JERUSALEM (NYT NEWS SERVICE). - When Clinton Bailey first began documenting Bedouin life in the 1960s, the nomadic tribes lived pretty much as their ancestors, raising livestock, wandering in search o...
03.02.2021 nytimes.com , bdnews24.com and 3 sitesWhen Merav Michaeli, a pathbreaking feminist, was elected head of Israel''s Labor Party in January, some people offered her condolences. Labor was once Israel''s governing party, the home of many of t...
03.05.2021 Nytimes.com and 1 sites(JTA) — In Israel, a Supreme Court ruling liberalizing Jewish conversion standards is sparking a political crisis just three weeks before the country holds a national election. A chief haredi Orthodox...
03.04.2021 timesofisrael.com , jpost.com , jta.orgABOUT 25 years ago this week, I rushed to the scene of a powerful explosion in downtown Jerusalem. A 22-pound bomb packed with nails and ball bearings and live bullets had been detonated on the No 18 ...
02.28.2021 Thestar.com.myGod could not come to a decision. It wasn''t that he did not know. God knows all. It was that he didn''t want to believe what was happening, even as he watched it all unfold. These ugly, repeat Israeli election campaigns, God thought to himself. So much infighting, so much hatred. Tearing themselves apart, these Israeli Jews. Such endless political paralysis. So much wasted time, effort and money. Of course, God had long seen it coming. It had begun with an erosion of common values and tradition...
03.04.2021 Jpost.comOn January 13, 2021, a rather unusual event took place in the predominantly Israeli Arab city of Nazareth. Ali Salam, the mayor of Nazareth appeared publicly with Benjamin Netanyahu. At the meeting, M...
03.03.2021 Timesofisrael.comBy an overwhelming margin of eight to one, the Israeli Supreme Court has belatedly but boldly challenged the blatantly unfair monopoly the Orthodox rabbinate has held regarding officially recognized c...
03.03.2021 Timesofisrael.comFrom the time of my earliest memories, March has been a very special month. On March 17, while the rest of the world celebrated St. Patrick''s Day, we observed with reverence the birthday of my Gram''...
03.03.2021 Timesofisrael.comThe International Criminal Court (ICC) is moving forward with investigating Israel for "war crimes, " and this is the latest salvo from the Palestinians in their century-long war with Israel. From Pal...
03.05.2021 Timesofisrael.comLast updated: Take advantage of this week''s Learning at Home broadcast schedule - great for students engaged in hybrid or distance instruction, and families looking to spend some extra, quality time together! After watching these fascinating program...
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