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Shira Hanau

Shira Hanau

Shira Hanau is a reporter at JTA. She was previously a staff writer at the New York Jewish Week and has written for the Forward, Columbia Journalism Review and the Harvard Divinity Bulletin.

Israeli border police patrol in front of the Lion's Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, as Palestinians wait to be allowed to enter the al-Aqsa mosque compound, April 17, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Ahmad Gharabli-AFP via Getty Images)
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Israeli police clash with Palestinians at Temple Mount on tense second day of Passover

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA April 18, 2022

Several Palestinians were arrested and 17 were wounded, according to Israeli news reports, after Israeli police entered the Temple Mount complex Sunday on morning. Jewish worshippers were allegedly blocked from […]

Under heavy Israeli army security, Orthodox Jews pray at Joseph's Tomb in the West Bank city of Nablus, Apr. 3, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Gershon Elinson-FLASH90)
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2 Jews shot and wounded while trying to visit Joseph’s Tomb in the West Bank city of Nablus

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA April 11, 2022April 11, 2022
A view of the Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community Center in Miami. (Photo/JTA-Josefin Dolsten)
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Shooting at Miami-Dade JCC leaves 1 dead in what police called an act of domestic violence

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA April 4, 2022
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks on screen during the 64th Annual Grammy Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, April 3, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Rich Fury-Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
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2022 Grammys: Zelensky’s video address and other Jewish moments

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA April 4, 2022April 4, 2022
A view of the memorial, on the site of a mass killing of Jews by Nazis during WWII, a day after it was damaged in a Russian shelling, at the entrance of the Drobitsky Yar Holocaust memorial complex on the eastern outskirts of Kharkiv, Mar. 27, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Sergey Bobok-AFP via Getty Images)
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Ukraine says a memorial to Jews murdered during the Holocaust was damaged by Russian shelling

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA March 29, 2022July 4, 2022
Six men, some in suits and some in Arab dress, sit at a round table
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‘Negev Summit’ to become regular event for Israeli and Arab parties to the Abraham Accords

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA March 28, 2022
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky holds a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, Mar. 12, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Emin Sansar-Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Zelensky says Jerusalem could serve as site for negotiation with Russia

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA March 14, 2022
Zelensky appears on a large screen in front of a crowd of people outdoors
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Zelensky thanks Israel for support a day after Bennett’s meeting with Putin

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA March 7, 2022March 7, 2022
Jewish immigrants fleeing the war in Ukraine arrive at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, March 6, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Tomer Neuberg-FLASH90)
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Hundreds of Ukrainian refugees have landed in Israel. Thousands more could follow.

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau March 7, 2022March 7, 2022
Ukrainian troops seen during exercises in Kyiv, Jan. 22, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Sean Gallup-Getty Images)
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Putin cites goal of ‘denazification’ of country with Jewish head

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA February 24, 2022

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