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Andrew Tobin
Andrew Tobin
A woman praying during a Women of the Wall service at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Oct. 24, 2014. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
September 18, 2017, 6:31 pm
Worried about Jewish pluralism in Israel? So are Israelis, poll shows
65% of Israelis surveyed by liberal group by Hiddush want Reform and Conservative Judaism to have official standing equal to Orthodoxy
By Andrew Tobin
Rabbinical Courts Administration Director Shimon Yaakovi speaking during an interview in his office in Jerusalem, July 27, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/via JTA)
September 17, 2017, 1:09 pm
Rabbinate expanding marriage blacklists for ‘questionable’ Jewish immigrants
Report says Israel is methodically blacklisting olim of Jewish heritage, who are subsequently unable to marry in the Jewish state
By Andrew Tobin
Eli Mordechai showing off a crocodile-skin kippah at his Fifth Quarter store in Jerusalem, Sept. 12, 2017. (Screenshot from Facebook via JTA)
September 14, 2017, 11:01 pm
Why Israel went wild over $1,000-plus crocodile-skin kippas
Exotic animal leather Judaica sold in Jerusalem raised ire of animal rights activists, confiscated by Nature and Parks Authority
By Andrew Tobin
The cover photo for the Tight Memes Facebook page, September 11, 2017. (Facebook)
September 12, 2017, 5:50 am
Yair Netanyahu exposes Israel’s own version of the ‘alt-right’
Inspired by US provocateurs, some in young, online, right-wing Israeli community make use of anti-Semitic and Nazi imagery to mock and malign Israeli and Jewish leftists
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 10, 2017, 3:47 am
Golan Turkey farm-turned shofar factory welds horns for Jews far and wide
Producing thousands a year, Kol Shofar owner Shimon Keinan's northern Israel business culminates a life-long dream
By Andrew Tobin
A statue depicting Supreme Court Justice Miriam Naor, placed illegally near the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on August 31, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 1, 2017, 8:59 pm
When Israelis protest, they don’t tear down statues; they put them up
Israel has few official statues of its leaders, but artists and activists, subverting rather than celebrating their subjects, are starting to make up for that
By Andrew Tobin
Miriam Ballin, holding her baby daughter, at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem. (Miriam Ballin via JTA)
August 31, 2017, 8:25 am
Haredi female psychotrauma pioneer heads to Houston with Israeli medics
After spearheading rescue service's mental health unit, Jerusalem's Miriam Ballin is going back to her native Texas to help Hurricane Harvey victims cope
By Andrew Tobin
Leah (L) and Simcha Goldin, parents of late Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin attend a ceremony marking three years since Operation Protective Edge at the National Memorial Hall at the entrance to the military cemetery on Mount Herzl, July 13, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
August 30, 2017, 6:00 am
Israelis renew emotional debate on price of a soldier’s body
Defense minister says Israel cannot afford repeat of 2011 Gilad Shalit prisoner swap, again setting off unremitting argument
By Andrew Tobin
A woman sunbathing at the Setai hotel on the shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel, August 25, 2017. (Andrew Tobin)
August 29, 2017, 2:19 pm
Hosting Conan, new hotel aims to make Sea of Galilee luxury destination
High-end Setai complex hopes to change the image of famous lake where Jesus is said to have walked on water
By Andrew Tobin
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Coalition Chairman David Bitan (R) attend a Likud faction meeting in the Israeli parliament on January 30, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 25, 2017, 9:40 am
Rebellious New Likudniks are crashing Netanyahu’s party
Amid multiple corruption investigations linked to PM, officials accuse 'leftist' camp within ruling Likud of attempting a 'coup'
By Andrew Tobin
Shani (R) and Ran Maaman enjoy the company of camels at their wedding in the Judean Desert, May 11, 2017. (Dana Bar-On/JTA)
August 22, 2017, 4:27 pm
Cue the camels! Israelis are throwing themselves one-of-a-kind outdoor weddings
Young couples have become dissatisfied with the 'copy and paste' approach of wedding halls, which they view as inauthentic
By Andrew Tobin
Workers sitting on tractor on Kibbutz Ruhama, Israel, October 2016. (Courtesy of Ran Ferdman)
August 16, 2017, 4:46 am
Can medical marijuana revive Israel’s kibbutz movement?
After decades of stagnation, the communities are betting big on the herb
By Andrew Tobin
Maoz Yaakov, center, leads a session at the Shiva Festival. (Courtesy of the Shiva Festival via JTA)
July 26, 2017, 1:03 pm
Israeli festival puts the ‘men’ in ‘menstruation’
Participants at Shiva fest practice acceptance of their penises and explore their masculinity with workshops on everything from seduction to moneymaking
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, 2:27 am
The first medic to respond to the Temple Mount terror attack was Muslim. Here’s his story
When Nedal Sader, a Palestinian volunteer with an Orthodox Jewish ambulance service, heard the crackle of machine-gun fire just outside his apartment, he couldn't believe it was coming from the holy site
By Andrew Tobin
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting on July 9, 2017. (Ohad Zweigenberg/Flash90)
July 15, 2017, 10:48 am
As scandals mount, PM launches Trumpian attacks against ‘fake news’ and ‘leftists’
Responding to controversies involving his associates, Netanyahu claims he is victim of a 'coordinated campaign' to undermine his government
By Andrew Tobin
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