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Palestinian children enjoy the company of cats on the opening day of Meow Cafe in Gaza City, August 17, 2023. (AP/Fatima Shbair)
August 18, 2023, 10:40 am
Gaza’s first cat cafe offers distraction for enclave’s residents
Cafe’s founder says spending time with cats is ‘global anti-depressant’; psychologist says such a venue can serve as therapy for war-weary Gazans
By Agencies
Dana Ivgi (right) in 'The Other Widow,' nominated for nine Ophir Awards; the ceremony will take place September 10, 2023. (Courtesy: Vered Adir)
August 17, 2023, 7:59 pm
Films nominated for Israeli Oscars to get special screenings
Israeli Academy of Film and Tel Aviv Cinematheque join forces to show most-nominated feature films
By Jessica Steinberg
This image released by Netflix shows Gal Gadot in a scene from 'Heart of Stone.' (Robert Viglasky/Netflix via AP)
August 17, 2023, 8:32 am
Gal Gadot’s ‘Heart of Stone’ tops Netflix charts in 6 Arab countries
Action movie is most watched in Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait and Oman
By ToI Staff
Rupert Murdoch at a dinner at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York, May 4, 2017. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)
August 17, 2023, 1:23 am
Murdoch said dating Roman Abramovich’s former mother-in-law
92-year-old media mogul currently cruising in the Mediterranean with Jewish molecular biologist Elena Zhukova
By ToI Staff
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen poses for photos in Hanoi, Vietnam July 20, 2023. (Hau Dinh/AP)
August 17, 2023, 12:58 am
Janet Yellen says she ate hallucinogenic mushroom dish in China
US treasury secretary says she wasn’t aware of the fungi’s properties, didn’t feel ‘any ill effects,’ as she inadvertently sparks local craze for ‘see hand blue’ shrooms
By Stuart Winer
de Jode Land of Israel 1593, one of the Golden Map Collection maps donated to the National Library of Israel. (Courtesy: National Library of Israel)
August 15, 2023, 7:44 pm
National Library expands cartographic holdings with 400 rare maps
Collector Howard Golden donates to world’s largest collection of antique maps of Jerusalem and the Holy Land
By Jessica Steinberg
Making movies at Jerusalem's Sam Spiegel Film School, which was included in top 15 global film schools by Hollywood Reporter in August 2023. (Courtesy: Yossi Zveker)
August 15, 2023, 7:38 pm
Sam Spiegel included in Hollywood Reporter top 15 film school list
Jerusalem school commended for new campus, preparatory program for Arabic speakers and Series Lab initiative
By Jessica Steinberg
Sir Ben Kingsley arrives at the premiere of "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" on August 16, 2021, at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
August 15, 2023, 12:39 pm
Ben Kingsley reveals why he’s appeared in so many Holocaust films
British actor says ‘seed was planted’ as a young boy after seeing film on liberation of concentration camp while reckoning with his grandmother’s ‘vigorous’ hatred of Jews
By Gabe Friedman
Tivon Pennicott, saxophonist, will perform in Israel on August 14, 15, 16 and 18, 2023 (Courtesy OGATA)
August 14, 2023, 12:33 pm
Saxophonist Tivon Pennicott visits Israel for week of jazz gigs
Musician whose work appeared on 3 Grammy-winning albums says he wants to observe Israeli work ethic and culture
By Jessica Steinberg
Screen capture from video of an escaped cow running along Route 1, August 13, 2023. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 13, 2023, 10:56 am
Police chief chases cow down highway
Israel’s top cop, Kobi Shabtai, joins efforts to rope in runaway bovine as it bolts down Route 1
By Stuart Winer
This image released by Netflix shows Gal Gadot in a scene from 'Heart of Stone.' (Robert Viglasky/Netflix via AP)
August 11, 2023, 9:30 am
Gal Gadot plays elite spy in new action flick ‘Heart of Stone’
Netflix release revolves around threat of quantum computer falling into wrong hands, with Israeli star showing off action hero skills in Bond-like opening sequence
By Jake Coyle
This handout picture provided by the American University in Cairo (AUC) on August 10, 2023 shows researchers with fossils of a newly discovered species of extinct whale. (AFP/HO/American University in Cairo [AUC])
August 11, 2023, 1:18 am
Egypt dig unearths 41 million-year-old whale in desert
Newly discovered extinct species named for King Tut sheds light on evolutionary turning point when whale ancestors transitioned from land to sea
By AFP
Sir Anthony Hopkins as Sir Nicholas Winton in the upcoming movie 'One Life.' (Warner Brothers via UK Jewish News)
August 10, 2023, 11:47 pm
Anthony Hopkins to star in film on ‘British Schindler’
Oscar-winning actor to portray stockbroker Sir Nicholas Winton, who helped save 669 Jewish children in Prague from the Nazis
By ToI Staff
Nassr's Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (L) vies for the ball with Shorta's forward Alaa al-Azzawi during the 2023 Arab Club Champions Cup semi-final football match between Saudi Arabia's Al-Nassr and Iraq's Al-Shorta at Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Stadium in Abha on August 9, 2023. (Abdullah Mahdi / AFP)
August 10, 2023, 7:43 am
Saudi soccer league kicks off, hoping world is watching
Oil-rich nation’s clubs have made big-buck purchases of international stars, but critics see ‘sportswashing’ of shoddy human rights record
By Haitham el-Tabei
Noa Kirel poses for photographers at the European MTV Awards 2022 in Dusseldorf, Germany, November 13, 2022. (AP Photo/ Martin Meissner)
August 9, 2023, 4:23 am
Noa Kirel to make US concert debut at Madison Square Garden in 2024
Eurovision candidate will be second ever-Israeli to headline performance at 20,000-seat NYC arena, though she has sold-out bigger venues back home
By julia GERGELY
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