Tales of the Times

Chef David Lv displays his finished Yu Xiang eggplant dish at a workshop for Israeli chefs (Michael Harel/Times of Israel)

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Hold the hummus, bring on the fried rice, say Chinese tourists to Israel

Tourism Ministry brings Chinese master chefs to teach Israeli hotel chefs how to make Chinese food, in an effort to please visitors' picky palates

Sara Netanyahu, wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on January 22, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 23, 2018, 10:37 pm

‘Sorry for the glass in the lasagna’: Staffer’s letter backs Sara Netanyahu

Worker at PM residence allegedly served family lasagna with glass from broken jar; her apology note said to show PM's wife at times had no competent cooks on hand, had to order in

By TOI staff

Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev arrives to the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 10, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 23, 2018, 12:03 am

Israeli sports minister seems to take shot at Argentina after World Cup blowout

Miri Regev, who took brunt of blame for Argentinian team's cancellation of warm-up game in Jerusalem, says those who oppose Israel will meet defeat

By TOI staff

June 22, 2018, 10:03 pm

Report: PM’s wife wanted state to pay for son to watch ‘Big Brother’

Former adviser Nir Hefetz said to tell investigators Sara Netanyahu 'exhausted the system' with incessant demands for coverage of homes' expenses

By TOI staff

Israelis set the record for the world's largest 'surfing paddle-out' in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Herzliya, as part of a protest against natural gas drilling near Israel's coastline. (Screen capture: Hadashot news)

June 22, 2018, 7:00 pm

Israeli surfers claim to set world record with gas-drilling protest

1,000 people form human circle off Herzliya coast in what they say is the largest-ever 'paddle out,' call for gas rigs to be moved further from shore

By TOI staff

Participants in the local Jerusalem celebration of International Yoga Day received a specially designed yoga mat that together forms an artwork that envisions Jerusalem in thirty years from now (Courtesy The Big Dream - Jerusalem)

June 22, 2018, 10:25 am

In Jerusalem, sun salutations for International Yoga Day

Residents of the city find their inner yogis in the Valley of Hinnom at an event dedicated to the ancient practice

By Jessica Steinberg

A Saudi woman uses an electronic driving simulator during a driving workshop for women in the Saudi capital Riyadh on June 21, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / FAYEZ NURELDINE)

June 22, 2018, 9:36 am

Saudi Arabia gears up to end women driving ban on Sunday

Potentially thousands of female drivers set to take the wheel in long-awaited rite of passage

By Anuj Chopra

Ninet Tayeb in a recent performance (Courtesy Lior Keter)

June 22, 2018, 7:25 am

Israeli Ninet Tayeb to open for Alanis Morissette on July 30

Award-winning singer calls the opportunity 'a reason for celebration'

By Jessica Steinberg

In this image released by ABC, Roseanne Barr, left, and John Goodman appear in a scene from "Roseanne." (Adam Rose/ABC via AP)

June 22, 2018, 5:00 am

ABC orders ‘Roseanne’ spinoff — minus Roseanne Barr

After star's racist tweet sees TV show axed, Conner family-based sitcom will now get 10 new episodes in fall, without the matriarch

By Lynn Elber

US First lady Melania Trump boards an Air Force plane before traveling to Texas to visit facilities that house and care for children taken from their parents at the US-Mexico border, seen here at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland June 21, 2018. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)

June 22, 2018, 12:46 am

Melania Trump’s ‘I really don’t care’ jacket stuns on migrant visit

Heading to border to see detained children, first lady boards flight to Texas wearing coat with defiant, unsympathetic slogan on the back

By AFP

In this photo released by the Office of the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Prime Minster Jacinda Ardern and her partner Clarke Gayford pose with their newborn daughter at the Auckland City Hospital, Thursday, June 21, 2018, in Auckland, New Zealand. (Office of the Prime Minister of New Zealand via AP)

June 21, 2018, 5:47 pm

New Zealand leader welcomes newborn girl ‘to our village’

Prime Minister Jacinda Adern becomes only second world leader to give birth while holding office

By Nick Perry

Education Minister Naftali Bennett attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 3, 2017. (Marc Israel
Sellem/Pool/Flash90)

June 20, 2018, 7:16 pm

Bennett teased for proposing ‘world Jewish singles’ event in Israel

Education minister's pre-Passover idea met with sneers, as social media users tell him to focus on schools; others say jokingly they would come 'if there would be matzo balls'

By Alexander Fulbright

June 20, 2018, 5:52 pm

Hold the hummus, bring on the fried rice, say Chinese tourists to Israel

Tourism Ministry brings Chinese master chefs to teach Israeli hotel chefs how to make Chinese food, in an effort to please visitors' picky palates

By Michael Harel

This picture taken on June 14, 2018 in Lyon, southern France, shows the hat allegedly attributed to Emperor Napoleon I (AFP PHOTO / JEAN-PHILIPPE KSIAZEK)

June 20, 2018, 1:13 pm

Napoleon fever confirmed as hat sells for $400,000

There is no conclusive proof the headgear belonged to the emperor

By AFP

The royal family, with Prince William in the center alongside his wife, Catherine, and their two children, in London during the Trooping the Colour, this year marking the queen’s 90th birthday, June 11, 2016. (Ben A. Pruchnie/Getty Images)

June 20, 2018, 6:16 am

5 must-know facts about Prince William’s historic visit to Israel

What will the heir to the British throne be getting up to on the first official royal trip to the Jewish state?

By Josefin Dolsten

Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, crown prince of Saudi Arabia, attends a meeting at the United Nations in New York City, March 27, 2018. (Bryan R. Smith/AFP)

June 20, 2018, 1:01 am

Saudi entertainment chief sacked over Russian circus leotards

Body-hugging outfits of female performers in Russian show currently touring the Muslim kingdom spark outcry on social media

By Aya Batrawy