shahar Cohen: ‘My life’ comic laughs about ‘managing the war’ with Nescafe in hand

Comedian and content creator of unforgettable Israeli and American cast of characters discusses life in wartime

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Noga Erez to play Coachella, despite haters, war and canceled flights

The Israeli singer and her partner, musician Ori Rousso, share glimpses of life on the road as they wait for the rest of their band to join them

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Daily Briefing April 7: Crunch time for talks with Iran as Trump threatens Tuesday night strikes

US bureau chief Jacob Magid fills us in on the rescue of the downed US airman in Iran, the odds of a deal with Tehran, and the Friday deadline for...

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Ex-captives slam choice of hostage point man Gal Hirsch to light Independence Day torch

Calling the pick ‘a slap in the face,’ former hostages and their families lash out at Hirsch, who they demanded resign in February for saying the...

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Daily Briefing April 6: Court, MKs battle over wartime restrictions on protests vs. prayers

Political correspondent Sam Sokol discusses backlash to High Court’s order to allow an anti-war rally, and unexpected support for ultra-Orthodox...

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Against the odds, Tel Aviv Museum of Art makes world’s top 100 for visits

Institution is ranked 77 globally, based on number of visitors in 2025, despite being closed for many days because of security situation

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Ex-hostages host radio shows on songs of strength in captivity

Yarden Bibas, Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Amit Soussana to appear on Kan 88 Passover series

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Angel Studio’s new animated ‘David’ will feel familiar to Israelis – and Christians, too

Musical retelling of the shepherd boy turned king of the Israelites now playing in Israeli theaters in Hebrew, with dubbing featuring Sasson Shaulov,...

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Daily Briefing April 2: Picassos and other veiled masterpieces in Iran

Archaeology and religions reporter Rossella Tercatin reports on art collection amassed by Queen Farah Pahlavi and a Passover Haggadah that examines...

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Angela Buchdahl: This Passover, have faith in the story of the Exodus

Head rabbi of NYC’s Central Synagogue and author of ‘Heart of a Stranger’ discusses the challenges of a Zionist rabbinic leader in North...

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Three top Israeli chefs share their winning wartime Passover shortcuts

Ruhama Shitrit, Adeena Sussman and Shalom Simcha Elbert say goals for this holiday under fire should be ‘tasty food that’s also simple, and to...

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Daily Briefing Mar. 29 – Northerners feel grim amid war but firm on need to defeat Hezbollah

Reporters Diana Bletter and Sue Surkes discuss sense of isolation in Kiryat Shmona and Haifa, trauma help for Arab Israelis, and hospitals’ efforts...

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In Israel’s shelters, an ‘underground’ entertainment scene is born under missile fire

In typical Israeli style, entertainers, DJs and musicians make the most of a tough situation and distract residents sheltering from Iranian...

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Israeli hitmakers launch unexpected global chart topper

‘Self Aware,’ which climbed to number one on TikTok and Spotify’s global viral charts, is Temper City’s first release

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Daily Briefing Mar. 24: Trump shocks, and dismays, with news of Iran talks

US bureau chief Jacob Magid on the US president’s bombshell announcement, the mediators, reactions from the Gulf states, and predictions from a...

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Iranian Israelis mark Nowruz, the Persian New Year, as an act of solidarity and resistance

Their ‘Haft-sin’ tables set with symbolic items and Persian dishes, those with roots in Iran focus on brethren back home as the Islamic regime...

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Finding beauty in wartime, museums offer culture to those who can fit in the shelters

Cultural institutions with safe spaces are selling out of tickets to limited numbers of intrepid guests allowed in by the Home Front Command, as...

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Ofer Moskovitz lent his larger-than-life personality to his beloved north

A longtime resident of Kibbutz Misgav Am, the avocado farmer and spokesperson known as ‘Poshko’ tended to his community and its groves

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Daily Briefing Mar. 22 — Amid missile strikes and rainstorms, IAF hunts Iranian launchers

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian discusses un-intercepted Iranian strikes in Arad and Dimona, ongoing Air Force raids in Iran, and IDF troops in...

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Daily Briefing Mar. 19 – Israelis grapple with Iran’s attritional missile fire

Tol editor David Horovitz discusses the relentless attacks from Iran and Hezbollah, airport strains, divergent messaging from Trump and Netanyahu, and...

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This war? Drink affordable Israeli wines

The Best Value blind taste test guides Israelis to local vintages at bargain prices

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Daily Briefing Mar. 16: MKs on both sides contest cuts for northern recovery to bolster defense

Political reporter Ariela Karmel reports on the contentious debate over long-planned spending for the north and the severe lack of shelters for...

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As Hezbollah strongholds crop back up, northern farmers regrow destroyed fields

While there are plans to help rejuvenate Upper Galilee agriculture decimated during the 2023-2024 war, locals duck incoming rockets and missiles amid...

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