Latest Jerusalem Report feature articles

HIGH HOPES
The Hasidic Jew at the cutting edge of medicinal cannabis development
(The Jerusalem Report - March 29, 2019)

A BEACON OF HOPE
Marking Holocaust Memorial Day, Paul pays a belated first visit to the world's most famous Holocaust museum
(Jerusalem Report - January 2019)

CLOSE YOUR EYES AND MAKE A WISH
Israel's Make-A-Wish makes the dreams of children with life-threatening illnesses come true
(Jerusalem Report - October 2018)

THE AMAZING MISS VERTIGO
Rona Soffer’s autobiographical short film is an inspiration to people living with significant disabilities
(Jerusalem Report - August 2018)

JOURNEYING THROUGH THE REAL ISRAEL
Polish and American teens taste a side of the country not usually experienced by tour groups
(Jerusalem Report - July 2018)

ANATOMY OF A DEMONSTRATION
Do Tel Aviv protestors have what it takes to end the reign of corruption?
​(Jerusalem Report - February 2018)

NEWS THAT'S FIT TO CONSUME
Meeting the people and tasting the food at the 3rd Arab Food Festival in Haifa
(Jerusalem Report - December 2017)

FLYING THE FLAG HIGH
Special interview with Ron Prosor, former Israeli ambassador to both the UK and UN
(Jerusalem Report - October 2017)

CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS​
Comparing my impressions of Israeli society over the last 10 years with the official statistics
(Jerusalem Report - September 2017)

PARADISE LOST?
Citizens of northern Israel campaign against the proximity of natural gas facilities to the coastline
​(Jerusalem Report - July 2017)

​THE OLDEST (ISRAELI) COWBOY
IN TOWN
The man who established Israel's mounted police force now competes in rodeo in the Galilee
(Jerusalem Report - June 2017)
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​BACK TO AMMUNITION HILL
In their own words, stunning recollections of the bloodiest battle of the 1967 Six Day War
(Jerusalem Report - June 2017)

SUPERFRUIT TO THE RESCUE
The story of a newly created variety of passion fruit that could ward off brain aging
(Jerusalem Report - April 2017)

A TALE OF TWO SKATERS
Alexei Bychenko and Daniel Samohin fight it out to represent Israel at the 2017 world Figure Skating Champions that begins on March 29
(Jerusalem Report - March 2017)

DEFINITELY NOT "PRIVATE BENJAMIN"
On patrol with the female combat soldiers
​of Masada Company
(Jerusalem Report - February 2017)

​CARING FOR THE STATELESS
A Tel Aviv clinic cares for African and other
stateless migrants
(Jerusalem Report - January 2017)

​​ISRAELI FARMERS STARING INTO THE ABYSS
Cover story highlighting the current plight of Israel's farmers
(Jerusalem Report - November 2016)

​SPEEDING TOWARD THE BIG TIME
Feature interview with Israeli racing driver Roy Nissany
(Jerusalem Report - September 2016)

​BUILDING BRIDGES BY SAVING LIVES
Feature story on the amazing work of the Save A Child's Heart organization
(Jerusalem Report - September 2016)

​A NATION'S TRAUMA TACKLED HEAD ON
Feature story about NATAL, the premier Israeli center
​ for treatment of PTSD
(Jerusalem Report - August 2016)

​OPENING A DOOR TO
REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
Feature interview with Prof. Dimitrios Karussis on his groundbreaking search for a cure for ALS and MS 
​(JERUSALEM REPORT - JULY 2016)

​CHASING ISRAEL'S OLYMPIC DREAM
Feature interview with Gili Lustig, Director of the Israel Olympic Committee
(Jerusalem Report - May 2016)

LEST THEY BE FORGOTTEN
Feature interview with the IDF's MIA unit
(Jerusalem Report - may 2016)

MAN WITH A MISSION
​Feature interview with Efraim Zuroff, the last Nazi hunter
{Jerusalem Report  - March 2016)

NIGHTMARE IN DONETSK
Special interview in Kiev, Ukraine, meeting Jewish survivors of the bloody civil war 
(Jerusalem Report - January 2016)

SWING DANCING IN THE HOLY LAND​
​Feature report on the revival of swing dancing in Israel
(Jerusalem Report - November 2015)

FULFILLNG THE TENNIS DREAM
Celebrating 40 years of the Israel Tennis Center
(Jerusalem Report - November 2015

​FINGER ON THE IDF'S PULSE
​Feature interview with the IDF's head
of military physiology
(Jerusalem Report - October 2015)

BACK FROM THE BRINK
Feature report on the project to save Israel's Mediterranean turtles
(Jerusalem Report - September 2015)

A CONCERNED POET
Feature interview with internationally acclaimed
Israeli poet, Agi Mishol
(Jerusalem Report - August 2015)

​NOT EITHER OR, BUT BOTH
Feature interview with Israel's Master Chef, Dr Nof Atamna-Ismaeel 
(Jerusalem Report - July 2015)

RIDE TO HEALTH
The inspirational story of therapeutic riding
pioneer Anita Shkedi
(Jerusalem Report - June 2015)

​THE REDOUBTABLE COLONEL KEMP
Feature interview with the former commander of British forces in Afghanistan
(Jerusalem Report - MayY 2015)

MARCHING TOGETHER, SHARING THE BURDEN
Survivors of the Rwandan genocide join Holocaust survivors at Auschwitz
(Jerusalem Report - April 2015)

CRIMINALIZING VIRTUAL RAPE
Feature interview with MK Ifat Kariv, driving force behind legislation to criminalise virtual rape
(Jerusalem Report - march 2015)

BATTLING ISLAMIC TERRORISM
​THROUGH THE COURTS
Feature interview with campaigning lawyer Nitsana Darshaan-Leitner
(Jerusalem Report - February 2015)

​FIGHTING THEIR WAY UP FROM -4
Olympic boxing prospect Anton Sipko trains from a disused bomb shelter in an underground car park
(Jerusalem Report - January 2015)

​THE RELUCTANT HERO
​Feature Interview with Israel's Paralympic
gold medalist Noam Gershony
​(Jerusalem Report - November 2014)

​THE BETTING GAME
​Betting on overseas horse racing is proving
popular with Israelis
(Jerusalem Report - October 2014)

​TACKLING THE MOB
​Do Israeli authorities have the heart to take on the all-powerful crime syndicates?
(Jerusalem Report - June 2014)

​THE SANDS OF TIME ARE RUNNING OUT
​The financial plight of many Israeli Holocaust survivors
(Jerusalem Report - April 2014)

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO URI BURI
An enlightening afternoon in the company of the legendary Israeli restaurateur
​(Jerusalem Report - April 2014)

​THE REMARKABLE UNTOLD STORY OF ISRAEL MICHELSON
​Exclusive revelation of one of the most daring
escapes of WWII
​(Jerusalem report - NOvember 2013)

​SPARKLING DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY SWIM
The 60th annual crossing of the Sea of Galilee
​(Jerusalem Report - NOvember - 2013)

A FLYING LEGEND
​Special interview with iconic ace Israeli pilot, Uri Yaari
(Jerusalem Report - August 2013)