Nathan Jeffay
By Nathan Jeffay
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News Bereft and Healing, a Father Returns Home to Gaza
“The blood of my daughters was a price that saved others’ lives,” said Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish. One year later, the Gaza physician is trying to make sense of the deaths of his children, killed by Israeli missiles during Israel’s military campaign. The circumstances that brought on those missiles remain in dispute. But now, Abuelaish, whose…
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Life Haifa’s New Legacy — Teenage Drinking
Haifa has many legacies. It was the seat of the British Mandate before the State of Israel was established. In the early decades of statehood it was the “red” city, so-called because of its left-wing politics. Latterly it has been known for its laid-back attitude toward religion, with more shops and services operating on Shabbat…
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Life Poll: A Minaret Ban Would Make Little Headway with Israelis
Israelis are more tolerant than the Swiss about mosque minarets. At the end of November Switzerland voted in a referendum to ban mosque minarets. Here in Israel, a large part of the Jewish public feels antagonism towards the Arab minority, as indicated by various attempts in the last year to pass legislation aimed at it…
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News P.A. Effort Targets Products Made in the Settlements
The Palestinian Authority has begun a campaign to stop, by year’s end, the Palestinians’ widespread practice of buying wine, chocolates, fruits and other items produced in the Jewish settlements. From a political standpoint, Palestinians have condemned Israeli settlements in the West Bank throughout their four decades of existence. But from an economic viewpoint, there has…
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News Yelling Match Live on Israeli Television
Israeli television certainly has its moments. On Thursday night, as much of the Western world relaxed and got ready to toast the New Year and many TV channels ran fluffy items, things got heated on a popular Israeli talk show.Jamal Zahalka, a lawmaker from the Arab party Balad was in the Tel Aviv studio of…
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Life OneVoice Stakes Its Claim as Peace Movement of Israeli Mainstream
OneVoice, the grassroots movement that “aims to amplify the voice of Israeli and Palestinian moderates,” has run many an interesting event since its establishment in 2002. Last week it ran one of the most innovative to date — a discussion, held in the West Bank settlement of Ariel, with students on prospects for a two-state…
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News For American Teens, Lessons in Hebrew Immersion and Settler Ideology
For participants in the Yeshiva University schools’ newest exchange program, the last month has been one of slumber parties, shopping trips, Hebrew-language immersion and settler ideology. In early December the Queens, N.Y.-based Samuel H. Wang Yeshiva University High School for Girls became the first American girls’ school on record to immerse its students in West…
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Life Why Fewer Christians Are Being Born in Israel
Christians have the lowest birth rate of all religious groups in Israel, official statistics reveal. Christian women have on average two children, which is far lower than the statistic for Jewish women who have 2.9 and Muslim women who have 3.8. These statistics come from a new report by the Central Bureau of Statistics, an…
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