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How 3 Jewish refugees from the Nazis built Iceland’s classical music scene from scratch

By Jenna Gottlieb

Iceland’s prime minister closed the borders to Jews — but three men who slipped in changed the country’s history.

Director Rachel Israel, right, and producer Shai Korman arrive at the premiere of "The Floaters" during the 2025 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, Aug. 3, 2025. (Miikka Skaffari/Getty Images)

FilmWith 2 current films, director Rachel Israel offers comic relief for Jewish trauma

By Stephen Silver

SportsJewish businessmen Joshua Kushner, Bob Iger buy Los Angeles Lakers for record $12.5b

By Jacob Gurvis

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An infographic created in Ankara, Turkey on September 13, 2023. (Photo by Elmurod Usubaliev/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

August 13, 2026, 6:41 pm

An India-Israel corridor is the biggest Middle East story nobody is talking about

The transformative IMEC trade corridor linking India and Europe could turn Israel into a linchpin of international trade, if only the region could stop fighting.

By Dan Perry

An undated drone photo of Arona, Italy. (Hagai Agmon Snir)

August 13, 2026, 6:30 pm

War and uncertainty drives Israelis seeking quiet abroad

The high numbers of exits have led experts to warn of economic and security consequences.

By Deborah Danan

Rabbi Mark Asher Goodman teaches a class about Shoresh's origins on Aug. 12. (Photo by Adam Reinherz)

August 13, 2026, 5:34 pm

Shoresh kickoff gives taste of Greenfield-based communal learning

'We're really trying to hit all of the different ways in which Jews connect with their religion and their spirituality: the head, the heart, the body'

By Adam Reinherz

File:Control status of the West Bank as per the Oslo Accords. Credit: SoWhAt249, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

August 13, 2026, 10:34 am

The West Bank Map That Was Never Supposed to Last

The Oslo process is effectively dead but its map lives on

By Mihran Kalaydjian/The Blogs at The Times of Israel

“120 Years of Zionism,” an exhibit at Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport, was launched in 2017 to mark the establishment of the World Zionst Congress in 1897. (Rakoon/Wikimedia Commons)

August 13, 2026, 4:36 am

Should Jews who support Israel avoid the word ‘Zionism’?

A consultant was fired for telling Jewish leaders not to use the term. But many think he has a point.

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

August 12, 2026, 8:50 pm

Jewish businessmen Joshua Kushner, Bob Iger buy Los Angeles Lakers for record $12.5b

Jared Kushner’s brother and the longtime Disney CEO kvell at the prospect of owning an “iconic” team.

By Jacob Gurvis

In a five decade career, Jack Ukeles offered policy research, planning and management for a range of secular and Jewish non-profits. (Courtesy)

August 12, 2026, 8:42 pm

Jack Ukeles, who used data and idealism to shape Jewish communal life, dies at 89

The longtime Jewish communal researcher and consultant conducted influential population studies, advised major organizations and mentored generations of Jewish professionals.

By Gary Rosenblatt

August 11, 2026, 12:46 pm

With 2 current films, director Rachel Israel offers comic relief for Jewish trauma

In 'The Floaters' and 'Influenced,' the New York filmmaker shows Jewish identity as the backdrop for friendship, family and ambition rather than antisemitism or crisis.

By Stephen Silver

Del Duca has dedicated her life to fostering dialogue between the Christian and Jewish communities. (Photo courtesy of Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill)

August 11, 2026, 11:26 am

Sister Gemma Del Duca honored for lifetime of work by Congregation Emanu-El Israel

Del Duca co-founded the National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education at Seton Hill.

By Octavia Liku

Hayli Firtell-Elgarten and her husband Yossi have started the business Hayli Firtell-Elgarten. Now, she's starting a Jewish Woman Entrepreneur pod in Pittsburgh. (Photo provided by Hayli Firtell-Elgarten)

August 11, 2026, 11:07 am

Hayli Firtell-Elgarten hopes to strengthen community of Jewish women entrepreneurs

Jewish Woman Entrepreneur plans to meet in September

By David Rullo

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August 11, 2026, 10:58 am

Mapping antisemitism, a website helps Jewish jet-setters avoid turbulence

Safe for Jews uses AI, official advisories and more to rate countries and cities for travelers eager to avoid harassment or violence

By Zev Stub/The Times of Israel

A boy looks at crocodiles at the ancient hot springs of Hamat Gader on August 22, 2006. (Shaul Schwarz/Getty Images)

August 11, 2026, 10:36 am

Israeli court delays Ben-Gvir’s plans for an Israeli ‘Crocodile Alcatraz’

The Israeli security minister has proposed using the animals to help guard Palestinian prisoners involved in the Oct. 7 massacres.

By Deborah Danan

August 10, 2026, 8:42 pm

How 3 Jewish refugees from the Nazis built Iceland’s classical music scene from scratch

Iceland’s prime minister closed the borders to Jews — but three men who slipped in changed the country’s history.

By Jenna Gottlieb

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) campaigns for Abdul El-Sayed at The People V. The Powerful rally at the Detroit Opera House in Detroit, Michigan, July 18, 2026. (Sarah Rice/Getty Images)

August 10, 2026, 7:49 pm

Bernie Sanders urges Democrats to ban ‘corrupt’ AIPAC spending in primaries

AIPAC responded that Sanders wanted to “blacklist Americans who disagree with him.”

By Shira Li Bartov

Haredi Orthodox and secular protesters and counter protesters face off outside a Jerusalem cafe open on Shabbat, Aug. 9, 2026 (Theia Chatelle)

August 10, 2026, 7:38 pm

Shabbat protests outside Jerusalem cafe show no sign of abating

Police were out in force for the sixth straight week at what has become a flashpoint in the long-running fight between secular and religious Israelis.

By Theia Chatelle