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Charlie Summers

Israeli and US wheelchair basketball teams square off in the final match of the competition at the Jerusalem International YMCA on July 21, 2022. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)
August 5, 2022, 3:02 pm
Israeli team takes gold in Maccabiah wheelchair basketball tournament
Athletes lament poor turnout at this year’s games but are optimistic about the future; US captain says organizers did a good job respecting wheelchair basketball as a sport
By Charlie Summers
Visitors attend a concert by the band Teapacks at the Maccabiah Village on Netanya's Poleg beach on July 19, 2022. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)
July 20, 2022, 7:54 pm
Maccabiah fans gather on Netanya coast for beachside festivities
Introduced for the first time this year, ‘Maccabiah Village’ draws Israeli and Diaspora Jews alike to Poleg beach for 8 days of sports, food and music
By Charlie Summers
Beersheba teenagers, participants in the 48ers program, work on computers during one of the program's technological education activities in an undated photograph. (Matan Amira/The Equalizer)
July 19, 2022, 10:27 pm
From 76ers to 48ers: Sports nonprofit works to level playing field in Israel
NGO that brands itself the ‘home of sports for social change’ looks to raise money with an unusual fundraising technique — auctioning off Philadelphia memorabilia over Facebook
By Charlie Summers
Moshe 'MB' Klyman, right, with his friend Naftali Horowitz in Montreal during the 2018 Concordia Cup tournament. (Courtesy)
July 18, 2022, 4:00 pm
Orthodox wrestler from Teaneck takes to mat in Beersheba for 21st Maccabiah Games
Moshe ‘MB’ Klyman was the only Sabbath observant athlete in his hotel when he last wrestled for Canada at the ‘Jewish Olympics’; this year he’s aiming to take gold for Team USA
By Charlie Summers
Christian tourists in Israel through the 'Passages' program pose for a selfie on Jerusalem's Haas Promenade overlooking the capital's Old City, in an undated photograph. (Mattanah DeWitt/Passages)
July 1, 2022, 2:20 pm
Christian group resumes bringing students to Israel on Birthright-style trips
Hundreds of young Christians set to visit the Holy Land over the summer, after two years without tours due to COVID
By Charlie Summers
Ra'am party chief Mansour Abbas (L) speaks with his party MK Mazen Ghanaim (R) during a Knesset discussion on a bill to renew the application of some Israeli law to settlers, June 6, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 30, 2022, 8:07 pm
Low voter turnout projected among Arab Israelis amid frustration, party squabbles
Pollsters predict just 40% of Arabs will cast ballots in November vote, a 25-point drop from 2020 elections; widespread disappointment with Ra’am, Joint List seen as cause
By Aaron Boxerman and Charlie Summers
Rabbanit Devorah Evron speaks to students from Ohr Torah Stone’s Women's Institute of Halakhic Leadership in an undated photograph. (Jared Bernstein)
June 24, 2022, 11:34 am
After two decades, female religious advisers get state recognition and hope for more
Government’s plan to pay salaries of female experts on Jewish law is important, says seminary head, but further steps are integral in bringing women into official religious life
By Charlie Summers
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