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The Schmooze Israel’s ‘Tent City’ Protesters Compared to Biblical Spies
After almost three weeks of non-stop media attention the protesters camped out in Tel Aviv’s “tent city” have been called many things, good and bad. But likening them to the Biblical spies is a new one. In this interview firebrand grandmother Daniella Weiss, leader of radical settlers, appears to present the protesters as the modern…
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Life Lack of Passion Killed Israel’s Civil Marriage Bill
Israeli Jews whose choice of partner or form of ceremony doesn’t meet traditional Jewish legal requirements will have to continue to book a flight to Cyprus or Vegas to make their marriage legally valid in their own country, since marriage and divorce are going to remain in the hands of Israel’s Orthodox rabbinate for the…
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Opinion Few Religious Jews Join Israeli Cost-of-Living Protests
As protesters against the high cost of living in Israel flood the country’s streets, one demographic is noticeably absent: the religious sector. While, to be sure, individual yarmulkes can be seen here and there — including on the evening of July 30, when up to 150,000 people demonstrated in multiple locations — the general disinterest…
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Life Will Israeli Court Decision on Surrogacy Bring Changes for Gay Couples?
I’m in Israel for a month reporting on a number of different stories, including a magazine piece about the growing number of Israeli gay couples who are having children with the help of gestational surrogates and egg donors in foreign countries. Although there is no law explicitly banning the use of surrogacy in Israel by…
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The Schmooze Israeli Entrepreneurs Flock To South Sudan
Israelis are known to be impatient, and when it comes to how fast they are moving to establish business relations with the new country of South Sudan, the stereotype is holding true. Israeli companies seeking contracts in industries such as agriculture, security, medicine and infrastructure are being welcomed by the leadership of the world’s newest…
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The Schmooze Israeli Gangster Gunned Down at Gas Station
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, the old saying goes. But it meant tragic consequences for an Israeli gangster. Crime boss Francois Abutbul, whose casino-owner father was murdered in 2002, was himself gunned down Sunday at a central Israeli gas station, Haaretz reports. Abutbul, known as “Francois the Great,” was released from prison…
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The Schmooze Giant Israeli Pumpkins Fertilized With Qassam Rockets?
One common interpretation of the symbolic significance of the egg on the Seder plate at Passover is that it represents the paradox of the Jews. Suffering at the hands of oppressors, from ancient Egyptians onward, made us stronger. Likewise, eggs are one of the few foods that get harder when boiled. There’s nothing new there…
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Israel News Massive Housing Protests Shake Israel Government
Faced with thousands of young Israelis taking to the streets, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has unveiled a new proposal to solve Israel’s housing crisis and, he hopes, stem a grassroots protest movement whose popularity has shaken his government. In a speech from his office July 26, Netanyahu announced that for the first time in Israeli…
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