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Shira Rubin

Shira Rubin is a journalist in Tel Aviv. Follow her on Twitter @shira_rubin.

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    A New Spin on Traditional German Clothes

    Can Jews really reclaim dirndls and lederhosen, once closely associated with Nazis?

    byShira Rubin
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    The History of the Inquisition, Wrapped Up in a Sausage

    According to legend, the pork-free ‘alheira’ chorizo was created as a way for Jews to hide their identity. Whether or not that history has been exaggerated, it’s an important part of how Portugal is now wrestling with its Jewish past.

    byShira Rubin
  • Meni Naftali (center), the former Prime Minister's Office employee and Israeli activist Eldad Yaniv seen outside the courtroom of the Supreme Court in Jerusalem before the start of a court hearing regarding the weekly protest against the government corruption in Petah Tikva, August 24, 2017.
    Meni Naftali (center), the former Prime Minister's Office employee and Israeli activist Eldad Yaniv seen outside the courtroom of the Supreme Court in Jerusalem before the start of a court hearing regarding the weekly protest against the government corruption in Petah Tikva, August 24, 2017.
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    Bibi Netanyahu’s Nightmare Speaks

    Meni Naftali worked security for the Israeli prime minister and his wife Sara, and now wants the world to know what they are really like

    byShira Rubin
  • Karine Aziza.(Original photo Shira Rubin; background Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images and Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images.)
    Karine Aziza.(Original photo Shira Rubin; background Miguel Medina/AFP/Getty Images and Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images.)
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    Israeli Bureaucrats Learning To Say ‘Bienvenue’ Amid French Immigration Wave

    Officials have a plan for recognizing French qualifications—to stop new arrivals from heading back to Europe

    byShira Rubin
  • Jewish and Arab schoolfriends share the playground during recess at the Hand in Hand Center for Jewish-Arab Education, Oct. 9, 2007, in Jerusalem.(David Silverman/Getty Images)
    Jewish and Arab schoolfriends share the playground during recess at the Hand in Hand Center for Jewish-Arab Education, Oct. 9, 2007, in Jerusalem.(David Silverman/Getty Images)
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    In Divided Jerusalem, a School Bridges Boundaries Between Young Israeli Arabs and Jews

    Originally the brainchild of an American Jew and an Arab Israeli, now a model for a small but growing educational trend

    byShira Rubin
  • Holocaust survivor Moshe Rute, a resident at Hadarim nursing home, where he smokes cannabis daily to fight chronic pain.(Shira Rubin)
    Holocaust survivor Moshe Rute, a resident at Hadarim nursing home, where he smokes cannabis daily to fight chronic pain.(Shira Rubin)
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    A Flourishing $40 Million Medical Marijuana Industry Helps Israelis Forget

    On a kibbutz south of Tel Aviv, medical marijuana helps soothe the pain of cancer patients and Holocaust survivors

    byShira Rubin
  • Left to right: Avi, Moshe, and Haim.(Ada Broussard)
    Left to right: Avi, Moshe, and Haim.(Ada Broussard)
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    Leaving Orthodoxy for the IDF

    As the Knesset debates conscription for Haredim, some teens are already leaving their community to serve

    byShira Rubin
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