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Tourist pays $2,800 for shawarma platter in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM (JTA) – Was it the most amazing shawarma platter ever? At $2,800, one would hope so. That’s what one tourist was charged for the plate by a Jerusalem restaurant … more

MARCY OSTER | 9/19/19

5 things to watch after Israel’s too-close-to-call election

JERUSALEM (JTA) – The morning after Israel’s second national election in five months, the results are still unclear. According to the latest vote count, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is trailing his rival, Benny Gantz, by the slimmest of margins: The incumbent’s Likud and the challenger’s Blue and White remain within a seat of each other. More important, neither candidate appears able to form a governing coalition outright with allies on the right or the left. In the 120-seat Knesset, the right won 55 seats and its opposition, comprised of the left and center, won 56. But 61 seats are needed for a majority. more

MARCY OSTER | 9/18/19

Johnny Arbid, left, plays the grieving father of a slain Palestinian teen in "Our Boys."

Why HBO’s series on the revenge murder of a Palestinian teen is causing controversy

(JTA) — “I’ve been kidnapped,” a voice can be heard saying in Hebrew in the opening of a new HBO series about the lead-up to the 2014 Gaza War. It’s Gilad Shaer, a 16-year-old … more

Josefin Dolsten | 8/29/19

Israel gives new hope to patients with multiple myeloma

TEL AVIV — Shlomit Norman was only 42 when doctors diagnosed her with multiple myeloma — a bone marrow cancer with no known cure that rarely strikes people under the age of 65. At the time, … more

Larry Luxner | 8/26/19

Israel's Beresheet spacecraft took this "selfie" as it attempted to land on the moon.

Israel’s next spacecraft will shoot higher than the moon

Israel’s next spacecraft will shoot higher than the moon more

Marcy Oster | 6/26/19

Nechama Rivlin, wife of Israel’s president, dies at 73

JERUSALEM (JTA) – Nechama Rivlin, the wife of President Reuven Rivlin, has died at the age of 73. She died June 4, a day before her 74th birthday, at Beillinson Hospital in … more

MARCY OSTER | 6/11/19

Jewish support for BDS is another example of creeping anti-Semitism

It is ironic that the recent Opinion piece on Jewish support at Brown University for boycotting and divesting from Israel (“Our Judaism compels us to fight for divestment and against … more

RUSSELL D. RASKIN | 6/6/19

US Embassy in Israel will hold annual July 4th celebration for the first time in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM (JTA) – The U.S. Embassy in Israel will hold its annual Fourth of July celebration for the first time in Jerusalem. The event traditionally has been held at the home … more

MARCY OSTER | 6/6/19

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a conference of the 'Likud' party, presenting the list of candidates, in Ramat Gan on March 4, 2019.

Why Israel could hold a second national election in 2019

(JTA) — Israel held a national election seven weeks ago. It might hold another one in September. If that sounds weird to you, you’re right: Israel has a famously raucous political system, … more

Ben Sales | 5/29/19

Menachem Mendel Taub, Hasidic dynasty head devoted to Holocaust memory, dies at 96

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Menachem Mendel Taub, the rebbe of the Kaliv Hasidic dynasty in Jerusalem, who devoted his life to memorializing the Holocaust and helping fellow survivors, has died. … more

5/2/19