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Life Love Israel? These 21 Colleges Are For You
It can be tough to be a Zionist on campus. Israel’s popularity is dropping among Millennials, and the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign appears to be growing in strength on campuses. At the same time, there have never been more options to engage with Israel at universities — from going on Birthright, to taking classes…
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Opinion Was It A ‘Mistake’ When Israel Banned Me, Bibi?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in damage control mode. Yesterday, noted author, political commentator and Forward columnist Peter Beinart wrote about his experience being detained at Ben Gurion Airport by Israeli secret service and questioned about his views in a widely shared article. Just hours later, Netanyahu himself released a statement in which he…
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Opinion Just What Is Israel Afraid Of — Why Detain Critics At The Airport?
Just what is the Israeli government afraid of? I asked myself this question on Sunday afternoon after receiving a text message and subsequent phone call from Peter Beinart, a senior columnist for the Forward, who had been detained at Ben Gurion International Airport on his way to attend his niece’s bat mitzvah in Israel. I…
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Letters I Was The First Woman Ordained In Israel. Of Course Israel Needs Liberal Judaism
In 1992, when I was the first woman ordained in the State of Israel, I was an oddity at best. This year, we ordained our 100th Israeli Reform rabbi, and they are serving communities and institutions all over Israel. Over 25 years later, my daughter, a native born Israeli, great granddaughter of the founders of…
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Life Forgetting A Child In A Car Can Have Deadly Consequences. A New Israeli Device Promises to Prevent It.
Every nine days a child in the United States dies from vehicular heat stroke. Most parents think it can’t happen to them, and yet statistics reveal that 55% of the time tragedy strikes, it is the child’s parent that unknowingly left them inside the vehicle, according to KidsandCars.org. Adam Tannenbaum, a technology strategist and father…
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Opinion Peter Beinart: I Was Detained At Ben Gurion Airport Because Of My Beliefs
Like many Jewish parents, I try to create memorable Jewish experiences for my kids. Last weekend I can say, with some confidence, that I succeeded. The weekend started on Rhodes, the Mediterranean island on which my maternal grandmother’s family spent more than four centuries following their 15th century expulsion from Spain. We travelled there for…
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Opinion How A ‘Misunderstanding’ Led To Death And Destruction In Gaza
There is only one reason why Gaza and Israel’s South were dragged into yet another devastating confrontation between the IDF and Hamas: toxic masculinity. We now know that another redundant escalation was sparked by a mistake. IDF soldiers were patrolling Gaza’s perimeter fence when they heard something and thought they were being shot at. So…
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Fast Forward Israel And Hamas Agree To Gaza Truce
Israel and Hamas, the Islamist group that rules the Gaza Strip, agreed on a truce on Thursday, two Palestinian officials said, an understanding that would end an escalation in fighting that has drawn mutual threats of war. There was no formal comment from Israel, but an Israeli official who spoke on condition of anonymity denied…
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