Tel Aviv
In secular Tel Aviv, restaurants go kosher to support the war effort
By David I. Klein — October 13, 2023
(RNS) — 'We felt we needed to do something, and what we know how to do is cook', said Yuval Ben Neriah, the owner of Taizu, a chic Asian-fusion restaurant in downtown Tel Aviv.
The tinder box of Jerusalem and the tyranny of the religious calendar
By Daoud Kuttab — April 8, 2022
(RNS) — The holiday crunch doesn't bode well for a population already strained by repression and attacks.
How Judaism became caffeinated
By Jeffrey Salkin — May 26, 2020
Staying up to study Torah on Thursday night? You'll never guess why.
In Tel Aviv, Jews join with Muslims in vigil mourning New Zealand dead
By Jonathan Harounoff — March 18, 2019
TEL AVIV (RNS) — Dozens gathered outside the New Zealand embassy in Tel Aviv Sunday night for a somber candlelight vigil to commemorate the victims of Friday's (March 15) mass shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Pizzeria ordered to pay $4,500 for booting gay rabbinical student
By Paul O'Donnell — February 27, 2019
JERUSALEM (RNS) — Though Israel is considered a bastion of gay rights, the case cast a harsh light on this religiously conservative capital's sometimes ugly treatment of LGBT people.
Trump’s evangelical supporters disappointed about Israel embassy decision
By Adelle M. Banks — June 1, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) But many are still behind him and seem to give him the benefit of the doubt given the realities of peacemaking in the Middle East.
In Israel, women-only beach days allow the religious to relax
By Lauren Markoe — August 24, 2016
(RNS) Some French towns have banned the burkini, but in Israel, beaches have long catered to those who want to cover up.
Ten minutes with my Arabic teacher
By Lauren Markoe — July 11, 2016
(RNS) You want hope for peace between Israel and Palestinians? Meet my ten year old Palestinian Arabic tutor.
Christian Broadcasting Network links Tel Aviv attack to BDS
By Emily McFarlan Miller — June 9, 2016
(RNS) The Christian Broadcasting Network issued a statement condemning the attack that killed four Israelis in Tel Aviv and blaming it on violent anti-Semitism it says is encouraged by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.
Arab-Jewish preschool an island of sanity amid violence, parents say
By Shira Rubin — October 29, 2015
JAFFA, Israel — Amid ongoing violence between Palestinians and Israelis, a school in this city seems more determined than ever to teach Arab and Jewish children about coexistence.
Tel Aviv Catholic church serves growing migrant community
By Indrani Basu — May 19, 2014
TEL AVIV, Israel (RNS) The church, under the aegis of the Roman Catholic Church in the Holy Land, has been in this primarily migrant worker neighborhood for the past five years. It serves both migrant workers and asylum seekers.
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