International

Wooed by Israel funding, Bollywood movie filmed in Tel Aviv

Bollywood superstar Jacqueline Fernandez was in Israel this week with a crew of 80 to shoot scenes for an action-comedy film opposite Indian heartthrob Sushant Singh Rajput, in the first Bollywood movie to be filmed in the Jewish state. “Drive,” described as an Indian version of Hollywood’s “The Fast and the Furious” franchise and likely

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International, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Over a million Jews worldwide gear up for ‘Shabbat Project’

A kosher Shabbat dinner at a backpacker”s lodge in Dalat, Vietnam a 9,000 women-strong challah-baking event in Buenos Aires a glow-in-the-dark challah event in Costa Rica a binational gathering on the Mexican-US border a dinner for 1,000 Israelis in a shipping hanger in Tel Aviv and a Shabbat kept in full on the slopes of

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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA

Defense minister: In next war, Israel will face fighting in north and south

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman on Tuesday said the next war in Israel will see the Israel Defense Forces facing both a unified Syrian and Lebanese foe and another front in the Gaza Strip. He also declared Tuesday that the Lebanese army has been fully integrated with Hezbollah and now operates under the terror group’s command.

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Middle East

Judge subpoenaes Argentine ex-president in AMIA inquiry

A judge has subpoenaed the former Argentinian president and former foreign minister to appear before the commission investigating the 1994 AMIA Jewish center bombing in Buenos Aires and the mysterious death of prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who was investigating the attack. Federal Judge Claudio Bonadio also barred Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, former foreign minister Héctor Timerman

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International, Jewish History

Holocaust denial in Canada exacerbated by Trudeau’s actions

Trudeau sets an ominous tone by erasing Jews from the genocide memorial Last week, Canada became the most recent industrialized country to officially commemorate the Holocaust by dedicating its first National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa. However, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s unveiling of the monument also unveiled the glaring omission of any mention of Jews,

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International, Jewish History

Israeli hospital gets grant to help Syrian refugees with hearing loss

An Israeli philanthropist has made a six-figure grant to a hospital in northern Israel to fund treatment for Syrian children who have suffered hearing loss as a result of their country’s civil war. Morris Kahn’s pilot grant to Ziv Medical Center in Safed is part of the Genesis Prize Foundation’s global initiative to aid refugee

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Thousands of Israel supporters throng Jerusalem for Sukkot march

Tens of thousands of people from Israel and around the world marched in Jerusalem on Tuesday to mark the Jewish festival of Sukkot. The Jerusalem March, which each year is attended by thousands of pro-Israel supporters, passed through the heart of the capital, leading to road closures and snarling traffic. Get The Times of Israel’s

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

Sen. Bob Corker is saying what other Republicans will only whisper about Trump

WASHINGTON — At the start of Donald Trump’s presidency, Sen. Bob Corker reacted like most other Republicans to the daily White House outbursts and tweets. He largely withheld criticism and called for patience as the new administration settled in. Corker, though, stood out by sometimes letting slip what he was privately thinking — an eye

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USA

Lawsuit filed after teen expelled for not standing during Pledge of Allegiance

DALLAS — Houston high school senior India Landry had sat through the Pledge of Allegiance in the classrooms of at least six teachers — about 200 times, she says, with zero trouble. That is, until the 17-year-old landed in Principal Martha Strother’s office at Windfern High School in Houston. As the Pledge of Allegiance streamed

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USA

Sen. Dianne Feinstein says she’ll run again: ‘There’s still so much work left to do’

WASHINGTON — Longtime California Sen. Dianne Feinstein has made it official: She’ll run for a sixth term in 2018. “I’m immensely proud of my service in the Senate and all I’ve done to help the people of California and the nation. But there’s still so much work left to do, from ending gun violence, to

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USA