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Kissinger Faces Tomorrow

I’m currently in Jerusalem at a conference convened by Shimon Peres, entitled Facing Tomorrow, in honor of Israel’s 60th birthday. ...

Just Say No to Bamba

I rarely agree with the Haredim, but recently they have instituted a boycott against Bamba and other Israeli snacks: The ...

Negotiating Peace

Reviewing the efforts of Carter, Jerome M. Segal argues that while “Hamas has indeed said it will never recognize Israel, ...

Conversion Controversy

-The High Rabbinical Court of Israel has ruled that all of the thousands of conversions conducted since 1999 by Rabbi ...

A Hero In Heaven

Today is Yom Hazikaron, Israeli’s Memorial Day. I’d like to take the opportunity to tell our readers about the life ...

Israel’s Memorial & Independence Days

-The last surviving person to have attended the historical afternoon session when Ben Gurion read the scroll establishing the Jewish ...

Jewish Stars, Wives, and Rosaries

-In an earlier day, the Flag of Morocco had the 6-pointed Star of David, “known in Arabic as Khatam Suleyman ...

Jewish Beliefs and Practices

-Debra Ruth Kolodny crafts “A new Ceremony of Simchat Bat,� explaining the rationale behind the process. (Ritualwell)-Rabbi Shlomi Aviner, one ...

Blogging Avot: Bad Neighbors

Pirkei Avot 1:7 is a short mishnah with further advice about who to (and in this case, who not to) ...

Yad Vashem on YouTube

It seems like everyone is taking advantage of new outlets online. Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial museum of Israel, has ...

Israel & Syria

-Turkey is readying efforts to get Israel-Syria talks underway. (Haaretz)-Looking at the substantial domestic opposition to a deal with Syria ...

From the Academy: The Wandering Jew

In this installment of From the Academy Dr. Galit Hasan Rokem, Max and Margarethe Grunwald Chair of Folklore at the Hebrew ...