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Donna Rosenthal

Donna Rosenthal

Donna Rosenthal, author of “The Israelis: Ordinary People in an Extraordinary Land,” was an Israel TV producer, Israel Radio reporter and Hebrew University lecturer. She’s written for the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Atlantic and taught university journalism. A J. board member, she lives in the East Bay.

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Q&A: Helping Israeli companies thrive in the U.S.

Donna Rosenthal by Donna Rosenthal May 5, 2021May 10, 2021

As executive director of the California Israel Chamber of Commerce since 2018, Sharon Vanek runs a network of more than 10,000 entrepreneurs, investors, business executives and scientists involved in trade […]

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Berkeley’s Théo Joseph, French Resistance fighter, dies at 98

Donna Rosenthal by Donna Rosenthal January 31, 2019January 31, 2019
Donna Rosenthal, on the job reporting in Israel
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Take it from a foreign correspondent: Israelis are anything but ordinary.

Donna Rosenthal by Donna Rosenthal April 17, 2018April 19, 2018

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