Andrew Tobin, JTA

Israelis line up to purchase bitcoin

TEL AVIV — Israelis lined up Dec. 19 at the newly opened bitcoin exchange in this city to purchase the coveted cryptocurrency. Amid the store’s...

Arab-Israeli woman is Rhodes Scholar

TEL AVIV — Lian Najami, Israel’s first Arab Rhodes scholar, is the kind of person who can be optimistic about just about anything —...

Sufganiyah or sfinj?

TEL AVIV — The sufganiyah is the plump, shining star of Chanukah in Israel. During the holiday season, the famed jelly doughnut poses in...

Trump’s Jerusalem ripples

JERUSALEM — Amid the global controversy over President Donald Trump’s recognition last week of Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state, Israeli and...

JNF-KKL brings in $3 billion a year

JERUSALEM — American Jews dropped nickels and dimes into the Jewish National Fund’s blue charity boxes to help Zionists build the Jewish state. More than...