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Andrew Tobin
Lian Najami speaking at an Israeli Independence Day student gala at Boston University, in Boston, Mass., April 6, 2017. (Nir Landau for Combined Jewish Philanthropies)
December 18, 2017, 12:44 pm
Israel’s First Arab Rhodes Scholar Has The Chutzpah To Love Her Country, And To Try To Change It
By Andrew Tobin
A view of residential neighborhoods in the southern Israeli town of Arad, located in the Negev Desert. Miriam Alster/Flash90
December 6, 2017, 9:28 am
Thinking Of Moving To Tel Aviv Or Jerusalem? These Israeli Towns Want You Instead.
Out on Israel's fast-growing ‘periphery.’
By Andrew Tobin
THE JNF HQ in Jerusalem, Israel and the organization's iconic blue boxes. Wikimedia Commons
November 14, 2017, 5:51 pm
Israel Squeezing The Tzedakah Box
The Jewish state wants a bigger cut from the nonprofit behind those iconic blue tins.
By Andrew Tobin
Israeli activists marching at the annual SlutWalk march through central Jerusalem, June 2, 2017. (Gali Tibbon/AFP/Getty Images)
October 20, 2017, 11:36 am
Israeli Women Have Been Saying ‘Me Too’ For Years
By Andrew Tobin
Mayim Bialik attending the 23rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Expo Hall in Los Angeles, Jan. 29, 2017. (Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)
October 16, 2017, 12:15 pm
Mayim Bialik Slammed For Advocating Modesty In Response To Harvey Weinstein Allegations
By Andrew Tobin
Cantor Kenny Ellis posing with “Curb Your Enthusiasm” creator Larry David. JTA
October 15, 2017, 7:28 pm
Meet The Prime-Time Rabbi With Appearances On ‘Curb’ And ‘Law and Order’
By Andrew Tobin
Children posing for a photo in hats that read “Exodus 1947” in a displaced persons camp in Germany, September 1947. (Robert Gary)
September 26, 2017, 2:34 pm
These Photos Of Holocaust Survivors From The SS Exodus Are Incredible
By Andrew Tobin
Dror Yoggev blowing a shofar while Shimon Keinan watches at his Kol Shofar factory in Givat Yoav, Golan Heights, Sept. 6, 2017. (Andrew Tobin)
September 12, 2017, 1:14 pm
This Factory Makes Thousands Of Shofars Each Year
By Andrew Tobin
The cover photo for the Tight Memes Facebook page, Sept. 11, 2017. (Facebook)
September 12, 2017, 11:40 am
Israel Has Its Own Version Of The Alt-Right
By Andrew Tobin
Miriam Ballin, holding her baby daughter, at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem. (Courtesy of Ballin)
August 31, 2017, 10:28 am
This Haredi Medic Pioneered Psychological First Aid In Israel. Now She’s Helping Houston.
By Andrew Tobin
Conan O’Brien overlooking the beach in Tel Aviv, Israel, Aug. 26, 2017. JTA
August 27, 2017, 11:37 am
On First Israel Visit, Conan O’Brien Wins Over Israelis On The Street
By Andrew Tobin
Nedal Sader sitting on his United Hatzalah motor-scooter in the Old City of Jerusalem, July 14, 2017. (Andrew Tobin)
July 18, 2017, 10:34 am
The First Medic To Respond To The Temple Mount Terror Attack Was Muslim. Here’s His Story.
By Andrew Tobin
Retired U.S. fighter pilot Roy “Bubba” Segars, left, and retired Israeli fighter pilot Jacob “Booby” Daube holding a photo they took together during the 1973 Yom Kippur War at the same Tel Nof air base in Israel, June 28, 2017. (Courtesy of IDF Spokesperson)
July 10, 2017, 12:14 pm
US pilots Reunite With Israeli ‘Brothers In Arms’ From Yom Kippur War
By Andrew Tobin
“Who gave you, the Conservative and the Reform, the authority to make up a new religion?” argued Rabbi Nachum Eistenstein, the chief rabbi of a Jerusalem charedi neighborhood. Courtesy of Rabbi Nachum Eistenstein
July 6, 2017, 9:43 am
Controversial Cabinet Moves, Through Charedi Eyes
A charedi Orthodox rabbi explains why his community opposes the Western Wall deal, conversion changes.
By Andrew Tobin
Handmaids at the beach in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 22, 2017. (Courtesy of HOT)
June 23, 2017, 11:00 am
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Invades The Streets Of Tel Aviv
By Andrew Tobin
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