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Israelis in the United States
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) speaks about the Senate's agenda after attending the Senate Democrat's policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC, October 31, 2017. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP)
April 19, 2018, 2:39 am
Schumer to Israeli Americans: Bipartisanship is essential for Israel support
US Senate minority leader says 'Israel will lose' if it fails to secure backing from both Republican and Democratic parties
By JTA
Moishe Mana at a party in Miami, December 6, 2017. (Romain Maurice/Getty Images for InList)
January 23, 2018, 3:28 am
Israeli who founded NY Moishe’s Moving empire wants to make NJ an artists’ mecca
After pulling himself up by his bootstraps, Moishe Mana hopes to give budding creatives the affordable space and community they need to thrive
By Ben Sales
Children participating in a Yom Kippur event at the Palo Alto JCC, October 2017. (Ilyanne Photographic Art/via JTA)
December 19, 2017, 1:30 pm
Israelis are flocking to this Silicon Valley community center
With a population estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands, a variety of new Hebrew programs aimed at Israeli expats are emerging
By Ben Sales
Seven Israelis who made a deep impact on life in America. (JTA collage/Getty Images)
November 20, 2017, 6:05 pm
7 Israelis who have impacted American life
From academics to pop music, here are a few sabras to keep tabs on
By Gabe Friedman
From left to right: Yuval Machlin, Kfir Eyal, Daniel Shaked and Alon Matas in front of Plug n’ Play, a Silicon Valley incubator where they all work. They all talk about returning to Israel someday. (Ben Sales)
November 10, 2017, 10:50 am
Meet the Israelis bringing the ‘Start-up Nation’ to Silicon Valley
Several organizations seek to teach sabras how to integrate in San Francisco society, where personal connections are vital
By Ben Sales
Israel Schwarts (Facebook)
April 25, 2017, 3:56 pm
Israeli man dies of wounds from Las Vegas stabbing
Israel Schwarts, 54, was attacked last week by man with 'Rambo' knife who was reportedly high on meth
By TOI staff
Working on a building for Gulliver's Gate. (Courtesy)
April 6, 2017, 1:48 am
It’s a small world, after all: Israeli creates a tiny universe in Times Square
Conceived by retired IDF officer Eiran Gazit, a $40m. fantastical 1:87 scale environment opens its doors in New York
By Cathryn J. Prince
Illustrative: Glass shards on the road after a car accident (Berezko, IStock Getty Images)
March 27, 2017, 2:21 pm
Israeli couple killed in south Florida crash
Benny and Zafrit Binyamin, who lived in the US, killed in accident near Miami, leaving 8-year-old daughter
By TOI staff
Yossi Chaikin teaches a workshop to youth at the Little Black Pearl in Chicago. (Ronit Bezalel/Times of Israel)
January 28, 2017, 5:20 am
Israeli waltzes his way into ‘Hamilton’ musical company
Yossi Chaikin's tale of hard work, grit and determination took him from Kiryat Yam to the Juilliard School of Dance. Now, he's made it to the big leagues
By Ronit Bezalel
President-elect Donald Trump's wife Melania and children Barronn (C), Tiffany (L), daugther-in-law Vanessa, daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner are seen in the stands on the platform at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2017, for Trump's swearing-in ceremony. (AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN)
January 21, 2017, 7:27 pm
Israeli stylist behind Melania’s ‘Jackie Kennedy’ hair
Longtime hairdresser Mordechai Alvow says former first lady's classic style inspired the soft-swept updo
By TOI staff
The inside of the Westfield Garden State Plaza mall in Paramus, New Jersey. (CC BY-SA, LuigiNovi, Wikipedia)
November 24, 2016, 7:46 pm
Israeli: US police made me strip, mocked my penis
Man alleges officers forced him to undress in the middles of a NJ mall while he was on his honeymoon
By TOI staff
Omer Gur-Geiger. (WRAL News)
October 31, 2016, 12:42 am
Dead Sea products kiosk owner jailed for illegally employing Israelis
Omer Gur gets just over six years after pleading guilty to conspiracies to defraud the US and launder money
By JTA
Ofir Ben-Eliezer, the son of deceased former defense minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer speaks to Channel 2 via Skype on August 30, 2016. (screen capture: Channel 2)
August 30, 2016, 9:08 pm
Police corruption probe killed my father, claims Ofir Ben-Eliezer
Son of former minister skips funeral, stays in US for fear of being arrested in bribe-taking investigation against his father Fuad
By TOI staff
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, speaking about Liviu Librescu, a Holocaust survivor and victim of the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting, during a Democratic filibuster in the US Senate, June 15, 2016. (YouTube screenshot via JTA)
July 25, 2016, 4:08 am
Kaine, accepting VP slot, cites Holocaust survivor who died in shooting
Israeli-American engineering professor Liviu Librescu was killed trying to save his students during the Virginia Tech massacre in 2007
By JTA
Hany Baransi (left) visits Bill Foley in hospital. Foley was seriously injured in a machete attack on Baransi's restaurant in Columbus, Ohio on February 11, 2016. (Courtesy)
May 7, 2016, 10:23 am
Terror attack turns Arab Ohio restaurant owner into fighter for Israel
Certain he was target of Islamic terrorism, Christian Haifa native Hany Baransi feels called to 'educate' others about the Jewish state
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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