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Opinion When Christians Fight Over Israel
Choir members at the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Florida / Getty Images When Christians fight, Jews are collateral damage. The prize is Israel, or at least how Americans perceive Israel. That’s one lesson to take away from the Presbyterian Church-USA’s (PC-USA) decision on June 20 to divest from three companies that profit from Israel’s…
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Opinion Why Does U.N. Love Israeli Caves? ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’!
Jesus Christ Superstar filmed in Israel’s Beit Guvrin Bell Caves / Youtube What makes a place so special that it might be considered the inheritance of all humanity — a World Heritage site, as it were? If you were to consult UNESCO’s list of World Heritage criteria, you would see that the international body that…
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Fast Forward Mike Huckabee Visits SodaStream Factory and Meets With Kidnapped Teens’ Parents
Former U.S. presidential candidate Mike Huckabee called on President Obama to halt dialogue with Hamas, which is believed to be responsible for the abduction of three Israeli teens. Huckabee, the ex-Republican governor of Arkansas, arrived in Israel on Sunday for a weeklong visit to focus attention on the kidnappings. He has visited Israel more than…
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Food Israel’s 12 Sweetest Treats — And Where To Find Them
Photo by David Silverman (Haaretz)— Israel has made great strides in the numbers of patisseries and boulangeries that have opened here, and many of the top pastry chefs have honed their craft abroad, but is there such a thing as a real Israeli dessert? We asked chefs from 12 leading restaurants to describe their most…
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Fast Forward Sephardic Leader Says No to Women in College
The new spiritual leader of the Sephardic Orthodox Shas movement said women should not pursue academic studies. Rabbi Shalom Cohen said in an official letter published Monday on the haredi Orthodox website Kikar HaShabbat that women’s participation in academic pursuits, including in haredi colleges, is a violation of Jewish law. It was Cohen’s first official…
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Opinion Why Presbyterian Divestment Feels Like Anti-Semitism
In a hotel ballroom in Jerusalem jammed with journalists from all over the Jewish world, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a rambling speech that covered everything from Iran’s nuclear ambitions to an Israeli cow that he claims produces more milk than any other cow in the world. Really. But I want to focus on his…
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Opinion Holiday for Jewish Refugees? Not Without Nakba Day.
Moroccan Jews living in the Jewish ghetto in Marrakesh circa 1955 / Getty Images I wish I could cheer the latest bill approved by Israel’s Knesset. I should, theoretically, be happy about it — the new law is designed to address the issues of people like me. And yet, when I read about it, I…
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Fast Forward Israel Downgrading Military Operation to Recover Kidnapped Teens
Israel’s Cabinet agreed to reduce the presence of the country’s military in the West Bank and limit its incursions into Palestinian areas 12 days after the kidnapping of three Israeli teens. The operation to locate and return the teens, called Operation Brother’s Keeper, now will focus more on intelligence gathering, Haaretz reported. “A large part…
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