Yarden Skop (Haaretz)
By Yarden Skop (Haaretz)
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Fast Forward Israeli Textbooks Portray Jewish-First State
A soon-to-be-published report on revisions made to high school civics textbook shows that the new revised edition places a greater emphasis on presenting Israel as a nation-state for Jews than on presenting Israel as a democratic country. According to the report’s author, Dr. Halleli Pinson of the University of Haifa, the changes made to eight…
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Fast Forward Israeli Parents Object to Trip to ‘Apartheid’ Fun Park
Parents of teenagers from the Bnei Akiva youth movement are up in arms over the movement’s plan to hold an annual event at the Superland amusement park in Rishon Letzion, citing the park’s policy of segregation. “I don’t want my daughter to get the message from going to Superland that Bnei Akiva supports racist segregation,”…
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