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Deborah Danan

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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)
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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
Ilana Toweg, right, and her husband Doron field countless prayer requests because of their prominence as Israel farmers strictly observing shmita, Jewish laws about letting farmland lie fallow every seven years. (Photo/JTA-Deborah Danan)
Posted inNews

Why these Israeli farmers became heroes after killing their crops (hint: it’s in the Bible)

by Deborah Danan and JTA April 21, 2022

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