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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 364

Tracy Frydberg

Tracy Frydberg

Dr. Joshua Furman is creating an archive of Houston's Jewish past in light of Hurricane Harvey. (Tracy Frydberg/Times of Israel)
June 26, 2018, 1:35 am
After Hurricane Harvey, Rice University preserves Houston’s Jewish past
With widespread devastation from the 2017 storm, Dr. Joshua Furman is launching a historical archive that will never be washed away
By Tracy Frydberg
Jack Muaawia is an African asylum seeker and a first-year student at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. (Tracy Frydberg/ JTA)
June 14, 2018, 6:47 am
A Darfurian asylum seeker escaped to an Israel that doesn’t want him
Studying at the Hebrew University while waiting on an application for refuge in Canada, Jack Muaawia says he’s constantly afraid of detention or deportation
By Tracy Frydberg
Ido Vital’s hair salon is located in the popular Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem. (Tracy Frydberg/JTA)
June 2, 2018, 10:13 am
Thailand can wait: Israeli vets are staying home to start businesses
These ex-soldiers are using the money they receive from the army upon completing their military service to set up their own enterprises
By Tracy Frydberg
Jewish immigrants on the deck of the Pan York on the day they arrived in Israel, August 14, 1948. (Yad Vashem Archives)
May 29, 2018, 9:34 pm
New Yad Vashem exhibit chronicles Jewish yearning for Israel during Holocaust
‘They Say There Is a Land’ displays artwork, letters, photos and hand-drawn maps from persecuted Jews who saw Zionism as a beacon of hope
By Tracy Frydberg
Bethlehem Endale performing on 'The Voice' Ukraine (Screenshot)
May 26, 2018, 1:20 pm
Meet the Jewish Ethiopian-Ukrainian singer staffing Birthright this summer
Former ‘The Voice’ contestant Bethlehem Endale is bringing her unique story and powerful pipes to Russian Taglit-Birthright groups in Israel
By Tracy Frydberg
The partially-demolished United Orthodox Synagogue sanctuary. (Tracy Frydberg/Times of Israel)
May 25, 2018, 9:57 pm
Months after Hurricane Harvey, Houston Jews fight to stay afloat
Ahead of the June flood season, leaders say traumatized community struggles emotionally and financially as many homes and institutions are still far from pre-storm condition
By Tracy Frydberg
Comedian Moshe Kasher performing in 'The Honeymoon Special' (Netflix)
May 25, 2018, 4:20 am
Raised half secular, half Satmar, comic Moshe Kasher is half serious on Judaism
Going head-to-head, newly married Jewish comedians Kasher and wife Natasha Leggero crush it in Netflix’s ‘The Honeymoon Stand Up Special’
By Tracy Frydberg
Gal Gadot at the 'Wonder Woman' premiere at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, California, May 25, 2017. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images/via JTA)
May 24, 2018, 1:06 pm
From superhero to producer: Gal Gadot signs on to Fidel Castro drama
The Israeli actress is partnering with former Warner Bros exec Sue Kroll and husband Jaron Varsano to create the Cuba-based journalism thriller, ‘My Dearest Fidel’
By Tracy Frydberg
Beit Bina India runs secular Jewish programming for Israelis traveling through India. (Photo credit: Eyal Levkovich)
May 20, 2018, 2:32 pm
Beit BINA India connects Israeli travelers to a vibrant secular Judaism
Located in the northern city of Dharamshala, the center caters to backpacking Sabras wandering the ‘hummus trail’ — even during Shavuot
By Tracy Frydberg
Ukrainian sand artist Kseniya Simonova created a tribute to Israel in honor of its 70th anniversary. (Courtesy)
May 15, 2018, 2:47 pm
Winner of ‘Ukraine’s Got Talent’ gives Israel a sandy birthday present
In honor of Israel’s 70th anniversary, Ukrainian artist Kseniya Simonova gifts the Jewish state with a dramatic 7-minute sand art story to the tune of Ofra Haza’s ‘Jerusalem’
By Tracy Frydberg
An elderly Russian woman sits in the reception of the Diplomat Hotel in Jerusalem. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
May 4, 2018, 10:10 am
After purchase by US Embassy, Diplomat Hotel’s residents face uncertain checkout
What will become of 450 destitute elderly Russian immigrants residing in iconic Jerusalem hotel as lease runs down? Officials have no answer. MK who once lived there tries to help
By Tracy Frydberg
MK Rachel Azaria speaking at a panel discussion at the Schecter Institute on April 30, 2018 concerning the need for Israel to still find its' Jewish identity. (Eyal Weiss/Schecter Institute of Jewish Studies)
May 1, 2018, 6:59 pm
Event meant to build bridges between Israel and Diaspora goes up in flames
A panel discussion hosted by JTS and the Schechter Institute on the religious divide between American Jewry and Israel becomes a microcosm of the widening rift
By Tracy Frydberg
The 'Israel Story' team (Courtesy/Photo by Avishag Shaar Yashuv)
April 30, 2018, 3:53 am
The Podcast: an accidental pulpit for a new Jewish conversation
With the rampant popularity of this new media genre, as a new cadre steps up to the mic it is — inadvertently or not — changing a generation’s engagement with Jewish content
By Tracy Frydberg
Students pose with signs at J Street U's West Coast workshop, a gather of top West Coast leaders for training and strategy meetings on UCLA's campus. (courtesy)
April 28, 2018, 9:28 am
How ‘controversial’ J Street U keeps liberal Jewish students in the fold
For young Jews looking for something between disaffiliation and traditional advocacy, the progressive campus group is an increasingly important home for engagement on Israel
By Tracy Frydberg
Executive producer Brad Pitt attends the premiere of Netflix's "Okja" on June 8, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
April 25, 2018, 3:21 pm
Brad Pitt’s rumored new girlfriend is Israeli MIT professor Neri Oxman
The Hollywood star seems to be talking about more than just home design with the wildly accomplished Haifa-born architect
By Tracy Frydberg
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