Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in 30 minutes or less
The maximum speed on the new line will be 160 kilometres (99 miles) per hour
NBA slam dunk champion Nate Robinson to join Hapoel Tel Aviv
The three-time winner of the NBA’s Slam Dunk Contest has reportedly agreed to a deal to play for the Israeli basketball team
Tel Aviv tech conference touts medicinal – not recreational – cannabis
CannaTech, an international conference held for the first time last week at venues in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, featured seminars on everything from the global cannabis investment market to quality control in commercial cannabis cultivation
Israel tapping into craft beer trend
For decades, Israel has solely offered Goldstar, Maccabi and Nesher. Not anymore
Jennifer Lopez to make debut performance in Israel
The singer/songwriter is reportedly due to perform in the Holy Land this summer
Historic Tel Aviv synagogue defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti
Hitler’s face, a swastika, and anti-Semitic comments spray-painted on synagogue’s walls
There’s a limit to everything
There were over 100 incidents of terror and violence directed against Israel’s Jewish citizens in the first five days of 2016 alone
Your morning spiel for Friday, Jan. 8
Today in the news: Tel Aviv shooter killed, Hitler’s Mein Kampf is back in stores, Hamas thinks Woody Allen is an Israeli journalist, weed apparently doesn’t have to be kosher, Israel’s got a flying car, and more
Tel Aviv shooter killed in mosque in northern Israel
Nashat Milhem reportedly killed two Israelis at a bar in Tel Aviv on Jan. 1, before killing a Bedouin Israeli taxi driver an hour later
Your morning spiel for Thursday, Jan. 7
Today in the news: Charlie Hebdo anniversary, Jennifer Lawrence’s crush on Larry David, CES 2016, gunmen shoot at Israeli tourists in Cairo, and more
