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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
Jacob Bockelmann takes a break from weightlifting training.
Posted inSports

Santa Rosa weightlifter Jacob Bockelmann headed for 2022 Maccabiah games

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 18, 2022April 18, 2022
Israeli border police patrol in front of the Lion's Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, as Palestinians wait to be allowed to enter the al-Aqsa mosque compound, April 17, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Ahmad Gharabli-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Israeli police clash with Palestinians at Temple Mount on tense second day of Passover

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA April 18, 2022
Dan Cohen and his family at a bat mitzvah in Tel Aviv.
Posted inBay Area

Some Bay Area tech workers won’t ever return to the office. Instead, they’ve moved to Israel.

by Emma Goss April 13, 2022April 13, 2022
Noa Tishby speaks about her book, "Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth." (Photo/Forward-Rich Fury-Getty Images For Wolman Wealth Management)
Posted inNews

Noa Tishby, Israel’s new antisemitism envoy, says anti-Zionism is antisemitism ‘100%’

by Jacob Kornbluh and Forward April 13, 2022April 13, 2022
Clockwise from the top: Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum (JTA-Erik McGregor-LightRocket via Getty Images), Rabbi Jill Jacobs (JTA-Courtesy Jill Jacobs), Rabbi Angela Buchdahl (JTA-Michael Brochstein-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images). Background: Demonstrators gather at the Damascus Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem with flags of Israel during the controversial Flag March, organized by Israeli right-wing nationalists on June 15, 2021. (JTA-Ilia Yefimovich-picture alliance via Getty Images)
Posted inPhilanthropy

Rebuffed privately, influential rabbis go public with plea to cut off American Jewish funding of Israeli extremists

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA April 11, 2022April 11, 2022
Ethiopian Israeli singer Rudi Bainesain will perform at Israel's S.F. consulate's Yom HaAtzmaut gala.
Posted inCulture

S.F. Israeli Consulate spotlights Ethiopian Israeli success stories

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 11, 2022May 2, 2022
Under heavy Israeli army security, Orthodox Jews pray at Joseph's Tomb in the West Bank city of Nablus, Apr. 3, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Gershon Elinson-FLASH90)
Posted inUncategorized

2 Jews shot and wounded while trying to visit Joseph’s Tomb in the West Bank city of Nablus

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA April 11, 2022April 11, 2022
Israelis light candles at the scene of a terror attack on Dizengoff street, central Tel Aviv. 2 people were killed and several more injured in a terror attack, April 8, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Noam Revkin Fenton-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Israeli forces shoot dead Palestinian gunman who killed 3 in Tel Aviv

by Ron Kampeas and JTA April 8, 2022
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Shooting in downtown Tel Aviv leaves 2 dead, at least 4 in serious condition

by Ron Kampeas and JTA April 7, 2022April 7, 2022

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