Invisible wounds
A viral video of a former IDF soldier testifying before the Knesset about his debilitating PTSD has shed light on the issue of trauma in Israeli society.
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Weimar in Jerusalem: Is Israel on a slippery slope to fascism?
Can we draw lessons from the fragile and divided German democracy of the early 1930s for today’s Israel?
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World of Champions: Meet the singing sportsman
How do you go from being Novak Djokovic’s personal physio to releasing an album of your own songs?
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Cyriac of Ancona, Europe’s first archaeologist
The life of Cyriac (Ciriaco) of Ancona, a 15th century traveler credited with bringing the long-lost marvels of the Classical world to Renaissance Italy.
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“We’re here!, Vey iz mir!, Get used to it!”
How are we to regard the protester at the Chicago LGBTQ conference who opposed letting pro-Israel voices be heard?
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The hexed, vexed & perplexed textbook
The hubbub over a new edition of an Israeli civics textbook threatens to develop into a furor.
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No laughing matter: What studying humor can teach us about life
A conversation with the founding chair of the Israeli Society for the Study of Humor, ahead of its annual conference.
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Best Western?
We discuss the historic decision by the Israeli cabinet that designates part of the Western Wall as pluralist and egalitarian.
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Anti-social networks
An applied anthropologist has asserted that Israeli kids’ excessive use of screens and social networks is turning them into sociopaths and solipsists.
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