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Opinion Kaffiyehs are cool again: Meet the Coachella star, Elyanna, shaking our views of Palestinian culture
What happens when a pop star from Nazareth becomes the face of her people?
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News Two late iconic Israeli singers have been resurrected via AI for a duet. Not everyone is happy about it.
The song features Ofra Haza, known as Israel’s Madonna, and Zohar Agrov, a popular Mizrahi singer who was also a convicted rapist
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News Conference meant to celebrate Israel’s 75th may be overwhelmed by protests
The Jewish Federations of North America's annual conference in Israel comes as many top Jewish leaders and philanthropists have been unusually critical of the Israeli government
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Fast Forward 1 in 4 Americans have not heard of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
More Americans, including younger Republicans, have a negative view of Netanyahu, according to new Pew survey
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Theater Topol was a spy. This demands a ‘Fiddler’ song parody.
With news that the beloved Israeli icon worked for Mossad, we wrote a musical response
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Fast Forward Retired Supreme Court Justice Breyer hopeful about compromise on Israel’s judicial overhaul
‘Beware of changes that are too fast, beware of changing too quickly,’ Breyer cautioned the Israeli government
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News ‘It’s our home too’: Jews of color delegation readies for first national federation trip to Israel
The New York Jewish federation has sponsored such a trip but this is the first for the Jewish federations nationally
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Opinion The Israeli Dee family lost three members during Passover. Why won’t they sit shiva until after the holiday?
In Jewish law, mourning and festivals do not mix
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