February 28, 2013 11:45 am Celebrating a first year: the best of The Times of Israel Recently The Times of Israel celebrated its first birthday. Since it was launchedin February 2012 by veteran journalist David Horovitz, it has gone from strength to strength. [caption id="attachment_104672" align="aligncenter"......
February 2, 2013 2:44 am Croutons, commandos and coalitions The recent election took everyone by surprise. In the follow-up we were expecting a sweeping Likud-Beiteinu majority of over 40, giving them one of the strongest ever mandates won...... 4
September 2, 2012 9:55 pm Mezze peppers It's Friday night in Israel and I've just returned from Kabbalat Shabbat, ravenously hungry. After kiddush and hamotzi dinner appears. First of all is the mezze: small dishes of...... 4
May 31, 2012 7:45 am Habima comes to London Town In the past week on the 28th and 29th May, Habima – Israel’s national theatre company – played the Merchant of Venice in Hebrew at the Globe Theatre in...... 6
May 20, 2012 8:12 pm Gadna: a beginner’s guide Recently, a close friend asked me what Gadna – the IDF’s week long familiarisation programme for high-schoolers – was like. She told me that she was planning on participating......
May 4, 2012 10:51 am Love thy neighbour: a grassroots solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict In Judaism one of the most important commandments dictated by the Torah is to “love thy neighbour”, and I believe that by properly observing this mitzvah the chances for...... 4