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Category Archives: Israel
‘Praying In Her Own Voice’
It’s a testament to my growing spiritual sensitivity that I’m able to enjoy a movie about such ugly women. People will either love or hate the protagonists of this documentary from Yael Katzir. The hour-long production makes no pretense about … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Orthodoxy
Tagged lisa edwards, naomi levy, oy vey, prayer shawls, rabbi laura geller, rabbi levy
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Israeli Cinema Is Painful
Nine out of ten times I rent an Israeli film, I regret it. They’re horribly boring. I just checked out "Sallah." It’s billed as "Israel’s all-time classic" and it is supposedly the highest grossing movie in the history of Israeli … Continue reading
Posted in Israel
Tagged atomic bombs, israeli cinema, israeli film, nine out of ten times, sallah
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Shame Over Sexual Abuse In Israel
Time magazine reports: Among Israel’s ultra-orthodox Jews, the Haredim, social workers are often called "child-snatchers" and the police "Cossacks," harking back to the 19th century pogroms against Jews in Russia. These cloistered communities, in which women are expected to raise … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Israel
Tagged incest rape, jews in russia, Naomi Ragen, national police force, time magazine reports, ultra orthodox jews
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Taking The Israel Lobby To Israel
From the New Republic: No one will bitch, probably no one will even picket. And, of course, no one will take responsibility for the sheer nonsense of the argument. I wonder whether Walt and Mearsheimer, now that they will be … Continue reading
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Tagged apologies, arie, damascus, hebrew university of jerusalem, international relations, israel lobby, israeli lobby, john mearsheimer, loose coalition, New Republic, political science, prof john, profs, sheer nonsense, special interest group, special relationship, stephen walt, subject visit, walt and mearsheimer, writing in english
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Two Assaults On Religious Zionism
Caroline Glick writes: Israel’s 2005 withdrawal from Gaza was presented to the world as a strategic bid to enhance prospects for peace between the Palestinians and Israel. Proponents of the move argued that removing all Israeli civilians and military … Continue reading
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Tagged ariel sharon, caroline glick, disengagement, fatah, grievances, haaretz, hamas and fatah, israeli civilians, israeli policy, judea and samaria, mortar shells, nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp, pretext, prime minister ariel sharon, progeny, religious zionism, rsquo, subtext, withdrawal from gaza, zionists
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