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Israeli novelist Yishai Sarid has made the shortlist for the prestigious Impac Dublin Literary Award. Sarid, an attorney in his mid-40s and the son of former government minister Yossi Sarid, was chosen as one of the final 10 contenders for the 100,000 euro prize on the merit of his 2009 book “Limassol.” A gripping read,…
When Guy Rilov lights his Hanukkah menorah, he will literally be carrying a torch for tradition. The trees from which he harvests olives for their oil are more than a millennium old and, he believes, powered the menorahs of generations past. “There isn’t another crop in Israel where the same trees are being harvested today…
After almost three weeks of non-stop media attention the protesters camped out in Tel Aviv’s “tent city” have been called many things, good and bad. But likening them to the Biblical spies is a new one. In this interview firebrand grandmother Daniella Weiss, leader of radical settlers, appears to present the protesters as the modern…
The Israeli left is none too happy about the fact that broadcaster Glenn Beck is planning a huge rally for Jerusalem in August. But it seems that it’s not only the left that has become concerned about the marriage of convenience between the controversial American conservative and Israelis — it’s also some on the Israeli…
