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Deborah Danan

JTA correspondent

Participants complete an exercise during a dialogue session at an Israeli sukkah as part of the SOS Home project. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy SOS Home)
Posted inIsrael

An Israeli protest group is inviting strangers to debate politics in their sukkahs

by Deborah Danan October 5, 2023
A test drive of the new Metropolitan Light Rail in Jaffa-Tel Aviv, Aug. 16, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Avshalom Sassoni-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Tel Aviv’s long-awaited light rail system is finally opening — but not on Shabbat

by Deborah Danan August 17, 2023
The U.S. Consulate in central Jerusalem, Oct. 27, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Tired of long waits, hefty fees and unexplained rejections, Israelis hope the U.S. will lift visa requirements

by Deborah Danan July 5, 2023July 5, 2023
Yulia, who is also known as Tugra, visited Israel after spending time in Lebanon, Greece and Turkey. (Photo/JTA-Yehiel Lamesh)
Posted inNews

For 5 days, an endangered seal became a celebrity on an Israeli beach. Locals want her back.

by Deborah Danan May 17, 2023
the king and the rabbi stand facing each other amid a party, chatting
Posted inWorld

All the Jewish details of King Charles’ coronation, from Shabbat accommodations to Jerusalem oil

Gabe Friedman by Deborah Danan, Gabe Friedman and JTA May 5, 2023
Some Israelis are trying to leave the country over the political upheaval there, according to accounts from Israelis and organizations that help them emigrate. (Collage/JTA-Grace Yagel)
Posted inNews

Alarmed by their country’s political direction, more Israelis are seeking to move abroad

by Deborah Danan and JTA March 21, 2023
Attendees at the kickoff meeting of Smol Emuni, or the Faithful Left, in Jerusalem's Heichal Shlomo Synagogue, Jan. 25, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Gilad Kavalerchik)
Posted inNews

In synagogues and on the street, Israel’s new ‘faithful left’ makes itself known

by Deborah Danan and JTA February 10, 2023
Supporters of the liberal Labor Party react as the results of the Israeli elections are announced, in Tel Aviv, Nov. 1, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Noam Revkin Fenton-Flash90)
Posted inNews

For some Americans who moved to Israel, this week’s election results are conjuring 2016 deja vu

Philissa Cramer by Deborah Danan, Philissa Cramer and JTA November 3, 2022November 9, 2022
Sixteen young social media influencers, whose combined following reaches 32 million users worldwide, joined forces on a bus trip to northern Israel, June 22, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Deborah Danan)
Posted inU.S.

Eating grasshoppers for Israel: On the bus with an army of pro-Israel TikTok influencers

by Deborah Danan and JTA August 30, 2022
Conservative pundit Ben Shapiro speaks during a conference of Israeli conservatives in Tel Aviv, July 20, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Nadav Cohen Jonathan)
Posted inNews

In first Israel talk, Ben Shapiro tells conservatives to import America’s free market, not its ‘woke culture’

by Deborah Danan and JTA July 22, 2022

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