Five years ago, Einat Wilf realized forex/binary options was, at best, an industry founded on illegal gambling. But she was outflanked by lobbyists, and defeated by regulators and her Knesset colleagues — whose inability to grapple with the complexities has echoes of ‘The Big Short’

Amelia Bassano, a crypto-Jew of Italian descent born in 1569, is real author of famous plays, says expert

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Deputy minister says new initiative seeks to put Israeli public diplomacy on the offensive

Drum Cafe, a South African initiative, is now in Israel, with its first event for women only

Jewish Democratic candidate spoke at town hall meeting of ‘what a lunatic can do by stirring up racial hatred,’ but stresses later that he didn’t draw direct parallel

Construction teams working on breaking ground for shopping mall find columns etched with Greek symbol for ‘Christ’

Three panels — on Zionism, Jerusalem and Arab Israelis — dismissed from display after being deemed ‘inappropriate’