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Study of gay Palestinians who fled West Bank finds persecution by both PA and Israel
3+ hour, 55+ min ago (1329+ words) HIAS report says Palestinian cities are distributing flyers instructing residents to report, beat LGBTQ individuals, while Israeli authorities are making it harder for them to find refuge or lead normal lives...
‘Tuner’: The Jewiest film of the summer
6+ hour, 11+ min ago (20+ words) ToI's movie maven and deputy editor discuss the comedic crime thriller that spotlights Dustin Hoffman, Lior Raz and Tovah Feldshuh...
Lost Holocaust music, nearly erased by Stalin, goes on tour in Asia
6+ hour, 38+ min ago (802+ words) Tour through Seoul, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Beijing plays Yiddish music rescued by Moisei Beregovsky, a Soviet Jewish ethnomusicologist, and rediscovered in the 1990s...
US strikes Iran for seventh night in a row; Iranian forces launch strikes across Gulf
7+ hour, 22+ min ago (1173+ words) US reportedly sending dozens of refueling jets back to Israel as Trump mulls renewing massive bombing campaign; Iran attacks targets in Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, and Iraq...
Avi Goldberger, pub owner who brings everyone together
8+ hour, 39+ min ago (283+ words) In this week's Peoples of Israel, a new series featuring the mosaic of personalities walking the Land, we meet a 9th generation Jerusalemite who unites the city over a good drink...
Inspired by IDF training, Israeli activist spearheads fight against global wildlife crime
9+ hour, 48+ min ago (1348+ words) When Ofir Drori arrived in Africa in the 1990s, laws against illegal wildlife trafficking were on the books, but there had been virtually no prosecutions. The corruption that was responsible for the impunity still exists, but thanks to a grassroots activist…...
Why Orthodox Jews in the US are pushing back against permanent daylight saving time
10+ hour, 35+ min ago (29+ words) Orthodox groups urge US Senate to oppose House-approved bill that promises more evening light, which would create challenge for observant Jews who take part in early morning prayer...
US strikes Iran for seventh night in a row; Iranian forces launch retaliatory attacks
13+ hour, 22+ min ago (329+ words) Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain attacked by Islamic Republic, which also reportedly fires a missile at Saudi Arabia while the Revolutionary Guards target ships trying to traverse Hormuz...
IDF manpower chief: Extension of service period doesn’t replace need for more troops
14+ hour, 5+ min ago (29+ words) Dado Bar Kalifa says extending compulsory service to 32 months 'allows a minimal breathing room' for conscripts and reservists, calls 'to expand the scope of draftees and those serving'...
Settler activists illegally cross into Syria, stay for full day before being nabbed by IDF
16+ hour, 46+ min ago (23+ words) Incident marks latest attempt by Bashan Pioneers to establish settlements in Syrian buffer zone; soldiers hand activists over to police, condemn 'criminal offense'...