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Deborah Danan

JTA correspondent

People gathered in what's known as Hostages Square react to news that three Israeli hostages have been released after a ceasefire agreement began between Israel and Hamas, Jan. 19, 2025. (Deborah Danan)
Posted inIsrael

In Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square, Hamas looms large even as tension turns to celebration

by Deborah Danan January 20, 2025January 20, 2025
Prisoner released
Posted inIsrael

For many Israelis, prospect of hostage release is tempered by concerns about freeing terrorists

by Deborah Danan January 16, 2025January 16, 2025
Woman sings
Posted inCulture

Meet Valerie Hamaty, the Arab Christian leading the race to represent Israel at Eurovision

by Deborah Danan January 4, 2025January 4, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (left) wants to remove fluoride from U.S. water, as Israel did a decade ago under the stewardship of Yael German. (RFK Jr. by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images; German via Flash 90)
Posted inPolitics

RFK Jr. wants fluoride out of drinking water. Israel has a decade of lessons to offer.

by Deborah Danan December 26, 2024December 26, 2024
Shirel Golan, at left, died by suicide in October. Her family says she didn't get the help she needed after surviving the Hamas massacre at the Nova music festival on Oct. 7, 2023. (Courtesy Golan family)
Posted inIsrael

Viral posts about suicides are unsubstantiated, but Nova survivors struggle with PTSD

by Deborah Danan December 2, 2024December 2, 2024
A man in a kippah and Hebrew Trump t-shirt holds up a photo of Trump and celebrates in the street with another man in a kippah
Posted inIsrael

Many Israelis are celebrating Trump’s win, seeing him as more likely to fully back their country

by Deborah Danan November 7, 2024November 7, 2024
a timelapse photo shows blurs of people circling a bimah carrying Torahs as a guitar player stands in the center
Posted inReligion

Silent dancing on Simchat Torah? A joyous Jewish holiday is remade for a mournful anniversary.

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis and Deborah Danan October 21, 2024October 21, 2024
A sukkah banner distributed by Hakhel, the Goldberg-Polins’ synagogue in Jerusalem, features Hersh’s face with the word meaning light. Shlomit Sattler hung the banner in her Jerusalem sukkah. (Courtesy Sattler)
Posted inIsrael

Israelis are decorating their first sukkahs since Oct. 7 with symbols of the crisis since

by Deborah Danan October 15, 2024October 15, 2024
an enormous crowd sits in silence
Posted inIsrael

At Tel Aviv memorial ceremony interrupted by rocket sirens, Nova survivor reveals she witnessed rape on Oct. 7

by Deborah Danan October 8, 2024October 8, 2024
Man grieves at Nova memorial
Posted inNews

At Oct. 7 memorial ceremonies across Israel, searing grief and political tensions are on full display

by Deborah Danan October 7, 2024October 7, 2024

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