New mayors throughout Israel in municipal elections
TPSNov 01, 2018
By Ilanit Chernick It was a night filled with several surprises and drama as Israel’s municipal election results poured in overnight Tuesday, Oct. 30-Wednesday, Oct....
Beersheba struck; IDF strikes back
TPSOct 18, 2018
BEERSHEBA — The IDF scrambled its fighter jets early on Wednesday morning, Oct. 17, and hit 20 targets across Gaza following an overnight rocket attack. Sirens...
Beitar Jerusalem documentary nabs Emmy
TPSOct 04, 2018
By Mara Vigevani “Forever Pure,” an Israeli documentary about the controversial Beitar Jerusalem’s hardcore fan club, known as La Familia, won an Emmy Award in the...
Thousands of women gather to wage peace
TPSSep 27, 2018
By Mara Vigevani Some 4,500 women — Jews and Arabs, religious and secular, all dressed in white and turquoise —made their way from Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem’s Old...
Awe & inspiration at midnight selichot at the Kotel
TPSSep 20, 2018
By Ilanit Chernick The sound of the shofar was loud and strong. Every few moments a man dressed in white, wearing a Breslov kippah, blew into the ram’s horn as people...
Breaking poverty in sub-Saharan Africa
TPSSep 06, 2018
ROSH HASHANAH EDITION 5779 SECTION B PAGE 12 By Ilanit Chernick TEL AVIV — In a crisp suit, David Tosin Bakare eludes confidence as we sit in a McDonald’s restaurant...
Former Israel minister accused of spying for Iran
TPSJul 12, 2018
JERUSALEM — The trial of Gonen Segev, a former Israeli minister accused of spying on the state on behalf of Iran, commenced at the Jerusalem District Court July 5....
Giro champion Gino Bartali will be posthumously awarded Israeli citizenship
TPSApr 30, 2018
By Mira Vigevani Gino Bartali, three-time winner of the Giro d’Italia and twice of the Tour de France in the 1930s, will be posthumously awarded Israeli citizenship...
Israel confirms 2007 strike on Syrian nuclear reactor
TPSMar 29, 2018
PASSOVER EDITION 5778 SECTION A PAGE 9 By Yona Schnitzer In March, 2007, Israel’s spy agency Mossad obtained information that Syria was building a nuclear reactor in...
Passover cleaning at the Western Wall
TPSMar 22, 2018
By Mara Vigevani If you wonder what happens to the hundreds of thousands of notes placed into the cracks of the Western Wall, here’s the answer: Twice a year, before...
