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      Former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren

      Bay Area

      Michael Oren in Bay Area: Israeli neutrality on Ukraine ‘not tenable’

      As Israel’s ambassador to the United States from 2009 to 2013, Michael Oren ardently defended his government’s policies. Last month, in an op-ed, he…
      By Dan Pine Apr 26, 2022
      People take part in the Celebrate Israel Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City, May 31, 2015. (Photo/JTA-Eric Thayer-Getty Images)

      U.S.

      AJC poll: American Jewish millennials care about Israel

      American Jewish millennials have positive feelings about Israel, even when they answer questions that are infused with anxiety about its status. That’s…
      By Ron Kampeas, JTA Apr 26, 2022
      President Joe Biden meets Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the White House, Aug. 27, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Avi Ohayon-Israel Government Press Office)

      Politics

      Biden to visit Israel as Iran deal and Jerusalem tensions rise

      President Joe Biden accepted an invitation to visit Israel amid differences between the allies over how best to contain Iran and the White House’s concern…
      By Ron Kampeas, JTA Apr 25, 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)

      Israel

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      Doron Toweg’s farmyard is as quiet, peaceful and unruffled as his voice. Apart from the occasional bleat from Gila and Simcha, two sheep kept by Toweg and…
      By Deborah Danan, JTA Apr 21, 2022
      Jacob Bockelmann takes a break from weightlifting training.

      Sports

      Weightlifter Jacob Bockelmann headed for 2022 Maccabiah games

      Jacob Bockelmann has loved weightlifting since being introduced to the sport as a student at Brandeis University. There aren’t that many other Jewish…
      By Maya Mirsky Apr 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)

      Israel

      Israeli police clash with Palestinians at Temple Mount on Passover

      Several Palestinians were arrested and 17 were wounded, according to Israeli news reports, after Israeli police entered the Temple Mount complex Sunday on…
      By Shira Hanau, JTA Apr 18, 2022
      Dan Cohen and his family at a bat mitzvah in Tel Aviv.

      Bay Area

      Some tech workers took ‘remote’ literally — and moved to Israel

      Koby Geduld clocks into work at 7 p.m. most nights. He’s a project coordinator for Tile, the San Mateo–based maker of Bluetooth-enabled tracking devices.…
      By Emma Goss Apr 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)

      Israel

      Meet actress Noa Tishby, Israel's controversial new antisemitism envoy

      While battling a new wave of terror and dealing with a complicated political crisis, the Israeli government on Monday officially established a new envoy…
      By Jacob Kornbluh, Forward Apr 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)

      Philanthropy

      Rabbis demand end to American Jewish funding of Israeli extremists

      In the wake of last year’s round of deadly fighting in Gaza, a group of prominent rabbis in the New York area came to believe that a major American Jewish…
      By Asaf Shalev, JTA Apr 11, 2022
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