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Jeffrey Barken

Gil Hovav. Credit: Courtesy Gil Hovav.

Israeli culinary journalist Gil Hovav’s memoir is a heartwarming and earnest slice of life

Honest cooking and sincere storytelling rely on similar ingredients: tradition, love, humor and spice, among others. These components are found throughout “Candies from Heaven,” the newly translated memoir of leading Israeli culinary journalist Gil Hovav.

Jeffrey Barken

January 17, 2018

In February 2016, Daniel B. Shapiro (left), then the U.S. ambassador to Israel, witnesses the Israeli company Mobileye’s advanced driver-assistance systems technology. Credit: U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv.

From start-up nation to ramp-up nation: Israel’s new approach to innovation

Jeffrey Barken

October 13, 2017

The cover of “Three Floors Up,” by Eshkol Nevo. Credit: Other Press.

Newly translated, Israeli novel ‘Three Floors Up’ will give English readers a page-turner

Jeffrey Barken

September 4, 2017

Inside the studio of the Israeli start-up SolarPaint. Credit: Courtesy of SolarPaint.

Israeli entrepreneurs see a bright future for solar technology

Jeffrey Barken

April 17, 2017

Tamir Goodman. Credit: Zone190.

Spirituality and basketball: the ‘Jewish Jordan’ Israel summer camp playbook

Jeffrey Barken

March 14, 2017

A mock checkpoint that was set up during “Israeli Apartheid Week,” an annual global anti-Israel initiative, in May 2010 on the University of California, Los Angeles campus. Credit: AMCHA Initiative.

‘Hate Spaces’ provides a wake-up call on campus anti-Zionism—and a tool to fight it

Jeffrey Barken

December 22, 2016

Click photo to download. Caption: Grandma Beauty with Dawn Lerman, then 2 years old. Credit: Courtesy Dawn Lerman.

In ‘My Fat Dad’ memoir, wisdom balances recipes and relationships

Jeffrey Barken

March 30, 2016

Click photo to download. Caption: Recently, the subject of much debate in New York has been the decision facing the state's Jewish U.S. senator, Chuck Schumer (pictured in center), on the Iran nuclear deal. Will Schumer defy President Barack Obama (pictured at right) and be one of the 13 Democratic votes in the Senate needed to override the president's veto of potential Congressional rejection of the Iran deal? Credit: Pete Souza/White House.

The Iran deal does New York

Jeffrey Barken

July 9, 2015

Click photo to download. Caption: The Israeli-American Council's "Shishi Israeli" event to usher in Shabbat, held March 27 in New York City as part of the new Hagigah Ivrit culture series. A collaboration of the Israeli-American Council, the Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life, and the Council for Hebrew Language and Culture, the Hagigah Ivrit provides a platform for individuals and families seeking to both learn the Hebrew language and deepen their connection with Israel. Credit: Larson Harley.

Tower of Babel in reverse: Hebrew language unites Israelis and Jews

Jeffrey Barken

April 13, 2015