Ilan Ben Zion
By Ilan Ben Zion
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Israel News Letter from Jerusalem: As Mahane Yehuda reopens, masks and temperature checks replace crowds
From the stools out front, Café Roasters has the best view of the Mahane Yehuda market crowds, with a clear line of sight from end to end. But on the first Friday morning since the Jerusalem market reopened after the coronavirus lockdown, plenty of pavement is visible. There’s still a low hum of commerce and…
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Art 1973 Yom Kippur War Captured In Rediscovered Photographs
A few faces in Nathan Fendrich’s photos are familiar: then-general Ariel Sharon beams while surrounded by soldiers; Chaim Topol, the Israeli actor played Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof.” But most of the subjects remain a mystery 45 years after he photographed them in the heat of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Fendrich, 84, donated…
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Israel News This Jewish Group Uses ‘Biblical Prophecy’ To Grow Christian Support For Israel
Michele Bachmann, a former Republican congresswoman who drew criticism in 2015 for calling for the mass conversion of the Jews, had an announcement to make to the Jewish people. An Israeli organization seeking to strengthen the bond between evangelical Christians and the State of Israel orchestrated it at the Knesset on the eve of Israel’s…
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Culture Behold The Oldest Known Yiddish Writing In The World
A medieval Jewish manuscript bearing the oldest known example of the Yiddish language is making a rare public appearance at Israel’s National Library in Jerusalem ahead of the High Holidays. The Worms Mahzor, named for the German city where it was housed for centuries, is a richly illuminated codex from the 13th century containing the…
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Culture Jerusalem Report Cartoonist, Fired Over Nation-State Caricature, Tells Us What Happened.
A veteran cartoonist was fired from a prominent Israeli magazine this week after publishing a caricature criticizing the Israeli government for a controversial law passed last week defining the country as a Jewish state. Avi Katz, a former staff cartoonist for bi-weekly Jerusalem Report, had been working as a freelancer for the magazine since 2012…
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Culture Germany And Israel Collaborate On A Brewtiful Beer
What better way to celebrate Israel’s 70th anniversary this summer than a one-of-a-kind cold one? To honor Israel’s septuagennial, the German Embassy in Tel Aviv led an initiative to craft a commemorative brew, one of several projects the embassy is doing to mark the occasion. The beer, simply named “70,” is a collaboration between Israel’s…
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Culture Totally Gross Domino’s Pizza Celebrates Israeli Independence
Domino’s Pizza launched a line of special edition pies in Israel this week to mark the country’s 70th anniversary. What could better encapsulate Israeli independence better than falafel and shawarma on a pizza, someone in the local franchise offices surely asked. For a country whose culinary star is rising in popularity worldwide because of its…
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News He Came To Israel Fleeing Oppression. Will He Be Deported?
On the face of it, Teklit Michael is similar to so many Israelis living in Tel Aviv. He just marked 10 years living in the city, works at a non-profit, and speaks fluent Hebrew and English. But after a decade in Israel, he might get sent packing to a country he’s never been to before,…
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