Andrew Tobin JTA
A visual representation of the digital cryptocurrency bitcoin. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
January 2, 2018, 10:38 am
Bitcoin fraud could be the next big thing for swindlers in Israel
Interest in cryptocurrencies has surged around the world, but Israel is shaping up to be a hub for swindling and fraud.
By Andrew Tobin JTA
Lian Najami speaks at an Israeli Independence Day student gala at Boston University, in Boston. (Photo by Nir Landau for Combined Jewish Philanthropies)
December 22, 2017, 4:32 pm
Israel’s first Arab Rhodes scholar has the chutzpah to love her country
Her message: Arab Israelis, who make up some 20 percent of Israel’s citizenry, can succeed in the Jewish state. She has held herself up as living proof.
By Andrew Tobin JTA
The sfinj hails from North Africa. (Con Paulos for “Breaking Breads” by Uri Scheft/Artisan Books)
December 11, 2017, 2:05 pm
This Moroccan doughnut is Israel’s hottest Chanukah treat
While the sufganiyah takes center stage, in homes across the country, Israelis quietly fry up a humbler Chanukah doughnut called the sfinj.
By Andrew Tobin JTA
Anthony Scaramucci, center, answers a reporter’s question alongside officials of the Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce at a news conference at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem. (Photo courtesy of Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce)
November 30, 2017, 2:19 pm
‘The Mooch’ gets surprisingly Jewish to stump for Trump in Israel
The former White House communications director joked that he was close to converting to Judaism on his trip.
By Andrew Tobin JTA
The Jewish National Fund collects money through donations in boxes such as this. (Photo courtesy of Flickr Commons)
November 20, 2017, 9:43 am
Israel wants a bigger cut from the nonprofit behind those blue tzedakah boxes
JNF, known in Hebrew as Karen Kayemeth LeIsrael, owns 13 percent of all the land in Israel and brings in some $3 billion a year.
By Andrew Tobin JTA
Visitors line up at the Tomb of Christ at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. (Photo by Michael Privorotsky/Flickr)
November 13, 2017, 12:03 pm
In a big anniversary year for Israel, Christian Zionists are feeling redemptive
Fifty years since the Six-Day War, Christian Zionists expect another step toward the return of Messiah to Jerusalem to unfold in 2017.
By Andrew Tobin JTA
Avi Gabbay at a news conference after winning the Labor Party primary in Tel Aviv. (Photo by Miriam Alster/ Flash90)
October 31, 2017, 12:10 pm
Israel’s centrist leaders vie to replace Netanyahu — by taking his side
Labor party leader Avi Gabbay and Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid have adopted some of Netanyahu's policies and withheld criticism of the prime minister, hoping to win more supporters.
By Andrew Tobin JTA
Education Minister Naftali Bennett, is the architect of a new policy that could ban political opinions in Israeli classrooms. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
June 23, 2017, 6:51 pm
Naftali Bennett proposes code of academic conduct
Israel’s minister of education says he wants to protect students from political coercion in the classroom
By Andrew Tobin JTA
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