What have the Romans ever done for us?
Professor at the Jewish Theological Center in New York Rabbi Burton Visotzky discusses the imprints of Greco-Roman culture on the evolution of Judaism.
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Repealing Godwin’s Law: How Do We Know When That “Again” We Never Want to See Has Arrived?
The chorus of voices protesting possible appointments of bigots, racists, and antisemites, most notably Steve Bannon, violate Godwin’s Law daily.
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Turkey day, every day
Much of North America’s turkey eating habits revolve around holidays like Thanksgiving. But believe it or not, Israel eats more turkey year-round than any other country.
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Women on a mission: Tackling gender inequality in Israel
Professor Naomi Chazan of the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute’s Center for the Advancement of Women in the Public Sphere (WIPS) discusses Israel’s most comprehensive database of gender inequality in the country.
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Gimme that ol’ time consumption!
A recent article in Israeli newspaper Yedioth Aharonoth described the unique mores of advertising to the very pious.
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Citizens Disunited: Reflections on the Rejection of Election Collections
The Israeli Knesset passed a new law regulating and limiting the roles of PAC-style NGOs in Israeli elections.
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Kids from hell: Early Holocaust testimonies of Child Survivors
Dr. Boaz Cohen of Western Galilee College analyzes the treatment of child Holocaust survivors and how it could inform refugee relief agencies working today.
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The Odeum and the Odium: Israel’s National Theater Live in the Settlements!
The National Theater Company Ha-Bima performed a play in Kiryat Arba, the settlement capital in Hebron’s outskirts, for the first time this week.
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Seen and Not Heard: The Quiet Life of Israel’s Caregivers
An in-depth look at the life of migrant caregivers in Israel. How do they cope working 24/7 and being so far from their families back home?
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Rabbinic Baskets of Deplorables & Baskets of Rabbinic Deplorables
The Chief Sephardi Rabbi of Jerusalem R. Shlomo Amar lashed out this week in an interview against LGBTQ folks and Reform Jews, calling homosexuality a cult of abomination.
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