JESSICA STEINBERG
From left: Adeena Sussman, Shalom Simcha Elbert and Ruhama Shitrit
March 31, 2026, 11:00 am
Israeli chefs share their winning Pesach shortcuts
Ruhama Shitrit, Adeena Sussman and Shalom Simcha Elbert say goals for this holiday under fire should be ‘tasty food that’s also simple, and to keep our traditions’
By JESSICA STEINBERG
Gal Gadot poses with her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Photo: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP
November 13, 2025, 11:48 am
Actress Gal Gadot wins 2026 Genesis Prize
Gadot said in a statement that she was humbled to receive the prize.
By JESSICA STEINBERG
US envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner meet with released hostages Omri Miran, Gal Berman, Ziv Berman, Yosef Chaim Ohana, Matan Angrest, Bar Kuperstein, Segev Kalfon, Nimrod Cohen, and Eitan Horn in Tel Aviv, October 21, 2025. (Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
October 22, 2025, 10:54 am
Witkoff and Kushner meet with released hostages
Nine of the hostages freed from Gaza last week in ceasefire deal urge envoys to secure return of final 15 deceased hostages.
By JESSICA STEINBERG
Photo: Instagram
July 30, 2025, 8:00 am
Leading Israeli actor Alon Abutbul dies
60-year-old actor, Alon Abutbul, was a mainstay of Israeli film and TV for decades. He also featured in Hollywood blockbusters such as Rambo III and The Dark Knight Rises.
By Ethan Rubinson and JESSICA STEINBERG
Singer Netta Barzilai in the video for her new single, Big Love. Photo: Nadav Yahalomi
December 6, 2024, 9:38 am
Netta Barzilai offers ‘Big Love’ after a hard year
Pop star Netta Barzilai, whose music is normally bubbly and happy, talks about her latest release, the first in English since the October 7 assault. Jessica Steinberg reports.
By JESSICA STEINBERG
Bottles of the Wines of Hope line created for hostages held in Gaza by Wine on the Vine, in March 2024 (The Times of Israel: Courtesy)
July 30, 2024, 2:44 pm
Noa Argamani gets bittersweet taste of wine named after her
Wine on the Vine project works with hostages’ families to spread awareness of their plight.
By JESSICA STEINBERG
Screenshots of hostages Hersh Goldberg-Polin (left), Eliya Cohen (middle) and Or Levy (right) as they were taken hostage into Gaza by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023 (The Times of Israel: Courtesy Hostages and Missing Families Forum)
June 25, 2024, 10:13 am
Hostage families release Hamas video showing 3 sons’ abduction into Gaza under fire
In new footage, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eliya Cohen and Or Levy are seen crammed and bloodied on flatbed of pickup truck, being driven toward Strip.
By JESSICA STEINBERG
Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, held captive in Gaza since October 7, in a Hamas propaganda video released on April 24, 2024. (The Times of Israel: Screenshot: Telegram)
April 25, 2024, 9:17 am
‘Stay strong,’ parents urge Hersh Goldberg-Polin after Hamas airs propaganda clip
Israeli-American hostage, 23, with missing hand, seen fuming at government for failing to free abductees for 200 days, describing ‘hell’ in Gaza captivity.
By Emanuel Fabian, JESSICA STEINBERG, Jacob Magid and Michael Bachner
Aussie influencer Nate Buzolic (third from left) says he came to Israel to help fight the social media battle. Photo: supplied
December 6, 2023, 6:00 am
Aussie influencer fights social media battle for Israel
"It's everyday Israelis, everyday Jews, who have stood up and said 'no'," says Nathaniel 'Nate' Buzolic.
By JESSICA STEINBERG
Yagil (left) and Or Yaakov. Photo: supplied via Times of Israel
November 20, 2023, 7:21 am
Animator creates short about abducted brothers
Goodman said he gets deeply involved in any project he works on, but usually can take breaks to eat, be with his kids, live his life. Not this time.
By JESSICA STEINBERG
Aussie influencer Nate Buzolic (third from right) says he came to Israel to help fight the social media battle (Courtesy)
November 13, 2023, 10:50 am
Aussie influencer Natebuzz in Israel to fight social media battle
Actor and born-again Christian Nate Buzolic believes in Israel and the Jews, and wants to shift the online pro-Palestinian narrative.
By JESSICA STEINBERG
Pop star Christian Aguilera will arrive August 9 in Israel for her August 10, 2023, performance in Rishon Lezion Live Park. Photo: Live Nation Israel
August 8, 2023, 9:08 am
Christina Aguilera plans four days in Israel
The five-time Grammy winner will dine in a Tel Aviv restaurant and tour Jerusalem and the Dead Sea.
By JESSICA STEINBERG
Photo: Twitter
June 7, 2023, 8:38 am
Guns N’ Roses rocks sold-out crowd in Tel Aviv
The three-hour concert in Israel follows Abu Dhabi show on the second leg of the hard rock band's Europe and North American tour.
By JESSICA STEINBERG
Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government to overhaul the judicial system, outside the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. Photo: AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File
May 9, 2023, 9:04 am
Protests are altering Israel’s trajectory, says Handmaid’s writer
At Jerusalem Writers Festival, the Canadian author behind The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood, talks judicial reform, saying she isn’t surprised that hundreds of Israeli women are utilising the vivid visual themes from the book.
By JESSICA STEINBERG
Actor Adam Sandler (left) with Rabbi Robyn Fryer Bodzin of Toronto's Beth Tzedec Synagogue. Photo: Robyn Fryer Bodzin
August 24, 2022, 3:30 pm
Adam Sandler spends six weeks at Toronto shule shooting bat mitzvah film
Sandler, Idina Menzel and SNL actor Sarah Sherman get friendly with the rabbis, Beth Tzedec’s Steven Wernick and Robyn Fryer Bodzin
By JESSICA STEINBERG
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