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Nathan Jeffay
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View of the Sea of Galilee as it seen from the beach promenade in the Northern Israeli city of Tiberias, on January 30, 2020. (David Cohen/Flash90)
February 10, 2020, 10:15 pm
As Sea of Galilee fills to bursting, Israelis’ joy overflows
At perennially parched freshwater lake where Jesus walked on water, weeks of major rainfall could see nearby dam opened to send water into Jordan River for first time since 2013
By Nathan Jeffay
Bridge Over The Valley school, Kafr Qara, Israel, on February 4, 2019. (Nathan Jeffay/Times of Israel)
February 6, 2020, 8:06 pm
At Israeli Jewish-Arab school, parents say Trump plan would ruin their peace
If the Bridge Over The Valley school and the rest of Israel’s Triangle region ends up in Palestine, one Jewish mom says she’d still send her kids; other residents far less sanguine
By Nathan Jeffay
Israeli environmentalists protest against Noble Energy's gas rig flushing test, outside the Defense Ministry building in Tel Aviv on December 31, 2019. Sign reads 'Don't poison us, now is the time to wake up.' (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
December 31, 2019, 11:43 am
Thousands flee their homes for fear of pollution as gas field goes online
Venting and checks at Leviathan offshore rig worry coastal residents, who remain wary of assurances the activities are safe
By Nathan Jeffay
Christmas preparations in the northern Arab-Israeli city of Nazareth, December 20, 2019. (Menahem Kahana / AFP)
December 25, 2019, 4:34 pm
Israeli Jews flock to Jesus’s hometown Nazareth to catch a ‘European’ Christmas
For some Jews visiting the northern Arab-Israeli city, traveling abroad has whetted their appetites for the Christmas cookies and carols now easily found closer to home
By Nathan Jeffay
Ofer Carmon, Yael Lamfrom, Roi Frampshes-Givony, Shir Talor, Aviv Losh building a dome in the Carmel forest, August 2019. (Courtesy)
December 20, 2019, 11:56 am
Graduate of elite IDF Unit 8200 breaks barriers with her free-love commune
While some grads of the highly-selective signal intelligence corps go on to launch billion-dollar startups, Shir Talor is a polyamorous pioneer with a cuddle space to be jealous of
By Nathan Jeffay
Activists concerned by the threat of pollution from the Leviathan gas field gather at Dor Beach in northern Israel on December 13 (Shoham Efrati)
December 18, 2019, 1:48 pm
Activists score delay in gas rig test they say will release hazardous pollutants
Court to hold hearing on claims that trial will endanger health of coastal residents near rig for Leviathan field in Mediterranean Sea
By Nathan Jeffay and TOI staff
Ariel Sharon, second from right, as commander of an armored division in the Sinai during the Six Day War (Courtesy Israel Defense Force Archive)
From the WebMay 26, 2017, 11:45 am
Six US immigrants reflect on emotional tangle post-1967
The Jewish Week: After making aliyah in the wake of the Six Day War, complex feelings and knotty politics linger
By Nathan Jeffay
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