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LAURA E. ADKINS
Mama De La Smallah performs at a 2019 Tel Aviv Pride event at the Desire Club in South Tel Aviv. (Laura E. Adkins)
June 29, 2019, 3:50 am
For this Tel Aviv drag queen, the glitz and glamour are far from the point
Shortly after her release from the military, 20-year-old Mama de la Smallah says her role is to connect people and fight for rights of LGBTQ community
By LAURA E. ADKINS
US President Donald Trump is flanked by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and US Vice President Mike Pence in Washington, March 25, 2019. (Michael Reynolds – Pool/Getty Images via JTA)
June 3, 2019, 12:18 pm
Israeli, French and American Jews agree on much – but not on Trump
While 71% of US Jewish community has unfavorable opinion of the job being done by US president, in Israel he gets much higher approval ratings
By LAURA E. ADKINS
Former US vice president Joe Biden arrives at a rally organized by UFCW Union members to support Stop and Shop employees on strike throughout the region at the Stop and Shop in Dorchester, Massachusetts, on April 18, 2019. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP)
May 8, 2019, 11:23 pm
Jewish voters overwhelmingly prefer Biden as US Democratic nominee, poll finds
Almost half of 581 respondents favor former US vice president, leaving Jewish Senator Bernie Sanders and others way behind
By LAURA E. ADKINS
US Attorney General William Barr (C) takes questions about the release of the redacted version of the Mueller Report at the Department of Justice April 18, 2019 in Washington, DC. Also pictured (L-R) are Ed OCallaghan, Acting Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP)
April 18, 2019, 11:49 pm
6 Jewish takeaways from the Mueller report
Kushner receives an unusual gift from a Russian banker; there’s an attempt to influence a UN resolution on Israel; and did George Papadopoulos act as an Israeli agent?
By Josefin Dolsten and LAURA E. ADKINS
Likud party supporters celebrate as the results in the Israeli general elections are announced, at the party headquarters in Tel Aviv, on April 09, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/FLASH90)
April 11, 2019, 4:50 am
The kids are all right-wing: Why Israel’s younger voters are more conservative
While American millennials have a liberal reputation, young Israeli Jews, who have never known a real peace process, identify as right-wing at much higher levels than their parents
By LAURA E. ADKINS and Ben Sales
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