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Community Want To Make ‘Doing Jewish’ Affordable? Focus On Our Schools
I’m spending a year in Israel, a country in which you can have a low-income job and still afford to live in a Jewish community. As my husband and I are looking for housing in America close to Jewish day schools for our children and a synagogue for our communal life, we’re finding that we…
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Opinion Playing Politics With Birthright? That’s Like Stealing A Free Trip To Israel.
Are Jewish 20-somethings entitled to a free trip to Israel? For decades, the donors behind Birthright Israel have gifted thousands of young Jews from around the world with 10-day immersive experiences in the Holy Land. The heritage and culture trips sometimes center around a particular theme, like Israeli food, Russian culture, or Israel’s LGBTQ commuity….
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Opinion Walking Out On Birthright Was The Right Thing To Do
Last week, five participants of Birthright walked out on the program and straight onto a tour of the segregated city of Hebron with IDF veterans from Breaking the Silence, where they saw what Birthright desperately tried to hide. They saw the checkpoints, the streets Palestinians aren’t allowed to walk on and the caged windows that…
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Fast Forward Who’s Thrilled With The Helsinki Summit, Besides Russia? Israel.
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin both said they will work to ensure Israel’s security, the New York Post reported. During the summit in Helsinki on Monday, Putin called for “full compliance” with the 1974 Israel-Syria Separation of Forces Agreement, which secures the Golan Heights border. “This will bring peace to the Golan…
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Opinion Israel’s ‘Nation State’ Bill Isn’t Just Racist. It’s A Slap In The Face To Diaspora Jews.
A bill passing through Israel’s Knesset taking aim at the country’s Arab minority just became law. The bill’s full name is “Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People” though it’s more commonly referred to as the “Nation-State bill.” And it sets out to consolidate the Jewishness of the country at the expense…
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Community Israel’s Nation-State Bill Would Undermine Jewish Democracy
I first heard of the Nation-State Bill about eight years ago, when I was a Member of the Knesset. I was stopped in the hallway by a fellow M.K. from my party who asked me to support a bill affirming that Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish people. My initial reaction was that this…
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Community Israel Is Repeating The Mistakes That Led To The Temple’s Destruction
What message of Tisha B’Av is relevant for life in a sovereign state like Israel? Does the American recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel make the day of mourning for “the city that is in mourning, laid waste, despised and desolate” an anachronism? Generations of rabbis and scholars have endeavored to understand the…
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Fast Forward Bill Defining Israel As Nation Of Jewish People Likely To Become Law
An Israeli parliamentary committee deliberated Monday on the final draft of legislation that would define Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people, AP reported. The government says the bill will formally place into law the country’s existing status. Critics say it excludes the country’s Arab minority, which makes up about 20 percent of Israel’s…
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