Nathan Jeffay
By Nathan Jeffay
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The Schmooze Orthodox Lawmakers Ensure Animal Rights Legislation Doesn’t Interfere with Kapparpot
In Israel, the lobby for animal welfare is strong, and growing. It’s an issue that brings together left and right, secular and religious… up to a point. Behind the scenes in the Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee in recent days, there have been desperate attempts to add a clause to new animal welfare legislation…
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The Schmooze Israeli Company Sued After Glass Is Found in Softdrink Bottle
Israeli business paper The Marker reports that a court has fined the drink manufacturer Tempo 13,000 ($3,500) shekels after a woman found glass in a bottle of Jump soft drink. The woman who found the glass gets 3,000 shekels ($850) in compensation. Aside from the soft penalty, the strange part of the story is that…
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The Schmooze Arabic Letters Flooding Into Knesset, Members Unhappy
It has to be one of the most common comments on the Middle East conflict. “If only everyone would resort to dialogue instead of turning to violence.” But when Knesset members start receiving emails from Arabs on the conflict, some seem to be unimpressed. Ynet reports that lawmakers have started to receive “large numbers” of…
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News Settlers Blame Left For Itamar Murders
Some tragedies lead to nations pulling together. But in Israel, the March 11 terrorist attack that left five Israelis, including three children, dead in their home in the West Bank settlement of Itamar has led to bitter sectarian arguments. In a controversy reminiscent of the aftermath of Yitzhak Rabin’s murder, when the Israeli left blamed…
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News Israeli Government Rejects Orthodox Converts’ Bids To Immigrate as Jews
When New Yorker Bruce Smith prays three times a day for a “return to Zion,” it’s a very personal plea. He is desperate to immigrate to Israel with his wife, Fanny, and their three children, but he can’t: Fanny is an Orthodox convert to Judaism. Ironically, the problem is that Fanny Smith converted through the…
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The Schmooze Rachel the Poetess To Appear on New Israeli Banknotes
Culture on your currency – the Bank of Israel has chosen poets over politicians. Rachel the Poetess, or Rachel Bluwstein as she was born, was one of those tragic artists who didn’t receive nearly enough recognition in her lifetime. Well now, she has been given the ultimate mark of prestige: her image is to appear…
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Culture Man of the People of the Book
Christianity in the English-speaking world changed forever 400 years ago. With the release of the authorized version of the King James Bible in English, Scripture became radically more approachable. As Christians recently began celebrating the anniversary of this text, in Jerusalem a quirky, secular-born Orthodox rabbi completed a translation project of similar magnitude for Jews…
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The Schmooze Aryeh Eldad Calls for Better Treatment of Palestinians in Jordan
It’s an unusual rallying cry for Aryeh Eldad, one of Israel’s most right-wing politicians. He’s calling for action on behalf of “disenfranchised Palestinians.” But Eldad, a lawmaker with the National Union party, isn’t advocating a change in Israel’s policies in the West Bank. Instead, he wants Jordan to improve its treatment of Palestinians, and is…
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