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ISAAC SCHARF
People work at a digital task force to counter "fake news" on the internet, in the Health Ministry office near Tel Aviv, February 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
February 15, 2021, 3:01 pm
Playing whack-a-mole with anti-vaxxers, Israel works to revitalize vaccine drive
Health ministry working with doctors, religious leaders to counter misinformation; expanding team monitors social media for fake news in Hebrew, Russian, Amharic, Arabic, English
By ISAAC SCHARF and Ilan Ben Zion
Israeli volunteer Sharon Yaron, left, brings a cake to 85-year-old Holocaust survivor Sara Weinsten during a visit to her house in Yavne, Israel, October 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
October 21, 2020, 12:11 pm
With cakes, lonely Shabbat sweetened for older Israelis
Thousands join initiative to fight social isolation amid pandemic; ‘I know that there’s someone thinking of me, I’m not alone in the world,’ says one participant
By ISAAC SCHARF
A couple marry at Jerusalem's Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital, where the groom's father was hospitalized with COVID-19, October 18, 2020 (Avi Hayon via Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital)
October 19, 2020, 3:21 pm
Jerusalem hospital hosts outdoor wedding for COVID-19 patient’s son
Groom’s father in serious condition after contracting coronavirus, so couple hold nuptials beneath his window at Hadassah Ein Kerem medical center, keeping all the rules
By ISAAC SCHARF
Parts and a model of a mask are displayed by the Israeli jewelry company Yvel in Motza near Jerusalem, August 9, 2020. (AP Photo/ Sebastian Scheiner)
August 10, 2020, 11:06 am
Israeli jeweler makes $1.5 million gold, diamond virus mask
Isaac Levy says a Chinese businessman in the US has requested priciest face covering in the world; 18-karat mask will be decorated with 3,600 diamonds
By ISAAC SCHARF
Cijay Brightman in Tel Aviv, July 13, 2020. (Sebastian Scheiner/AP)
July 21, 2020, 12:55 pm
Swapping the stage for a deli: To pay bills, Israelis compete for menial jobs
Experts say anywhere from a few thousand to tens of thousands are taking unskilled jobs to replace the ones they gained years of experience in, but lost due to pandemic
By ISAAC SCHARF and Tia Goldenberg
A ready to take away Go Noodles box is placed in a glass-paned locker in Tel Aviv, on July 16, 2020. (Ariel Schalit/AP)
July 16, 2020, 7:08 pm
No servers, no tables: An Israeli restaurant goes pandemic-friendly
Go Noodles automat lets customers order via application or touch-screen monitors, then collect their meals from glass-paned lockers lining the back wall of the restaurant
By ISAAC SCHARF
A scene in the trailer for the new Israeli television series "Tehran." (Screen capture: YouTube)
June 27, 2020, 5:13 pm
New Israeli espionage TV series ‘Tehran’ tackles shadow war with Iran
Dana Eden, a creator of the show, says she wants to take viewers into the heart of Israel’s archfoe, ‘which is a place we really don’t know and really want to know more about’
By ISAAC SCHARF and Aron Heller
Shaarei Zedek hospital medical team, wearing protective clothing, as a preventive measure against the coronavirus in Jerusalem on March 30, 2020 (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
April 18, 2020, 11:13 am
Tel Aviv hospital spares rare protective gear to allow visits to dying relatives
Sourasky Medical Center provides head-to-toe protective wear and allows 15 minutes to say goodbye before assisting with removal of mask, robe, gloves, boots to stop virus infection
By ISAAC SCHARF
Tal Kallai, aka Talula Bonet (R), and Yuval Edelman, aka Ziona Patriot on the show Quarantine. (Screen capture/YouTube)
April 8, 2020, 4:45 pm
Quarantined drag queens land TV show in Israel
Tal Kallai aka Talula Bonet, and Yuval Edelman aka Ziona Patriot, are picked up by TV network after their Facebook Live posts go viral
By ISAAC SCHARF
Workers at the construction site of a massive underground cemetery in Jerusalem, August 18, 2019. (Oded Balilty/AP)
August 29, 2019, 1:45 pm
As cemeteries run out of space, massive modern catacombs to open in Jerusalem
Inspired by ancient Jewish custom of cave burials, tunnels with sepulchers for interring the dead are prepared beneath capital’s near-capacity Har Hamenuhot cemetery
By Ilan Ben Zion and ISAAC SCHARF
Cast members of Eva.Stories, the Instagram-based fictionalized retelling of the real story of 13-year-old Eva Heyman, a Hungarian Jew murdered in a Nazi concentration camp in 1944. (Channel 12 screen shot)
April 30, 2019, 7:41 pm
Instagram story of young Holocaust victim Eva aims at new generation
Much as Anne Frank’s diary gripped older generations, fictionalized social media account of real teenager Eva Heyman, murdered by the Nazis, is generating buzz among today’s young
By ISAAC SCHARF and AUDREY HOROWITZ
Israeli singer Netta Barzilai, who won the 2018 Eurovision song contest, in Tel Aviv, January 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
February 1, 2019, 12:41 pm
Israel’s Eurovision winner Netta Barzilai releases song on her newfound fame
Barzilai says video for ‘Bassa Sababa’ presents a more raw and realistic version of female empowerment than last year’s ‘Toy’
By ISAAC SCHARF and Isabel Debre
In this photo from August 6, 2018, crocodiles rest at a a farm in the Jordan Valley, West Bank. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)
August 10, 2018, 1:26 am
Israel faces crocodile conundrum with 700 stranded reptiles
Hundreds are housed at a defunct tourist attraction and they are multiplying; official warns that a loose croc in the Jordan River could spark ‘an international incident’
By ISAAC SCHARF and Alon Bernstein
Illustrative: Detail from 'Noli me tangere' by Titian, c. 1512, depicting a meeting between Jesus and Mary Magdalene. (public domain via wikipedia)
April 1, 2018, 1:23 am
Long maligned, Mary Magdalene now seen as stalwart disciple
Scholars, pope, and new film rehabilitate image of prominent Jesus follower, casting her as a strong woman rather than reformed ex-prostitute
By Alon Bernstein and ISAAC SCHARF
In this Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017 photo, workers prepare heavy machine to spray cement at the construction site of a massive underground cemetery in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
November 17, 2017, 4:22 pm
Jerusalem cemetery goes deep underground with tunnel burials
Below ground beehive-like structure to make space for some 22,000 graves, providing an innovative solution to meet the capital’s growing needs
By ISAAC SCHARF
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