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is JTA's Israel correspondent. He reports on Israeli politics, culture, society and economics, in addition to covering Palestinian and regional affairs. A graduate of Washington University in St. Louis and the Columbia University Journalism School, he is the former editor-in-chief of New Voices, the national Jewish student magazine.

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• Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, founder of Shas and Sephardic sage, dies at 93

  October 7, 2013 6:36am

  Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the Israeli sage who founded the Sephardic Orthodox Shas political party and exercised major influence on Jewish law, died Monday in Jerusalem at the age of 93.

• Women of the Wall agrees to pray in egalitarian space, with conditions

  October 7, 2013 6:33am

  Women of the Wall agreed in principle to pray in a new egalitarian space adjacent to the Western Wall Plaza, provided the space meets several conditions regarding design and management.

• Netanyahu: Palestinians’ refusal to recognize Israel is major roadblock

  October 6, 2013 4:18pm

  Benjamin Netanyahu in a major address took an uncompromising stance on Iran’s nuclear program and asserted that the primary obstacle to Mideast peace is Palestinian refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state.

• Women of the Wall hold calmest service in months with little police protection

  October 4, 2013 8:40am

  Scores of women gathered for a Women of the Wall service at the Western Wall with little police protection and minimal disruption from protesters.

• Western Wall rabbi to haredi girls: Avoid plaza for Women of the Wall service

  October 3, 2013 7:41am

  The Western Wall rabbi requested that haredi Orthodox girls not fill the plaza for the next Women of the Wall service.

• In case you missed it, Bibi doesn’t like Rouhani

  October 2, 2013 7:04am

  At the U.N., Benjamin Netanyahu stays on message.

• Anglo Israelis aiming to make mark in municipal politics

  October 1, 2013 12:52pm

  A handful of English-speaking immigrants are hoping to bring American-style governance to Israeli cities.

• What’s missing from J Street’s ’2 Campaign’

  October 1, 2013 10:55am

  J Street’s new campaign website offers more boilerplate than groundbreaking proposals.

• Two decades after Oslo, Palestinian Jericho still chafes at occupation

  September 24, 2013 2:58pm

  Nearly 20 years after it came under full Palestinian civil and security control, the West Bank city of Jericho remains a backwater, with high unemployment and a population still subject to Israeli security needs.

• Responding to soldier’s shooting, Netanyahu allows return to Hebron house

  September 23, 2013 11:15am

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu allowed settlers to return to a Jewish house in Hebron in response to the fatal shooting of an Israeli soldier in the West Bank city by a Palestinian sniper.