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Temporary Shelter for the Kurds on Sukkot
It is looking like the aspirations of the Kurds are about to be dashed once more. The United States has ended its alliance with the Syrian Kurds, and the Turkish bombings have been swift to come. As...
View Article“Election results of division”– a mirror of Israeli society?
The September elections have provided us with a locked-up chain reaction, or a negative version of Rock-Paper-Scissors. Netanyahu will not sit without the Haredim, the Haredim will not sit with Gantz,...
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Omar and Tlaib banned – who’s clever, who’s wise, who’s neither?
“Clever is the person who can extricate themself from a situation the Wise person would have avoided getting into in the first place.” This last week, one wonders who has been clever, who has been...
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Tisha B’Av and Eid el-Adha on the Temple Mount
Photo: From a Makom visit to Temple Mount The celebratory Muslim festival Eid el Adha, commemorating the sacrifice of Isma’il (not Isaac!), is accompanied by much barbecuing of meat symbolizing the...
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Can anyone say Never Again? Depends what it means…
“Never again,” called Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in her famous tweet condemning the US Administration’s immigration policy, as she talked of “concentration camps” on the Mexico border. The jury is out...
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Long-term planning is a Jewish value. How about in Israel?
Matthias Stom Genesis 25: 29-34 tells us about Esau stomping in after a hunt, absolutely starving. Jacob is cooking some lentils, thinking of the future. Esau wants to eat – now! Jacob wants Esau’s...
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So do you really have no influence over Israel’s elections?
So do you really have no influence? Jewish social media around North America has been responding to Israel’s election results. Irrespective of how devastated or delighted people seem to be, the...
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Ad Kan! Up to here! Where do we draw the line?
Last week a rocket was fired from Gaza, hitting a house in Mishmeret, some 20 miles North of Tel Aviv. All hell broke loose. All headlines and all politicians were going crazy, calling for revenge, for...
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Steering Right, Left, and Center – how to 4HQ the Elections!
The die is cast, at last. The parties are finally fixed, so that the voters can now concentrate on their key task: To decide for whom they will vote. In Israel the meaning of Left, Right, and Center is...
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The New Anti-Zionists?
The video doing the social media rounds is of the first Knesset speech of the racist Meir Kahane. The entire government, including Likud hardliner Prime Minister Shamir, stand up and walk out. No...
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Israel or Diaspora – where does antisemitism strike?
Difficult times lie ahead for North American Jewry, as antisemitism rears its ugly head. As Debora Lipstadt points out, Jews are now under attack from the radical Right, from the radical Left, and from...
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Israeli Elections are coming – are you?
The most direct and powerful opportunity for individuals to influence Israeli policy is upon us. On April 9th, every Israeli citizen has the chance to have their say as to how Israel should best...
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To Be – under threat of annihilation, or defeat?
As they say, when the United States sneezes, the whole world catches the flu. While the decision of President Trump to withdraw US troops from Syria has led to political headlines and speculation in...
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Lara Alqasem and Israel’s boycott of boycotters
Lara Alqasem http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net So Lara Alqasem has finally begun her studies at Hebrew University. Her situation received huge coverage both in the States and in Israel, and raises...
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Airbnb takes a stand on Our Land/Their Land
Airbnb has responded to pressure from Human Rights Watch, and has chosen to “remove listings in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank that are at the core of the dispute between Israelis and...
View ArticleHow can we sing with Kululam during the Omer?
The writer is Director Of Community Education and Summer Program at Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, and Lecturer in Tanakh and Jewish Thought at Yeshivat Eretz HaTzvi. If you have been following me...
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An Immigrant’s Tail, or How Much Does the Cat Cost?
I’d been bracing myself for this moment – the moment the veterinarian would announce the total we owed. Our beloved calico cat, Lucy, had been run over and after five days of hospitalization, surgery,...
View ArticleWhat would a woman do? Makom video salon had an answer
In the lightness of Purim, and in the echoes of International Women’s Day, we’ll just put this here… This is a video salon we hosted back in 2013 between Rachel Azaria (now MK), and R. Marcelo...
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No alternative to facts! The case for Israel Education
In some professions, facts can indeed be your enemy. It makes sense for politicians to argue over facts, and even hope to suggest alternate ones. Because for a politician facts are valent. There is...
View ArticleMusical blog – from West to East!
Why write about fantastic Israeli music trends, when you can just as easily listen to them? This is the first in a series of podcasts about Israeli culture, narrated by Robbie Gringras. This episode...
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