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Deborah Danan

Deborah Danan

'Signed, Sealed, Delivered?' A series of interviews with descendants of the 37 signatories of the Declaration of Independence. (Israel Story)
June 25, 2023, 2:45 am
New podcast explores legacy of 37 signatories of Israel’s Declaration of Independence
According to Israel Story founder Mishy Harman, series ‘Signed, Sealed, Delivered?’ is a deep dive into the way the founders of the state envisioned Israel and how Israel has fared
By Deborah Danan
Yulia, an endangered Mediterranean monk seal, rests on the beach in Tel Aviv, May 2023. (Yehiel Lamesh)
May 18, 2023, 1:19 am
Monk seal Yulia seems to swim off after making splash with rare stop on Jaffa beach
Many hoping for return of marine sensation, who seemingly slithered into the water for good Tuesday, but others admit Israel probably a poor home for the endangered creature anyway
By Deborah Danan
Britain's King Charles III (left) meets Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis during a reception with faith leaders at Buckingham Palace in London on September 16, 2022. (Aaron Chown / AFP)
May 5, 2023, 4:28 am
From Shabbat arrangements to Jerusalem oil: Jewish details of King Charles coronation
In first, representatives of Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, and Zoroastrian communities, among others, to be incorporated into proceedings for Saturday royal ceremony
By Deborah Danan and Gabe Friedman
Dugo Leitner, a survivor of Auschwitz-Birkenau, holds a balloon shaped like the Jewish star that the Nazis forced Jews to wear. (Erez Kaganovitz via JTA)
April 19, 2023, 9:50 pm
At German embassy in Israel, Holocaust survivors reclaim their stories through photos
Opening Wednesday, new exhibit ‘Humans of the Holocaust’ engages the public with striking and sometimes whimsical images of 25 people who triumphed over the Nazis by living well
By Deborah Danan
Some Israelis are trying to leave the country over the political upheaval there, according to accounts from Israelis and organizations that help them emigrate. (Collage by Grace Yagel via JTA)
March 21, 2023, 9:08 am
‘My home is being undone’: Alarmed by Israel’s direction, more citizens weigh leaving
‘Who am I to fight against what the majority has accepted?’ asks one, as coalition’s judicial overhaul advances; emigration facilitator sees 4-fold inquiry increase over last year
By Deborah Danan
Eli Hopstein, left, gazes over his neighborhood in Mykolaiv, Ukraine; Alexey Shkurat, right, smiles upon arrival in Israel, a year after the rest of his family left Odessa. Both men have been aided by Jewish nonprofits. (Deborah Danan)
February 25, 2023, 4:11 am
Ukrainian Jews recount stories of survival, endurance, escape after year of war
Thousands of Jewish refugees have fled to Israel, while others have remained behind, subject to Russian bombing and a lack of electricity, water and food
By Deborah Danan
Sada, second from right, gets a balloon on her birthday after she arrived from an orphanage in Odesa, Ukraine, at a hotel in Berlin, Friday, March 4, 2022. (AP/Steffi Loos)
February 22, 2023, 6:03 am
Year after fleeing to Berlin, Jewish orphans gird for return to war-ravaged Odesa
Burdened by high cost of keeping them in Germany and donation shortfall, Mishpacha Orphanage says it will join flood of Ukrainians returning home even as fighting continues to rage
By Deborah Danan
A man shops for disposable plastic tableware in Osher Ad Supermarket in Givat Shaul, Jerusalem, October 27, 2021, shortly after new taxes on disposables went into effect in Israel. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 12, 2023, 4:16 am
Why Israel’s new right-wing leaders immediately made plasticware inexpensive again
Many in the Haredi community saw the last government’s tax hike on disposable utensils and sweetened drinks as a targeted attack, which the religious right-wing is now walking back
By Deborah Danan
Supporters of the liberal Labor party react as the results of the Israeli elections are announced, in Tel Aviv, November 1, 2022. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90/ via JTA)
November 5, 2022, 11:21 am
For some Americans living in Israel, this week’s elections conjure 2016 deja vu
Left-leaning immigrants who moved during Trump era are surprised to encounter the radical politics they thought they left behind, while other new arrivals are happy with outcome
By Deborah Danan and PHILISSA CRAMER
Attendees at the Global Wellness Summit in 2021. (Courtesy)
July 24, 2022, 5:56 pm
World’s largest wellness conference to make Tel Aviv debut this year
Three-day Global Wellness Summit to host entrepreneurs, executives in fields like health tech, beauty and spa, food tech, fitness, hospitality
By Deborah Danan
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. (Deborah Danan/JTA)
April 23, 2022, 8:38 am
Why an Israeli farmer is celebrated for killing his crops (Hint: It’s in the Bible)
At the urging of his wife Ilana, Doron Toweg let their eggplants die, costing them massive contracts, as they joined a growing movement to observe the biblical precept of shmita
By Deborah Danan
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