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The Year That Was

The Talmud says that on Rosh Hashanah God judges the deeds of all creatures over the prior year. We figured, we’d get a jump on the job, giving God a hand, and figure out what we did right and what we did wrong over the past year

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Wigging Out

We watched a movie about an ultra-Orthodox woman ambivalating over whether to stop wearing a wig, as women of her station are expected to wear

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73 Days In

The Knesset goes into a “summer recess” after the most tumultuous session anyone can remember. How’s the new government doing, 73 days in?

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What We Learned While Skipping School

Kids are finally returning to desks-and-whiteboards after missing almost all of last year. What did we learn from the pandemic about how to make schools better?

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By the Grace of Heaven

A movie about ultra-Orthodox Bnei Brak during the pandemic upends everything we thought we knew. But is it the whole picture?

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Under Another Sun

What does an award-winning documentary about growing up on a kibbutz tell us about what it means to be an Israeli?

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Gold

What do the Olympics tell folks here about what it means to be an Israeli?

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If It Please the Court

Is it time for Israeli courts to stop allowing improperly gotten evidence? A newly proposed law would outlaw “the fruit of the poisonous tree.”

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