By Allison Kaplan Sommer
Moshe Basson explores the ancient hills around Jerusalem, foraging for the wild edibles he serves at his restaurant, Eucalyptus.
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By Allison Kaplan Sommer
The ultra-Orthodox picked the wrong Israeli town to pick a fight. American immigrants are fighting back against harassment and gender segregation in Beit Shemesh.
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By Allison Kaplan Sommer
In 2008, a small but significant change took place on the mailbox of the Tel Aviv apartment where Sonia Peres, wife of Israel’s president, Shimon Peres, lived quietly, far from the elegant presidential mansion in Jerusalem, until her death January 20. Neighbors — and eventually, the press — noticed that suddenly, about a year after Shimon Peres was sworn in as president, the mailbox read simply, Sonia Gal. “Gal” was a Hebraicized version of the maiden name of the country’s first lady. Before she met the future career politician in the Ben Shemen youth village, her name had been Sonia Gelman.
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