The Times of Israel
The Times of Israel is an Israeli multi-language online newspaper that was launched in 2012. It was co-founded by Israeli journalist David Horovitz, who is also the founding editor, and American billionaire investor Seth Klarman. Based in Jerusalem, it "documents developments in Israel, the Middle East and around the Jewish world." Along with its original English site, The Times of Israel publishes in Hebrew (via its own edition, Zman Yisrael), Arabic, French, and Persian. In addition to publishing news reports and analysis, the website hosts a multi-author blog platform.
Head office in Jerusalem (2012) | |
| Type | Online newspaper |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | |
| Editor-in-chief | David Horovitz |
| Editor | Suha Halifa (Arabic) Stephanie Bitan (French) Avi Davidi (Persian) |
| Deputy editor | Joshua Davidovich Elie Leshem Amanda Borschel-Dan |
| Opinion editor | Miriam Herschlag |
| Launched | February 2012 |
| Language | English, Hebrew, Arabic, French, Persian |
| Headquarters | Jerusalem |
| ISSN | 0040-7909 |
| OCLC number | 1076401854 |
| Website | timesofisrael |
In February 2014, two years after its launch, The Times of Israel claimed a readership of two million. In 2017, readership increased to 3.5 million unique monthly users. By 2021, the paper had on average over nine million unique users each month and over 35 million monthly page views, while the paper's blog platform had 9,000 active bloggers.