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Opinion PHOTOS: How To Turn a Gaza War Into Art
As donors pledge billions to rebuild Gaza in the wake of Hamas’s war with Israel, one Gazan is engaged in another type of construction: turning remnants of the war into works of art. Hossam al-Dabbus, a 33-year-old who works in Gaza’s honey industry, has collected shells, rockets and missiles from the war that killed around…
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Fast Forward 2 Israeli Trekkers Killed in Nepal Blizzard
A blizzard and avalanche in Nepal have killed more than a dozen trekkers, including at least two Israelis. Extreme weather conditions spurred by the remains of Cyclone Hudhud struck the mountainous country on Tuesday, killing 17 hikers, including the Israelis, according to a report by the French news agency AFP. Other reports have varied, with…
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Israel News Open Hillel Meets With Exuberance and Defiance
(JTA) — Harvard senior Rachel Sandalow-Ash scanned the exuberant crowd that packed a campus auditorium on Saturday night. “Wow,” she said, speaking to an audience of some 350 composed primarily of American college students. “This is amazing. This is really cool.” Sandalow-Ash, 21, went on to discuss the importance of nurturing a pluralistic and intellectually…
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News Tales of a Jewish ‘Nun’
My high-school nickname was “The Jewish Nun,” and it has taken me almost 20 years to see the appropriateness of it. The “nun” part was an accurate description of my high school theatrical career, which was oddly confined to religious roles, including a novice in a one-act play about a convent sheltering Jews during the…
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Opinion Why Britain’s ‘Palestine’ Vote Should Scare Israel
Demonstrators call on the British parliament to recognize ‘Palestine’ The British Parliament’s decision to back a motion to “recognize the state of Palestine,” by a margin of 274 to 12 votes, means nothing — and everything. Nothing, because the passage of this motion was a purely symbolic matter, close to but not really a true indication…
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Fast Forward Israel Blasts British Over 274-12 Vote for ‘Palestine’
Israel’s embassy in London condemned British parliament’s one-sided vote for recognizing Palestinian statehood as undermining peace efforts. The embassy’s staff posted the statement to on the embassy’s Facebook page on Monday night, after a majority of 274 lawmakers passed a motion which called on the government to “recognize the state of Palestine alongside the state…
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Opinion Confronting Campus Scourge of Anti-Israel Venom
In early October, a number of prominent Jewish studies professors signed a letter stating their opposition to the AMCHA Initiative, a group with the mission of monitoring anti-Semitism at institutions of higher education in America. A study just released by AMCHA indicates, among other findings, that the Center for Near Eastern Studies at the University…
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Fast Forward British Parliament Overwhelmingly Votes To Recognize ‘Palestine’
British lawmakers voted overwhelmingly on Monday to recognize Palestine as a state, a move that will not alter government policy, but carries symbolic value as Palestinians pursue international recognition. Britain does not classify Palestine as a state, but says it could do so at any time if it believed it would help promote peace between…
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