One of the most progressive Jewish principles of old is now being put to the test: “In those days they shall say…
It was an almost unbelievable news story: in order to trim the national budget, the Ministry of Education had decided to…
“Don’t eat Belgian chocolate,” the Israel consul in Florida ordered the large Jewish community there. In Israel, anti-Belgian curses reached an ear-splitting…
“Don’t eat Belgian chocolate,” the Israeli consul in Florida ordered the large Jewish community there. In Israel, anti-Belgian curses reached an ear-splitting…
I loath Binyamin Netanyahu, and therefore I hoped that he would be elected leader of the Likud. I am sorry that Sharon…
Why has the Sharon-Ben-Eliezer-Peres government collapsed? Because of a small olive. It started like a children’s tale: Once upon a time there…
Why has the Sharon-Ben-Eliezer-Peres government collapsed? Because of a small olive. It started like a children’s tale: Once upon a time there…
Had they been there last Saturday at sunset, most Israelis would not have believed their eyes.In the middle of Havarah, a small…
There is little controversy about the facts: last Thursday, in an IDF action in Rafah, at least eight Palestinians were killed (the…
It sounds like a bad joke, but it really happened: A rabbi went from Israel to Peru, converted a group of Native…
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