Nava Semel
By Nava Semel
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Opinion From a Tel Aviv Under the Iron Dome
Imagine every car on a main street suddenly screeching to a stop and all the passengers running out, with only a siren wailing in the background. When the first siren went off, we thought it was a test. It took us 10 seconds to realize that it was the real thing. We hurried to our…
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Opinion Life With a Knife to the Neck
Imagine every car on a main street suddenly screeching to a stop and all the passengers running out, with only a siren wailing in the background. When the first siren went off, we thought it was a test. It took us 10 seconds to realize that it was the real thing. We hurried to our…
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Culture Gabriel and Fanny — A Jewish-Israeli Tale of Love and Hate
Grandfather left Grandmother. In those days it was considered a scandal, a secret whispered behind closed doors, unsuited, God forbid, for children’s ears. Like death, divorce was never mentioned. In those days people didn’t get divorced and didn’t die. Grandfather left Grandmother, but he also left my father, a six-month old baby at the time,…
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