Andrew Tobin
By Andrew Tobin
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News Israeli Paratroopers Re-Create Iconic Photo Of Six-Day War
JERUSALEM (JTA) – David Rubinger’s iconic photograph of three paratroopers at the Western Wall is the defining image of the 1967 Six-Day War. The men in the photo — Dr. Yitzhak Yifat, Tzion Karasenti and Chaim Oshri — have proudly served as symbols of the historic Israeli victory for the past five decades. But in an…
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Fast Forward Fighter Jets Capture Stunning Footage Of Israel On 69th Birthday
TEL AVIV (JTA) — The Air Force’s annual Independence Day flyover Tuesday was an impressive display of Israel’s aerial ascendancy. But the pilots in the cockpits arguably saw the better show. Cruising at low altitude, they were treated to stunning views of Israel celebrating its 69th birthday at barbecues and beach parties held across the country, from the Negev…
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Fast Forward Why This Filipina Woman Volunteered To Join ‘Amazing’ Israel Army
JERUSALEM (JTA) – Staff. Sgt. Joana Chris Arpon isn’t Israeli, or even Jewish. Her service in the Israel Defense Forces is personal. Arpon, 20, is the daughter of Filipino parents who came to the Israel to find work. She said she enlisted as a combat soldier because an Israeli army team rescued her grandmother in the aftermath of the…
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Israel News ‘Wonder’-ful Gal Gadot And 6 Other Things The World Can Thank Israel For
TEL AVIV (JTA) – To build a Jewish state in the Middle East, Israelis had to be innovators. Some of what they’ve come up with has been used mostly by their fellow citizens — think Hebrew slang, Bamba snacks and the Iron Dome missile defense system — at least so far. But many other Israeli creations have…
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Breaking News American Immigrants Win Back Millions For Victims Of Massive Fraud In Israel
TEL AVIV (JTA) — They were part of the problem. Now they are spearheading a solution. A Tel Aviv-based startup run by young American Jewish immigrants to Israel, or olim, has taken on the largely fraudulent binary options industry centered in this country that has been estimated to generate as much as $10 billion a year. Owned and…
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Breaking News Recalling Lessons Of Passover, Israelis Pray For Syrian Victims
TEL AVIV (JTA) – At a Shabbat service in Tel Aviv on Friday evening, congregants recited the mourner’s prayer for those killed in Syria’s civil war. Standing before a mural of the Tree of Life, the rabbi of Beit Daniel, the largest Reform synagogue in Israel, delivered a sermon on the Jewish obligation to condemn…
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Breaking News Israelis Respond To Chemical Attack In Syria With Wave Of Donations
TEL AVIV (JTA) – In response to the alleged chemical attack in Syria on Tuesday, Israelis have donated hundreds of thousands of shekels to help children and others caught in the conflict raging on their northern border. With Israel maintaining a policy of noninterference, giving money has been a way for people here to respond to the brutal six-year civil…
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Fast Forward Hebrew University Launches Marijuana Research Center
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Hebrew University of Jerusalem has launched a marijuana research center in a bid to take a leading role in the burgeoning field. The Multidisciplinary Center on Cannabinoid Research, announced by the university on Wednesday, will be staffed by leading scientists and doctors, including the Israeli chemistry professor considered the father of cannabis research. “There is so…
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