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Linda Gradstein

JTA correspondent

Iron Dome missile defense interceptors are shot over the Israeli city of Ashkelon during Israel's conflict with Hamas in May 2021. (Photo/JTA-Avi Roccah-Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

A major Israeli city is just 9 miles from Gaza. Some Americans are choosing to move there anyway.

by Linda Gradstein and JTA December 7, 2021

When people ask Nechama Greenfield why she and her husband chose to move just nine miles from Gaza in June, less than a month after Israel’s latest conflict with Hamas, she […]

Customers sitting at Cafe Kadosh, one of hundreds of eateries in Israel that has opted for kosher certification outside the auspices of Chief Rabbinate. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Israeli restaurants are seeking alternative kosher certification — and signaling a religious revolution

by Linda Gradstein and JTA July 22, 2021July 22, 2021
A young woman visits her grandmother at Kibbutz Barkai, April 26, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Guy Prives-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

After a year in lockdown, young Israelis give kibbutz movement a second look

by Linda Gradstein and JTA March 18, 2021March 18, 2021

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