Politics & Society

Jailing for the “Hate Wedding”?

This week, prosecutors filed indictments against 13 of the infamous “hate wedding” participants, charging violence, supporting a terror group, racist incitement, and weapons offenses.

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Simcha in the Tel Aviv streets

Join Ari Plachta and over 2,000 Israelis partying in the heart of Tel Aviv – for the love of Torah!

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“Don’t screw up, America”

Here in Israel, the 2016 presidential election’s political landscape is as rocky and polarized as in the United States.

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Carlo Ginzburg on the past, present and future of history

Pioneering historian Professor Carlo Ginzburg discusses the role of historians in the digital age and how to walk the fine line between historical narrative and fiction.

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The greatest of a generation: Rabbi Soloveitchik revisited

English literature professor William Kolbrener discusses his new book “The Last Rabbi: Joseph Soloveitchik and the Talmudic Tradition.”

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Saving us from ourselves?

The head of Israeli human rights group B’Tselem goes to New York to implore the UN Security Council to pressure Israel to end the occupation.

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Is Conflict Management Sustainable? Lessons for Israel-Palestine from Cyprus

A discussion on the merits of comparison between conflicts in Cyprus and Israel/Palestine as well as parallels between the two neighboring disputes.

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The Museum of Jewish Awesomeness

$30 million dollars have already been raised to build a museum in Tel Aviv dedicated to the Einsteins, the Spielbergs and the Streisands.

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