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Opinion Israel’s Silent March to War With Iran
The atmosphere in Israel is pretty surreal these days. The whole world seems to be asking whether we’re going to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities this year — the whole world except this Israeli part of it. There is zero tension in the air, and awfully little interest in the subject as far as I can…
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News Toddler’s Tragic Struggle; Jews Going GOP; Bibi’s Win
In this week’s podcast, host Josh Nathan-Kazis talks with Washington correspondent Nathan Guttman about Benjamin Netanyahu’s win in the Likud party primary. Then, editor Jane Eisner stops by to discuss a recent Pew poll that suggests Jew are moving closer to the Republican party. Finally, Josh talks with Forward Director of Digital Media, Gabi Birkner,…
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Fast Forward Herod Tomb Rebuilding Plan Condemned
An unusual plan to rebuild the tomb of Herod the Great at the Herodium site, southeast of Jerusalem, has spurred opposition on the part of top archeologists. The plan, which is being promoted by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority and the Gush Etzion Regional Council, includes building a lavish mausoleum in its original size…
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Opinion Echoes of U.S. Racism in Israel
An easy case followed by a harder case: At the beginning January, Israel’s Channel 2 reported that it had encountered in the town of Kiryat Malachi what used to be called here in the United States a “restrictive covenant.” Such a covenant is a legal device that enables the seller (or renter) of real estate…
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Culture Student Journals Build Bridges
The enemy, Sami Adwan believes, “is the person whose story you haven’t heard.” So, together with his American colleague, Robert Vogel, he has embarked on a mission to make sure Israeli and Palestinian school children hear each other’s stories. Adwan, a professor of education from Bethlehem University, and Vogel, from Philadelphia’s La Salle University, are…
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News Egypt’s Brotherhood; Newt and Saul
In this week’s podcast, host Josh Nathan-Kazis is joined by political science professor Nathan Brown, who recently wrote for the Forward about the Muslim Brotherhood, which has emerged as the dominant political force in Egypt after its first democratic elections. Then, opinion editor Gal Beckerman explains his [recent blog post][1] about Newt Gingrich’s repeated references…
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Opinion The Times Enters the Shtetlsphere
It is not uncommon for us here in the small world of Jewish journalism (or, as Marc Tracy over at Tablet so aptly dubbed it, the “shtetlsphere”) to marvel when The New York Times runs a story that would seem even too narrowly Jewish (or Israeli) for us. It happens, strangely, all the time. We…
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Culture Seeing Both Sides of the Holy Land
A group drives up to the Mount of Olives and takes in the vista below: the Old City of Jerusalem; the Dome of the Rock in the near distance; the modern city a bit farther off. An Israeli tour guide begins to explain the importance of this spot to the Jewish people. “King David,” he…
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