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'Life in Panama Is Fun. There's a Large Jewish Community'
This week at the Tel Aviv airport ■ Meet the Gean family: She's from Israel, he's from Italy. They met in Japan, and they live in Panama with their five kids
How the New Israeli Judaism Was Born
A new identity is sweeping Israel – simultaneously traditionalist, nationalist and liberal
A Good Doctor and an Arab? 'Some Jews Have Trouble Reconciling the Two'
Dr. Mushira Aboo Dia is the first woman and the first Arab to head Physicians for Human Rights in Israel. She spends her professional life helping Palestinians, but she also straddles the fence: Five of her siblings have converted to Judaism
Opinion A Violent Gang of Young Settlers Haunts a Palestinian Village
Nothing prevents Palestinians from returning to their lands in this area of the West Bank – except for the so-called hilltop youth that was supposedly expelled from the area 14 years ago
Kosher Boots on the Ground: The Rabbi Serving in an Elite U.S. Army Unit
Beards, push-ups and patriotism – a glimpse into the life of Rabbi Captain Michael Harari, chaplain of a U.S. Army attack reconnaissance battalion
The Knesset Candidate Who Says Zionism Encourages anti-Semitism and Calls Netanyahu 'Arch-murderer'
Few Israelis have heard of Dr. Ofer Cassif, the Jewish representative on the far-leftist Hadash party's Knesset slate. On April 9, that will change
Reminder: Israel Is Still Holding a Palestinian Lawmaker as Political Prisoner Indefinitely
Palestinian lawmaker Khalida Jarrar has been incarcerated in an Israeli jail without a trial for 20 months. Another period of ‘administrative detention’ will soon expire. Will she come home?
Analysis There's No Line Netanyahu Won't Cross on His Way to a Fifth Term as Prime Minister
With a week remaining for the parties to finalize their slates, Gantz hits Netanyahu where it hurts
Liam Neeson's 'Cold Pursuit' Is Actually a Satisfying Action Comedy
'Cold Pursuit' is a fine addition to Liam Neeson’s action repertoire - but it's overshadowed by his racism scandal
Opinion How Jews Fell in Love With Love – Long After Christians Invented It
On Valentine's Day, it's worth remembering that romantic love between a man and a woman is a relatively late invention, made possible thanks to the Christian Bible
Showtime’s ‘Black Monday’ Is a Drug-fueled Look at the Biggest Stock Market Crash in History
Showtime’s ‘Black Monday’ focuses on the coked-up crimes of a bunch of debauched Wall Street brokers – and it's hilarious
A Feminist and a Communist, This Arab Lawmaker Is Fighting for Palestinians and Jewish Women
Arab lawmaker Aida Touma-Sliman, 54, freely admits she isn't in the Israeli parliament to make friends, but is willing to work with her biggest enemy if it advances causes such as women’s and workers’ rights
The Historic Mixup That Made People Fear Hashish
A lecture in Paris 200 years ago, based on false premises, fueled a bitter war against hashish – whose impact is still felt today
'I Grew Up ultra-Orthodox. If I Remain Religious, I Want It to Be by Choice'
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: An Israeli life insurance saleswoman exploring her religious options, and a violist making her way in the music world
The Fine Line Between a Nobel and Jail: How a Renowned Israeli Botanist Ended Up in Prison for a Drug Op
The Kafkaesque story of a renowned Israeli botanist who found himself in jail for growing 1,000 cannabis plants on his roof for an unauthorized cancer trial
How a Literature Professor Found Himself Translating the Entire Bible From Scratch
‘I kind of fell into it,’ says Robert Alter of his decades-long project of retranslating the Bible, ensuing from a request to write ‘about Genesis or Kafka’
Analysis Netanyahu Lost Big This Week. Here's What It Means for the Next Government
After losing the battle for the attorney general's heart, Netanyahu is finally focusing on Election Day. But after Likud's primary, it's clear that even his loyalists no longer fear defying him
What's So Refreshing About 'The Favourite'
‘The Favourite’ is a razor-sharp comedy, sophisticated, brimming with life – and above all, relevant
People Aren't Altruistic. It's the Bacteria They Carry, Israeli Scientist Suggests
Do we help each other only because we're manipulated by bacteria? Evolutionary biologist Lilach Hadany says this explains the evolutionary riddle of altruism
Opinion Israel Builds Settlements While Razing Palestinian Homes. If That’s Not Apartheid, What Is?
In 16 years Israel approved just 4 percent of Palestinian building requests, while annually issuing 1,000 demolition orders. The High Court of Justice has never debated a Palestinian petition against such an order
To Understand Israel, Look at Its Veneration of the Dead
One of the greatest paradoxes of Israeli national identity is that it draws strength from the lives that are lost in its name. This process has grown particularly twisted among radical settlers, who use death to generate meaning
The Woman Accusing Her Lithuanian ‘Hero’ Grandfather of Mass Murder in the Holocaust
American Silvia Foti grew up on stories about Jonas Noreika’s anti-Communist exploits. Then she learned he called the shots in cities where 14,500 Jews were murdered
Yair Lapid, the Underdog Who Believes He's the Man to Unseat Netanyahu
The slap he got in the army ■ The lengthy period as both a journalist and a politician (without full disclosure) ■ The crash as finance minister ■ The conviction that he’ll come back big-time ■ A chronology of the rise of Yair Lapid
Analysis Netanyahu's Worst Nightmare Is a Last-minute Move by Top Rival Gantz
Polling after Benny Gantz's debut this week showed that Netanyahu could be toppled – on the off chance that a certain megalomaniac politician is ready to play second fiddle
Gideon Levy Palestinian Teen Hiking With Friends Was Killed in Israeli Army Ambush. He Posed No Danger
Six teens went to the valley to have a picnic. Israeli soldiers ambushed them from behind an oak tree and fired dozens of rounds at them. Ayman Hamad was killed
Everything That's Wrong With Putting Graffiti in a Museum
A show by the French collective Da Mental Vaporz in Tel Aviv demonstrates that removing street art from its context just doesn't work
What Drove This British-Israeli Jewish Exec to Convert to Islam and Abet Terrorist Activity
Timothy Bernard was a married father of four, an aspiring mayor and director of a company in central Israel. Here's how he ended up in jail with Palestinian terrorists
Opinion The Sadists Who Destroyed a Decades-old Palestinian Olive Grove Can Rest Easy
Another Palestinian village joins the popular protest, its inhabitants no longer able to bear attacks by settlers. Vandals have butchered a grove of 35-year-old olive trees in the village. The tracks led to a nearby settler outpost
This Frequent Cruiser Spent 20 Years Sailing Around the World. Next Destination: Dubai
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: A Brit who has been on 67 cruises and an Israeli who produced everything from class parties to Rihanna concerts
The Dark Link Between the Nazis and the Legend of Atlantis
The Nazi racial doctrine found a homeland in the fictional Lost Continent
The Nazis Tolerated Gays. Then Everything Changed
With an openly gay man at the helm of the SA, homosexuals saw a period of relative tolerance before being persecuted in the Third Reich. Sex workers experienced the opposite process. Here's how the two are linked
'Israel Will Decline, and Jews Will Be a Persecuted Minority. Those Who Can Will Flee to America'
The Turks perpetrated genocide against Christians for 30 years, Benny Morris asserts in a new study. And, in conjunction with his retirement at 70, the historian predicts a grim future for Israel
Secret Handwritten Memos Reveal How Israel's Nuclear Program Came to Be
A treasure trove of memos written by top Israeli politicians in the 1960s and onward reveals disputes over the nuclear 'project,' its huge cost and the decision to adopt a policy of ambiguity
Palestinian Is Shot in the Head by Israeli Police on His Way to School, and Lives to Tell the Tale
Somehow, 16-year-old Fawaz Abed wasn’t killed. Border Police shot him in the head at short range near his home in El Bireh, and may also have kicked him, eyewitnesses say. Emergency surgery saved his life
'To Find Out if Someone's Jewish, Just Ask Them About Bagels'
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: An Atlanta rabbi who resorts to creative methods to preserve his community's Jewish identity, and an L.A. baseball player-turned-firefighter who decided he's Jewish on a Birthright trip
Analysis Israel's Justice Minister Knowingly Allied Herself With Evil
Ayelet Shaked found a perfect partner for her plan to recreate Israel's judiciary, but his fall from grace will only make her stronger
In the Bigynnyng: A Brief History of the English Bible
In the beginning there was a 4th-century Latin translation of the Hebrew Bible, but over the millennia a myriad English translations 'moved vpon the water'
What Ancient Seeds Found in Archaeological Excavations in Israel Tell Us
Well-preserved seeds found in archaeological digs in Israel offer a singular glimpse into the lives of the people who were nourished by them thousands of years ago
If True, This Could Be One of the Greatest Discoveries in Human History
The head of Harvard's astronomy department says what others are afraid to say about a peculiar object that entered the solar system
