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Israel News Knesset Set To Define ‘Jewish State’
A proposal likely to pass the Knesset would for the first time clarify what it means that Israel is a Jewish state, sparking controversy over its potential to clash with principles of equality and civil liberties. The bill, submitted to the Knesset on August 3, will become Israel’s 12th “Basic Law” if passed, giving it…
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The Schmooze Christian Palestinians Moving Back to Holy Land
There’s no place like home when it comes to the Holy Land. These are the sentiments of millions of Jews, but also of the many Christian Palestinians now choosing to return there after having lived abroad. American-Israeli freelance journalist Michele Chabin reports in the National Catholic Register that recent statistics show that for the first…
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Life Israeli Female Athletes Face Discrimination
Nurit Engelmeyer is a champion bicyclist. Only 15 years old, she has already taken home a slew of medals and won this year’s National Road Bicycling championship and the Time Trial National championship, though with her shy modesty and gentle demeanor, she is the last person to let anyone know. She trains six days a…
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Opinion David Grossman on the Tent Protests: ‘Window to a Different Future’
Israeli novelist David Grossman participated last week in the large demonstration in Tel Aviv that was a high point in the ongoing economic protests, and wrote a powerful, poignant and much-discussed account of the emotions it generated. It appeared August 5 on the front page of the Yediot Ahronot Friday supplement (here is the Hebrew…
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The Schmooze Israel’s Tourism Ministry Courts Martha Stewart
They’ve arranged visits by Chilean miners and “House” stars, and now the busy bees at Israel’s tourism ministry have their eyes on Martha Stewart and Oprah. As part of a new push to bring celebrity visitors to Israel, the ministry has created a special “hospitality unit” to woo famous foreigners, Yediot Aharonot reported recently. The…
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The Schmooze Female IDF Soldiers Suffer More Stress Fractures
A study of women soldiers in Israel has found that for the IDF to attract more women to combat roles, it is going to have to make changes to more than just the design of military gear. The IDF thought that it had eliminated the problem of women soldiers getting stress fractures by designing a…
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Opinion Protest Movement Offers Hope for Israel’s Future
“The People demand social justice.” That’s the slogan, the chant of more than 300,000 people in dozens of sites across Israel. And just maybe, the State of Israel is now entering the third chapter of its history as independent. During the first chapter, which extends from Israel’s founding in 1948, to 1977, 29 years of…
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The Schmooze Israeli Court Allows Egg Extraction From Dead Teen
For the first time in Israel, a court has ruled that the eggs of a deceased woman may be extracted and saved. The decision by the Kfar Sava Family Court this past Sunday was in relation to the case of the late Chen Aida Ayish, a 17-year-old from the Sharon region, who died of severe…
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