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Netta’s Eurovision winner tops Billboard Dance Club chart

JERUSALEM (JTA) – Netta Barzilai’s Eurovision-winning single “Toy” hit No. 1 on the Billboard dance club chart – the first time an Israeli artist has topped any of the … more

8/23/18

‘Terror kites’ shake residents in southern Israel, but not their resolve to stay put

NAHAL OZ, Israel JTA – Dani Ben David fiddles with his radio, switching between it and his cellphone as he drives through the Beeri Forest, a nature reserve located on the border of Israel … more

SAM SOKOL | 6/22/18

Israeli pop star Shiri Maimon will make Broadway debut

JTA — Popular Israeli singer Shiri Maimon confirmed that she will be debuting this fall on Broadway. Maimon will play the starring role of Roxie Hart in the hit musical … more

6/7/18

Israeli flag made of cookies in Atlanta breaks Guinness World Record

JTA — The Atlanta Jewish community broke a Guinness World Record after creating an Israeli flag out of edible cookies. The flag assembled by volunteers on Sunday, June 3 used about 117,000 … more

6/7/18

Israel’s conversion laws may be getting stricter

BY BEN SALES JTA – Jewish converts in America may have a much harder time being accepted in Israel because of a new set of regulations proposed by Israel’s Chief Rabbinate. If … more

6/7/18

Could Israel’s army have acted differently on the Gaza border? Experts disagree.

JTA – What should an army do when tens of thousands of protesters mass on its border? When that happened on Gaza’s border with Israel recently, Israeli soldiers opened fire on … more

BEN SALES | 5/26/18

An anecdotal, non-comprehensive, slightly cavalier comparison of aging in Israel and R.I.

As a lifelong Rhode Islander who works with seniors, I’m pretty familiar with what the golden years look like around here. I know, for example, that in Providence, old friends … more

NAOMI FINK COTRONE | 4/19/18

Israel trips

There are plenty of options for travel to Israel. Local synagogues organize trips. So do nonprofit organizations in the United States and around the world. Travel agencies put together trips, too. … more

JEWISH VOICE STAFF | 4/19/18

Saudi crown prince says Israel has a right to exist as a state

WASHINGTON (JTA) – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said Israel has a right to exist as a state, but stopped short of saying it should be recognized as a Jewish state. The remarks … more

4/4/18

David Ben-Gurion, who was to become Israel’s first prime minister, reads the new nation’s Declaration of Independence in Tel Aviv, May 14, 1948.

Israel at 70: How 1948 changed American Jews

JTA – One year after Israel’s establishment, in the dead of night, three students ascended a tower at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York and raised the Israeli … more

BEN SALES | 4/4/18