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Deborah Danan (JTA)

A banner is held by pro-Israel fans outside Villa Park, home of the U.K. team Aston Villa, before its UEFA Europa League match against Israel, Nov. 6, 2025. (Jacob King/PA Images via Getty Images via JTA)
June 25, 2026, 11:39 am
Israel’s path to a World Cup berth would be easier through Asia. Here’s why it’s sticking with Europe
Israel faces longer odds in Europe than it would in Asia, yet officials say political animosity leaves them little choice
By Deborah Danan (JTA)
Tom Cohen conducts the youth program of The Jerusalem Orchestra East & West in Tel Aviv, May 2026. (Yaakov Buta)
May 28, 2026, 12:37 pm
In Israel, an Arab-Jewish youth orchestra builds a new ‘East-West’ sound together
The Jerusalem Orchestra East & West, which arranged the program for young musicians, blends Western orchestral music with Middle Eastern traditions
By Deborah Danan (JTA)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu places a wreath during a ceremony marking Israel's Memorial Day for fallen soldiers at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, April 21, 2026. (Ilia Yefimovich / Pool / AFP via Getty Images via JTA)
April 22, 2026, 9:40 am
Netanyahu heckled at Israel’s official Memorial Day ceremony as bereaved families grasp for comfort
A different skirmish also broke out at a ceremony at Tel Aviv’s military cemetery
By Deborah Danan (JTA)
Israelis take cover in a public shelter in Tel Aviv as a siren sounds warning of incoming ballistic missiles fired from Iran toward Israel, March 1, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 2, 2026, 4:18 pm
Yet again, Israel’s public shelters become sites of camaraderie amid steep danger
'I’m doing great. We’re all together all the time,' one Jaffa resident said about her neighbours and friends one day into the war with Iranian Regime
By Deborah Danan (JTA)
The damaged border fence in Majdal Shams several days after Israeli Druze breached it to reunite with family members in Syria, July 2025. (Deborah Danan)
July 24, 2025, 2:00 pm
Druze town where hundreds breached border with Syria mourns one tragedy while fearing another
SPECIAL REPORT: 'They cried, they hugged, and then they went back to opposite sides of the fence, in enemy states,' recalled a soldier who witnessed family reunions during the brief breach
By Deborah Danan (JTA)
Following Israel’s military operation against Iran on 13 June, the Tel Aviv-based Cyabra found a pattern of disinformation bots that went dark, only to re-emerge with anti-Israel and anti-Western messages. (Cyabra/JTA)
July 17, 2025, 9:39 am
SPECIAL REPORT: When Iran’s internet went down during Israel war, so did bot networks spreading disinformation
Analysts said a 16-day gap in meddling posts about British politics offered direct evidence of state-sponsored interference online
By Deborah Danan (JTA)
Naomi Shaanan, killed when an Iranian missile struck her apartment building in Beersheba on 24 June, 2025, holds a sign in Hebrew that reads, “And now — the hostages.” (Via X)
June 26, 2025, 9:39 am
‘And now – the hostages’: Families and advocates for the missing want Israel to refocus on their plight
Advocates worry that an explosion of hostilities with Iran was distracting from what some believe should be their country’s singular mission
By Deborah Danan (JTA)
Rashad stands outside one of his stores in Jaffa, Israel, following damage from a blast related to an Iranian missile strike, 19 June, 2025. (Deborah Danan)
June 20, 2025, 10:35 am
SPECIAL REPORT: Letter from Jaffa: ‘It was the loudest boom I have ever heard’
First we check who’s safe. Then we learn what’s shattered
By Deborah Danan (JTA)
An electronic billboard shows Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman shaking hands with U.S. President Donald Trump in Jerusalem, Feb. 3, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
February 5, 2025, 12:16 pm
‘Israel is Ready’ for Saudi peace, blare billboards in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and DC
The signs appeared as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump
By Deborah Danan (JTA)
Orange balloons have become a symbol of the Bibas family because of the abducted children's red hair. (Miriam Alster/Flash90 via JTA)
January 29, 2025, 3:32 pm
The Bibas family remains hostages in Gaza. A nation is hoping against hope for their return
For Jews around the world, the fate of Kfir, Ariel, Shiri and Yarden Bibas has long been a matter of urgent concern
By Deborah Danan (JTA)
Freed Palestinian prisoner Ateya Abu Moussa, who was held by Israel for 20 years, is greeted by his relatives and friends upon arrival at his family's house in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Aug. 14, 2013. (Abed Rahim Khatib / Flash 90)
January 17, 2025, 12:51 pm
Prospect of hostage release tempered by concerns about freeing terrorists
In exchange for the hostages, Israel is due to again release more than 1,000 Palestinians imprisoned for terrorism who could one day commit another attack
By Deborah Danan (JTA)
January 4, 2025, 10:43 am
Meet the Arab Christian leading the race to represent Israel at Eurovision
Valerie Hamaty’s success has ignited debate among Arab and Jewish Israelis alike about what it would mean for her to head to Basel in May
By Deborah Danan (JTA)
Yael Aisenthal-Kordevani decorated her sukkah in the city of Modi'in with symbols of the year since Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel, Oct. 15, 2024. (Courtesy Aisenthal-Kordevani)
October 16, 2024, 1:37 pm
Israelis are decorating their first succahs since 7/10 with symbols of the crisis since
Pictures of the hostages and the colour yellow are frequent in the temporary booths for the festival
By Deborah Danan (JTA)
Shira Ben-Sasson, a founder of the Hakhel synagogue in Jerusalem, lights a candle in memory of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Sept. 1, 2024. (Deborah Danan)
September 2, 2024, 9:49 am
At the Jerusalem synagogue where Hersh danced in life, grief and anger reign after his death
“Hersh was alive 48 hours ago. We think a deal could have saved him. There is no military solution to this,” she said.
By Deborah Danan (JTA)
Or, a solider fighting in Gaza, displays a seder plate he found in the territory. (Courtesy of Or)
July 8, 2024, 9:21 am
Israeli soldiers are finding Judaica in Gaza — and trying to locate the items’ owners
Soldiers have found a wood laminate challah board framed with the biblical injunction to “remember the Shabbat” in gold lettering, in Hebrew and English.   
By Deborah Danan (JTA)
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