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Gaza family recounts seeing mother, son burn after Israeli strike on Hamas
targets
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Israel says it targeted a Hamas command center at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, is
investigating source of flames at displaced camp, possibly from a secondary
explosion
Starmer says UK weighing sanctions on Ben Gvir and Smotrich
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Britain is considering sanctioning Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir over comments they made about
civilians in Gaza and West Bank settlers, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on
Wednesday. Previous foreign secretary David Cameron had planned to sanction
Smotrich and Ben Gvir before... Continue Reading

UK targets top Israeli settlement development group in third batch of sanctions
By Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and Agencies
Miriam Adelson gives $100 million to Trump campaign, making good on reported
pledge
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Gift from the prolific pro-Israel donor is the largest among new batch of major
spending disclosures, eclipses the $75 million that Elon Musk recently gave to a
pro-Trump PAC
Harris interview with conservative outlet Fox News marked by testy exchanges
By Zeke Miller
‘DJ Trump’ dances onstage for 40 minutes after interruptions at campaign event
By Adriana Gomez Licon and JONATHAN J. COOPER
'It's just not considered cool to support Jews right now'
Despite threats and blacklist, play based on word-for-word Oct. 7 testimony
tours US
By Joshua Hershfield
Irish husband-wife duo Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney felt impelled to pen
‘Oct. 7: In Their Own Words’ – but soon found themselves producing it in a
hostile environment
‘It is doable’: 10 Likud MKs to attend conference calling for ‘resettling Gaza’
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Ten of the 32 lawmakers from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party,
including a cabinet minister, announced on Wednesday that they will be
participating in a conference tagged "Preparing to Resettle Gaza" scheduled for
next week in the Gaza border region close to Sderot. "A year after the pogroms
(of October 7), we... Continue Reading

State funding for daycares of draft-dodging yeshiva students ‘illegal’ — AG
By Jeremy Sharon, Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
UTJ threatens to bolt coalition if law keeping haredim out of IDF not passed
before budget
By Sam Sokol
'I get pushed or yelled at, but I don't feel real danger'
Despite record post-Oct. 7 antisemitism, European Jews are out and proud this
Sukkot
By Mati Wagner
From Milan to Warsaw, Jewish communities are building huts and brandishing the
four species as usual — with a little bit of extra protection
EU issues declaration against antisemitism, calls for more action to combat it
By ToI Staff
Israeli Columbia prof barred from campus for alleged harassment after opposing
Oct. 7 protests
By Luke Tress
Shai Davidai says ban followed videos he made of himself confronting officials
about anti-Israel activity on anniversary of Hamas attack; Columbia: He
harassed, intimidated staff
Head out to nature, or stay near a bomb shelter? The Israeli Sukkot dilemma
By Aviv Lavie
As the Jewish state’s ultimate hiking holiday approaches, millions debate
whether to get fresh air and risk being caught by enemy rockets – as this writer
did
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Former KKK leader David Duke endorses Jill Stein in US presidential race
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Wizz cancels Israel flights until mid-January; Delta won’t return before April
By ToI Staff
Inside StoryCanadian crackdown on Israel-linked charities raises concerns in
Jewish community
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Biden to visit Germany for talks with Scholz, Macron and Starmer on Ukraine,
Mideast
By Frank Zeller
Israeli arrested for plot to kill local scientist in exchange for $100K from
Iran
By ToI Staff
In record, US fines Lufthansa $4m for denying boarding to Jewish passengers in
2022
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Haifa court rules divorce refusal is a crime, sentences husband to 18 months in
prison
By Mati Wagner
US imposes sanctions on ‘sham charity’ fundraising for Palestinian terror group
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Full-scale replica of Anne Frank’s hidden annex heads to New York for exhibition
By Mike Corder
Iran cyber attacks against Israel surged after Gaza war started, Microsoft
reports
By AFP and ToI Staff
After bomb threat during Yom Kippur service, Manhattan synagogue prayed on
street
By Jackie Hajdenberg
AnalysisIn long-shot wartime proposal, Spain and PA push for reprise of 1991
Madrid peace summit
By Batya Levinthal
Top Ops
David Harbater
Sukkot 2024: What are we celebrating?
Simchat Torah 2023 recalled the dark days of the Holocaust. Having the means to
defend ourselves make all the differece
Rivy Poupko Kletenik
Graffiti comes home
I wish whoever stuck the word ’genocide’ on our lawn had the mettle to open a
conversation. I am more than ready to talk
Yael Shahar
Sukkot: Dancing over the abyss
Does the Torah really expect Jews to be altogether and only joyful during the
holiday of Sukkot? That seems impossible, especially this year
Ruthi Soudack
Warplanes and birdsong
Between sleep and alertness, life’s stresses come to the surface; I lie awake,
worried, listening to the planes, until the birds let me know it’s time to get
up
Yakov Nagen
Sukkot: 4 parts in harmony
The joy of this holiday comes from the combination of appreciation for the
individual, the community, humanity, and God, in concert together
Rachel Sharansky Danziger
Sukkot: Seeking strength
This year, we don’t need our transient sukkahs to remind us how fragile life is,
but we also can’t let our knowledge impede our resolve to carry on
Catherine Perez-Shakdam
UNIFIL, the peacekeepers who watch but do not see
The Force, in its current form, is worse than useless – it is an enabler of the
very conflict it was designed to prevent
Menucha Saitowitz
Two Women
Two headscarves, tied differently. Two smiles. Two friends. They are what the
future should look like
Stephen Saperstein Frug
This Jewish atheist has been praising God’s name
I’ve said the Mourner’s Kaddish, a prayer of elaborate affirmation of divine
will, for nearly a year of my life – twice. Here’s why
Abraham H. Foxman
The most important vote US Jews will ever cast
With Israel in peril and the Jewish community under attack, we need a president
with a commitment to democratic norms
Jonathan Lipow
How to be an anti-Zionist without being an antisemite
And the 4 bogus anti-Israel canards – Colonization, Occupation, Apartheid, and
Genocide – that show who the Jew-haters are
Ammiel Hirsch
To young American Jews who turned your backs on our people
If you do not feel a special bond with other Jews, you are, in Jewish terms,
emotionally damaged. A rabbi’s Yom Kippur confession
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Those we have lost
Stories of the civilians and soldiers who have fallen in the Israel-Hamas war

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   Those We Have Lost
   Sgt. Maj. Debbie Abraham, 40: Police officer on duty at rave
   By ToI Staff
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   Those we have lost
   Ronen Daichman, 49: Physics teacher was ‘the coolest guy in the school’
   By ToI Staff
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   Those We Have Lost
   Sivan Shaarbany, 21: Curly-haired partygoer who loved salt & pepper
   By ToI Staff
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   Those We Have Lost
   Ofek Ravia, 23: Partygoer who had ‘the soul of a little kid’
   By ToI Staff
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   Those We Have Lost
   Bernard Cowan, 57: Scottish-Israeli lover of diving and traveling
   By ToI Staff
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   Those we have lost
   Lior Ben Yaakov, 44: Father of 3 slain while protecting his home
   By ToI Staff
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   Those We Have Lost
   Oren Goldin, 33: Mechanic, kibbutznik, dad of 2-year-old twins
   By ToI Staff
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   Those We Have Lost
   Tal Maman, 38: Father, farmer who fought to protect community
   By ToI Staff
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   Those We Have Lost
   Ayala, 73, Liel & Yannai Hetzroni, 12: Great aunt and twins she raised
   By ToI Staff
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   Those we have lost
   Mark Peretz, 51: Father slain while trying to rescue his daughter
   By ToI Staff
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   Those We Have Lost
   Chana Kritzman, 88: Book lover who established Be’eri’s library
   By ToI Staff
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   Those we have lost
   Nir Madmon, 23: Bartender with a love for extreme sports
   By ToI Staff
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   Those We Have Lost
   Ayelet and Shlomi Molcho, 54 & 63: Animal lovers with ‘shy smiles’
   By ToI Staff
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   Those We Have Lost
   Chan Oudom, 24: Cambodian student pursuing internship
   By ToI Staff
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   Those we have lost
   Cpt. Amir Zur, 23: ‘You will always be our guardian angel’
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we have lost
   Daniel Ohana, 24: Buried alongside girlfriend
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Staff Sgt. Dor Lazimi, 21: Music-loving soldier ‘fought heroically’
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we have lost
   Margarita Gusak, 21: Artist with plans to attend medical school
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those We Have Lost
   Shir Georgy, 22: Israeli-Canadian ‘wanted to be a lighthouse for others’
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we have lost
   Staff Sgt. Alexander Masliy, 21
   By ToI Staff


Those we are missing
The hostages and victims whose fate is still unknown

 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Agam Berger, seen being led to a car, still dressed in her
   pajamas
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Youssef Hamis Ziyadne from Rahat
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Nimrod Cohen, twin working to bring him home
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: UK citizen Emily Damari from her Kfar Aza apartment
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Bipin Joshi, Nepalese student who deflected grenades
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Thai field hand Watchara Sriaoun
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Gali Berman, from Kfar Aza’s ‘young neighborhood’
   By ToI Staff
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   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Bar Kupershtein, last seen tied up by Hamas
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Maxim Herkin, was attending his first trance rave
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Omer Shem-Tov’s car was driven into Gaza
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Tamir Nimrodi, walked by gunmen to base gate
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Karina Ariev, told parents ‘continue your lives’
   By ToI Staff
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   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Yosef-Haim Ohana, helped injured at Supernova rave
   By ToI Staff
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   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Itzik Elgarat, shot in his hand by Hamas terrorists
   By ToI Staff
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   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Omer Neutra, Long Island-born natural leader
   By ToI Staff
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   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Tal Shoham, held captive separately from family
   By ToI Staff
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   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Thai worker Pongsak Tanna, father of 14-year-old girl
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Avinatan Or, planning to move in with girlfriend
   By ToI Staff
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   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Amazon employee Sasha Trufanov
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Those we are missing
   Taken captive: Segev Kalfon, last seen running across Highway 232
   By ToI Staff


Tales of the Times
The quirky, improbable, infuriating and uplifting

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   A 'coming of age' story
   Israelis star in Netflix bible epic ‘Mary,’ also with Anthony Hopkins
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Wings and a prayer
   Paul McCartney spotted rocking Yom Kippur services in Chile
   By ToI Staff and JTA
 * 
   When nature and duty call
   Army cleans up its act with eco-toilets
   By Sue Surkes
 * 
   Netflix apparently does
   ‘Nobody Wants This’ gets 2nd season — now with more Jews
   By Andrew Lapin
 * 
   A canopy of peace
   Shared Home Sukkah project to be held after organizer killed on Oct. 7
   By Jessica Steinberg
 * 
   Photo essay
   October 7 commemoration ceremonies held around the world
   By AP and ToI Staff
 * 
   Prayer for salvation
   Israeli Opera marks Oct. 7 anniversary with ‘Gate of Mercy’ arrangement
   By Jessica Steinberg
 * 
   Swat team
   Melania: Smacking Trump’s hand in Israel wasn’t sign of marital ire
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   'It's all intuition'
   Parents, creators discuss how to talk to kids about war, hostage crisis
   By Jessica Steinberg
 * 
   The pen is mightier
   National Library counts 169 publications so far about Oct. 7
   By Jessica Steinberg
 * 
   Home is where the hearth is
   Evacuees miss their kitchens, even dishwashing, in new exhibit
   By Jessica Steinberg
 * 
   If these walls could speak
   US ambassador fills home with Israeli art showing post-Oct. 7 resilience
   By Jessica Steinberg
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   Son of liberty
   Rare document shows Jewish financier’s role in American Revolution
   By Jackie Hajdenberg
 * 
   Tiny treasure
   Museum of the Bible unveils newly dated ‘oldest Jewish book’
   By Asaf Elia-Shalev
 * 
   In safe hands
   This year’s Jerusalem Design Week looks to be a port in a storm
   By Jessica Steinberg
 * 
   Not joking around
   US comic Bill Maher says Harris should ‘shut up’ about Israel
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   If you will it
   Israeli Herzl opera ‘Theodor’ to premiere filmed version in NY
   By Jessica Steinberg
 * 
   Short-lived honeymoon
   Asteroid set to temporarily become Earth’s ‘second moon’
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Starstruck
   Petah Tikva to launch Hollywood-inspired ‘walk of fame’
   By ToI Staff
 * 
   Yellow card
   Lionel Messi’s yellow ribbon mistaken as hostage solidarity symbol
   By ToI Staff




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