Molly Foster
Israel declared Independence on 5 Iyar, but it took effect on 6 Iyar. Which was May 15—but May 14 in the United States. Except on Mondays…
The Jewish past and future demand both a homeland and a diaspora, and it is our ongoing responsibility to find a balance between them.
In honor of Israel’s 75th birthday I created a menu that serves as a culinary representation of the newborn State of Israel in 1948, with dishes demonstrating the nascent nation’s human diversity
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Officer? This guy just cut me off.
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That Israel’s existence is miraculous is clear—as every respondent made sure to let us know—but the rest, like everything in Judaism, is up for debate.
“Politicians speak of disengagement, like ‘Israel’s disengaged from Gaza.’ Well, environmentally, that’s bullshit,” says Bromberg. “It’s impossible to disengage from a shared environment.”
Dan Freedman
Some say efforts to educate children of all backgrounds about the most evil result of antisemitism may actually be fueling.
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Dorit Rabinyan is a two-time awardee of the Prime Minister’s Prize for Hebrew Literary Works. She was born in Israel to a family that emigrated from Iran. All the Rivers is the story of a romance between an Israeli woman and a Palestinian man, based on the author’s own experiences.
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Yonatan Berg
The fig tree’s fruit falls to the ground, Its purpled flesh still burning.
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Because different people use it in so many different ways, we end up talking past each other, especially in conversations between those who say they support Zionism and those who say they oppose it.
Jacob Forman
Israel was not considered as a name for the new Jewish state until late in the deliberations.
