Ancient Canaanite Temple With Statues of Baal Found in Southern Israel
Discoveries include amulet of the Egyptian goddess Hathor and the earliest known version of proto-Canaanite letter 'samekh'
Life & Culture
Opinion Placido Domingo Invite Proves Israeli Opera Is Ignorant About #MeToo
Opera houses in the U.S. have demonstrated a moral backbone in response to the accusations, but not those on the other side of the ocean
An Unexpected Side Effect of Fracking: Chlamydia
Texas counties with high shale drilling activity experience hike in rates of chlamydia and gonorrhea, but not syphilis for some reason. But no association was found in North Dakota or Colorado, Yalies report
How Would Israel Survive a Pandemic That Wipes Out Most of Humanity?
Science fiction has a surprising answer
Israel’s MyHeritage Defies the Slump in the Home DNA Testing Market – for Now, at Least
Rivals Ancestry and 23andMe are fighting a saturated market and privacy concerns in U.S. But MyHeritage’s European market is still growing, and the firm is tapping new growth engines
Food
How a Tel Aviv Cook Who Never Went to Culinary School Became Philadelphia's Top Chef
Ari Miller moved to Israel to become a soldier and a politician, but found himself bouncing from kitchen to kitchen in Tel Aviv. Now the man behind blood matzo balls and bacon-wrapped hamantaschen is garnering acclaim in Philadelphia
Science & Health
Antarctica Warmer Than Tel Aviv: The Climate Change Stories on Our Radar
Here are the climate change stories our science editor didn't report on this week – but thought you should be reading
Television
HBO's 'The Outsider' Is the Scariest Thing on TV After a Trump Rally
Putting the ‘super’ in supernatural, ‘The Outsider’ is HBO’s latest attempt to stop people from moving to small-town rural America
Archaeology
New Jerusalem Promenade Offers Best View of a Powder Keg
A section of the Ramparts Walk has been reopened to the public, providing fascinating views of the Christian and Muslim quarters. Too bad Israelis are afraid to visit
Travel
Mortifying: Israel Announces New Hotel Construction at Dying Dead Sea
The four new hotels will line the pockets of billionaire Yitzhak Tshuva. But how much will the government spend to save the sea itself?
