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The Schmooze Young Israelis Camp Out for Housing Reform
Israelis traditionally fill their city squares during warm summer nights. This week, young Israelis in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and other cities are doing just that — but they’re not going home at the end of the night. Israel’s “cottage cheese revolution,” having spurred a number of economic protests, has now led to a young people’s…
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The Schmooze El Al Cracks Down on Israelis With Punctuality Problems
Last week, I went to meet a certain Israeli politician. Her assistant telephoned a few minutes before the scheduled meet time. “Are you on your way?” she asked. “Yes, as scheduled,” I replied, matter-of-factly. She continued her interrogation: “Er, are you going to be on time?” Why wouldn’t I? Were the roads blocked by her…
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The Schmooze All-Night Cultural Events Across Israel — Not Just in Tel Aviv
The gap between the center and the “periphery” — a term that is increasingly used to refer to pretty much everywhere in Israel except Tel Aviv and its surroundings — is growing, at least economically. But happily, the cultural divide may be starting to narrow. Two weeks ago, Tel Aviv didn’t sleep — it held…
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Life Breast-Feeding Isn’t Always Best
When I was a new mother bottle-feeding my oldest son more than 16 years ago, I had to endure the rude stares of other mothers at the pediatrician’s office waiting room. If I — someone who opted against breast-feeding for a number of personal preference and health reasons — thought that experience on the Upper…
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The Schmooze Israeli Rabbi Wants To Bring Polygamy Back
One thousand years ago, German Jewish sage Rabbeinu Gershom forbade polygamy in the Jewish community. Now, a rabbi in Israel wants to reinstate the practice. Rabbi Yehezkel Sopher, who heads the organization Complete Jewish Family, placed an advertisement in a popular pamphlet handed out at synagogue calling for the return of plural marriage, according to…
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The Schmooze Glenn Beck Pledges Support in Address to Israeli Parliament
He and Fox News have gone their separate ways, but Glenn Beck still has fans in Israel’s parliament. The former TV host addressed the Knesset’s Committee on Immigration and Diaspora Affairs today, telling legislators that American media coverage of the Middle East is biased, and that the Arab-Israeli standoff boils down to an existential clash…
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The Schmooze Domestic or Imported? Israeli Supermarkets Locked in Diaper Duel
At first it was about what went in one end, and now it’s about what comes out the other. Israel’s cottage cheese revolution has turned into a diaper war. With Israeli consumers up in arms over the high price of food and basic necessities, the country’s Finance and Industry and Trade and Labor ministries are…
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Opinion Why You Should Care About the Anti-Boycott Law (UPDATED)
Even if you don’t agree with the aims of the Boycott, Divest, and Sanction movement, there is great reason to be concerned about what is transpiring in the Israeli parliament at this moment (for Hebrew speakers, live proceedings can be seen here). Debate is underway over a bill that would impose harsh punishment and financial…
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