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Israel In Maps
Today is Yom Ha’atzmaut, and though I normally spend Israel’s birthday dancing and eating falafel, this year I’m limiting myself ...
A Plan to Solve the Middle East Conflict
Today is Israel Independence Day. While all of you are celebrating 61 years with falafel and dancing, I’m busy sitting ...
Hatikvah: Blue Fringe’s Dov Rosenblatt Talks about Israel
This is a guest post from Dov Rosenblatt, lead singer and guitarist of the band Blue Fringe. He and the ...
Duck and Cover! The Moshiach is Coming!
In order to get what you want in this world, you have to fight for it. You can’t just be ...
Yori Yanover: An Interview
Yori Yanover is an intense personality. Hey, the guy has a Gawker category named after him, Yori Is the Next ...
Breaking The Silence: Israel Activism & American Students
Just days after the Durban II conference in Geneva, and on the eve of Israel’s Independence Day, New York University’s ...
Yom HaZikaron
I would not redo high school for a billion dollars. I’m pretty sure the damage done by my four years ...
It Bears Repeating
Remembering fallen soldiers is a weird thing. Personally, I find it difficult to really feel pain and sorrow for people ...
We Remember
When one speaks about Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day, almost always the first thing mentioned is the the two-minute siren ...
The Cabalist’s Daughter
The Cabalist’s Daughter is a bipolar sort of book. On one hand, it’s a crazy, unhinged vision of the Chabad-Lubavitch ...
Who’s Your Mommy?
About six months ago I went out to coffee with some friends who, after about an hour of chitchat, gently ...