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9 takeaways from Israel’s historic election

JERUSALEM (JTA) – Israel’s election on Tuesday was contentious, historic, crazy – and somewhat predictable. With most of the vote counted – some 300,000 votes from … more

MARCY OSTER | 4/10/19

Exit polls show Netanyahu, Gantz in dead heat

JERUSALEM (JTA) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party finished one seat behind main challenger Blue and White in the first exit poll results released at the close of voting in Israel on Tuesday. more

BY MARCY OSTER | 4/9/19

KFC set to relaunch in Israel

BY MARCY OSTER JERUSALEM (JTA) – The American fast food chain KFC is recruiting staff ahead of a planned reopening in Israel, the business daily Globes reported. The company announced … more

2/28/19

Israelis are top users of social media in the world

JTA – When it comes to social media, Israelis rule the world. Some 77 percent of adults in Israel use social media, putting the country 1 percentage point ahead of South Korea, according to … more

MARCY OSTER | 2/28/19

Veteran Israeli lawmaker Tzipi Livni announces exit from politics

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli lawmaker Tzipi Livni announced that she would exit politics at the end of the current Knesset term, and pulled her HaTnua party out of the upcoming national elections. The party’s recent poll numbers showed that it would not make the electoral threshold to enter the next Knesset. more

Marcy Oster | 2/19/19

From Gary Leib’s photo essay: Many of us celebrated Shabbat at the Western Wall, in Jerusalem. Maybe it was the spring-like temperature and breeze that night. Maybe it was the light. Maybe the hush of 1,000 prayers. Maybe the imam from the mosque on top, whose plaintive chant melded with the prayers below. It all blended into a special reverent and sad feeling for us that night.

Behind and beyond the photo essay

Thanks for printing my photo essay in the Dec. 21 issue (“Adventures in Israel”). The photos were part of a much longer story about Israel. Two deleted impressions pertain to us in … more

GARY LEIB | 1/10/19

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft wins $1 million ‘Jewish Nobel’ prize

JTA – New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is the winner of the $1 million Genesis Prize, the so-called Jewish Nobel. Kraft, 77, will be giving the money “to initiatives … more

1/10/19

Looking back on 2018

January Mystery box from Israel provides a sweet lesson for Cohen School students What’s more exciting than getting a surprise package in the mail? Getting it from Israel! The Cohen School at Torat Yisrael participated in an interactive “What’s in the Box” Israeli program. Providence native Rabbi Elan Adler, who now lives in Israel, shopped for Israeli treats and trinkets to mail to the school children. Upon seeing the box the students determined from the Hebrew words that the box was from Israel. There was an extra surprise for the school – in addition to filling the box, Rabbi Adler donated the box and all its contents in memory of Wendy B. Adler, a Sunday School teacher, and his sister-in-law, who passed away in 1997. more

12/20/18

American-Israeli behind JCC bomb threats sentenced to prison

JTA – A 20-year-old American-Israeli man convicted of making hundreds of bomb threats to Jewish community centers and Jewish schools in the United States and five other countries, as well … more

12/6/18

Groups ask universities to oppose Israel boycotts

JTA – Fight academic boycotts of Israel. That’s the message from 101 Jewish and pro-Israel organizations that signed on to a letter sent Dec. 3 to 250 U.S. college presidents … more

12/6/18