Linda Gradstein, JTA
Capitalism comes to kosher
Linda Gradstein, JTAJul 29, 2021
JERUSALEM — The Eucalyptus, a restaurant just outside the Old City here, draws in diners by offering “authentic biblical cuisine” — made from ingredients and...
Islamic Jihad member ends hunger strike
Linda Gradstein, JTAFeb 23, 2012
JERUSALEM As his weight dropped and his face grew gaunt, Khader Adnan became the latest Palestinian cause celebre. Israel arrested Adnan, a 33-year-old Palestinian...
Israeli tensions mounting over military exemptions for haredim
Linda Gradstein, JTAFeb 02, 2012
JERUSALEM When Israels first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, granted a few hundred haredi Orthodox Jews an exemption from army service, its likely he never...
Shalit, Lapid, shake things up
Linda Gradstein, JTAJan 19, 2012
JERUSALEM One of the big open questions after Israels social protests last summer was whether the one-time mass movement would be able to translate its newfound...
Olmert faces another and a bigger indictment
Linda Gradstein, JTAJan 12, 2012
JERUSALEM The indictment of former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and 17 other Israelis on charges related to one of the largest real estate scandals in Israeli history...
Even as some Israelis worry about the price, Shalit deal sparks joy
Linda Gradstein, JTAOct 17, 2011
JERUSALEM There was a festive mood among the shoppers running around Emek Refaim Street in Jerusalems German Colony doing their last-minute shopping Wednesday...
What is it about Israel — and Jews — that wins Nobels?
Linda Gradstein, JTAOct 13, 2011
JERUSALEM — Dan Shechtman remembers the day he was kicked out of a research group because of the theory that last week won him the Nobel Prize in chemistry....
Can Labor’s new leader revive party?
Linda Gradstein, JTAOct 06, 2011
KFAR SABA, Israel The Israeli Labor Partys new leader, Shelly Yachimovich, makes a grand entrance at the annual Rosh Hashanah toast for party activists. Well over...
Embassy attack stokes Israeli fears of a new Egypt
Linda Gradstein, JTASep 15, 2011
JERUSALEM Retired Israeli Air Force pilot Uri Dromi remembers the day 34 years ago when Egyptian President Anwar Sadat landed in Israel to tell the Israeli people...
Shalit — an open wound for Israel
Linda Gradstein, JTAJun 30, 2011
JERUSALEM — Michal Naamani traveled to Jerusalem from her home near Kfar Saba to hand out yellow ribbons to passers-by and bumper stickers to motorists reading...