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Opinion For Each Day of the Gaza War, These Jewish Women Are Fasting
At the protest tent, I am with three friends from my northern Galilean village. We are greeted warmly by the women already in the tent and about to end their fast. Each woman wears around her neck a sky-blue cloth sign that says ani bi’tsom (“I am fasting”). One by one the women ending their…
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Fast Forward Reuven Rivlin Tells Netanyahu to Play Nice With Obama
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to repair the damaged relations with U.S. President Barack Obama. “I think they are very similar in nature, and are able to upset each other,” Rivlin told the Israeli daily Yediot Acharonot in an interview, one of several he gave this week to the Israeli media….
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Opinion It’s Time To Fight Hate From the Day of Love
The evening of July 30 should have ushered in a joyous day on this year’s Jewish calendar. That Thursday night and Friday, July 31, was Tu B’Av — the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Av, and the Jewish festival of love. It’s traditionally a holiday dedicated to putting aside our habitual mourning over…
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Fast Forward State Department: U.S. Ready to Discuss Additional Security for Israel
Wendy Sherman, the U.S. State Department’s principal negotiator on the Iran nuclear deal, said on Wednesday the U.S. government was ready to discuss additional security assistance to Israel in the wake of the agreement. Sherman testified to a U.S. Senate hearing on the deal that the President Barack Obama’s administration was prepared to discuss “further…
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Fast Forward Second Temple-Era Mikveh Covered in Ancient Script Discovered in Jerusalem
An ancient mikvah covered in paintings and inscriptions was discovered in Jerusalem at the construction site of a nursery school. The school was being built in the upscale Arnona neighborhood of southern Jerusalem when the ritual bath dating to the Second Temple period was discovered two months ago during a routine archaeological inspection, the Israel…
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Opinion The Best Thing About Growing Up Indian and Jewish
In my country — India — God is everywhere. At school, at work, even in a taxi ride, the average Indian encounters God in a million daily interactions. Instead of steering away from religion, we steer toward it without hesitation. And “religion” here doesn’t always look the way you might expect it to. In Mumbai’s…
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Opinion Subversive Death Notices Mourn Israeli and Palestinian Alike
Since the Jerusalem Gay Pride parade stabbing that killed teenager Shira Banki, and the arson in the Palestinian village of Duma that killed toddler Ali Saad Dawabshe, grief and outrage have permeated Israeli society. Now, those emotions have given way to stark images that are trending on social media. Death notices, in the style of…
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Fast Forward Frenchman Beaten After Waving Israeli Flag on Temple Mount Could Be Charged
A French Christian tourist was assaulted by Palestinian worshipers after waving an Israeli flag on the Temple Mount. Police detained four Palestinians from eastern Jerusalem in the attack on Tuesday, the French news agency AFP reported. The tourist, reported to be in his mid-30s, sustained an injury to his head. He also was detained by…
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