Andrew Tobin
By Andrew Tobin
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News How This Trailblazing Ultra-Orthodox Therapist Is Helping Houston After Harvey
JERUSALEM (JTA) – Jerusalem therapist Miriam Ballin is the kind of person who takes the initiative. Despite resistance from her haredi Orthodox community, she became a medic. Then she launched a pacesetting psychological first aid unit. Clearly she was not just going to stand idly by while Tropical Storm Harvey flooded her native Houston. So…
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Israel News Israel Goes Cuckoo For Coco As Conan O’Brien Tours Tel Aviv
TEL AVIV (JTA) – Conan O’Brien, in Israel for the first time to film a special episode of his TBS talk show, has quickly won local fans. Since arriving in the country Friday, O’Brien has been hanging out in Tel Aviv. Widely shared posts on Hebrew social media show him chumming it up with Israelis…
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Israel News ‘New Likudniks’ Want To Push Netanyahu’s Party To The Center—Will They Succeed?
TEL AVIV (JTA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, under investigation for corruption, has often claimed that his left-wing political enemies are out to get him. Now his supporters have alleged that leftists are even infiltrating his right-wing Likud party. Last week, David Bitan, the chairman of the governing coalition and an unswerving Netanyahu ally,…
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Israel News Netanyahu’s Son Won’t Stop Trolling People On Facebook
TEL AVIV (JTA) – Yair Netanyahu reportedly advises his father, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on how to use social media. But his own Facebook activity has repeatedly sparked controversy in Israel — and made headlines worldwide. Most recently, in the wee hours Wednesday, Yair Netanyahu, 26, weighed in on the violence at a white supremacist rally…
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Breaking News Can Marijuana Be Cash Cow For Israel’s Kibbutzes?
(JTA) — KIBBUTZ ELIFAZ, Israel (JTA) – By all accounts, Eilon Bdil has no personal interest in marijuana. But as the business manager of Kibbutz Elifaz, he’s a big believer in the herb. Bdil sees medical marijuana as a unique opportunity to revive his remote Negev community. “This cannabis gold rush has to pan out for…
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Breaking News Israeli Defense Chiefs Head To Washington For Talks On Syria
TEL AVIV (JTA) — A delegation of Israeli defense officials will reportedly visit Washington, D.C. later this week to discuss Israel’s security needs in Syria with their American counterparts. The talks will focus on Israel’s security needs in Syria and Lebanon and will not address President Donald Trump’s nascent push for Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, a…
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Fast Forward Israeli Supermodel Seriously Injured On Electric Scooter
TEL AVIV (JTA) — A leading Israeli fashion model was seriously injured while riding an electric scooter in Tel Aviv. After the accident on busy Rothschild Boulevard Sunday, paramedics treated Shlomit Malka and took her to Ichilov Hospital with a head wound. She was sedated and put on a respirator in the intensive care unit….
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Life Putting The Men In ‘Menstruation’
TEL AVIV (JTA) – In a grove in northern Israel, several dozen sweaty, shirtless Israeli men circle one another other on all fours, growling like bears. They are acting out the occasionally surly stage of the menstrual cycle, just before menstruation begins. The bear is one of four “power animals” the men emulate in an…
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