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Ayelet Tsabari's debut novel 'Songs for the Brokenhearted' just won the National Jewish Book Award for fiction. She tells Haaretz about the women's songs that inspired the book, her years of living in exile in Canada and what she means when she says 'I'm not angry, I'm Israeli'

The charges against the Sydney nurse come as Australia experiences a surge in antisemitism that has roiled the nation as homes, businesses, synagogues and schools have been vandalized or torched in crimes targeting Jews

The Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center didn't have a full-time rabbi for the past year and a half. Now it lost its sanctuary. Seven weeks after their campus was reduced to rubble, congregational leaders ponder the risks of rebuilding on the same spot

It's raining dollar bills in Gaza in an AI video published by U.S. President Trump on social media, envisioning its future as a resort paradise. The clip features an upbeat song promising 'No more tunnels, no more fear'

'Islamic resistance acted with complete humanity,' the match announcer, a journalist by profession, told Hamas' Al-Aqsa TV channel. On Monday, following the interview, soccer team Bnei Sakhnin F.C. dismissed him from the position

Schorr, the founding director of the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School in Jerusalem, played a key role in shaping Israel's film industry and building the school's international reputation. In 2024, he was honored with the Israeli Culture and Sports Ministry's Lifetime Achievement Award

According to the latest Religious Landscape Study, conducted by the Pew Research Center, Jews are more likely to be intermarried and to support abortion and gay rights than most other Americans. After Hindus, they earn more money than members of any other religious group

Hebrew University scientists have revealed the mechanism that allows a certain microbe to evade immune cells, giving hope in the treatment not only of Alzheimer's but also of certain cancers and heart disease

Ruhama Bohbot, mother of Israeli hostage Elkana Bohbot, said the family received the first sign of life from him since the Oct. 7 attack through a released hostage who was held in captivity with him: 'He misses you, and he's staying strong'

Hamas sees the hostages as their last bargaining chip and won't advance a deal without an improvement in Gaza's humanitarian situation and a framework for ending the war, a Palestinian source with ties to Hamas leadership abroad told Haaretz

Agreement also reached for release of 602 Palestinian prisoners who were due to be freed over the weekend

The sister of released hostage Yarden Bibas said during the procession route to the funeral: 'Through the car window, I see a broken country; we won't recover until the last hostage returns home'

There's no doubt that Israel's prime minister is eager to remove Ronen Bar, which is crucial for Netanyahu to shape his desired narrative about the October 7 attacks

ISRAEL: Bibas family laid to rest in Kibbutz Nir Oz as Yarden eulogizes his wife and children ■ GAZA CEASE-FIRE: Four bodies of Israeli hostages set to be returned by Hamas as Palestinian prisoners are released, Israel confirms ■ LEBANON: IDF says it struck Hezbollah arms operative near Lebanon-Syria border, accusing him of 'violating cease-fire'

Prime minister's spokesman asks court to release him from house arrest and NCO asks to have his electronic bracelet removed. Latter's attorney says indictment was filed to keep him under arrest until the end of his trial, even though the investigation is not over

Trump's Mideast envoy tells American Jewish Committee that the U.S. shares Israel's policy that Hamas cannot govern Gaza following the war