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Category Archives: Israel
A Basketball Team As A Microcosm Of Israel
Steve Walz writes: There was Julius "Dr. J" Erving, the former ABA and NBA star sitting courtside Thursday evening flaunting his yellow Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball cap, as the elite team of Israel’s professional league met Hapoel Holon in the … Continue reading
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Tagged basketball team, big boys, college stars, commissioner stern, elite team, hapoel jerusalem, holon, israeli society, local league, maccabi tel aviv, maccabi tel aviv basketball, microcosm, minor leagues, nba commissioner, nba star, ncaa college, professional league, rabid fans, roundball, steve walz
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Israeli Anger Over American Interference
Israelis seem to get very angry at the influence of American Jews in Israeli politics. I have a few thoughts on this, none of which reflect well on Israelis. One. You don’t get mad at something that is insignificant. If … Continue reading
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Tagged american jews, anger, flaming sword, foreigners, interference, israeli politics, israeli security, israelis, jewish influence, jewish state, likud, mom and dad, money funds, political parties, security questions, significant influence, six months, stake, two ways, world jewry
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Israel At 60
Yossi Klein Halevi reflects: To be an Israeli at the time of the state’s 60th anniversary means to be resigned to living with insoluble emotional and political paradoxes. It means living with a growing fear of mortality, even as we … Continue reading
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Tagged 60th anniversary, certainties, consumerist society, corrupt politician, deputy prime minister, embezzlement, enclaves, finance minister, first intifada, foreign embassies, light unto the nations, middle age, muslim state, oil fields, olam, suicide bombers, tangible assets, world doesn, yossi klein halevi, zionist movement
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Cruelty In The Name Of God
From Haaretz: The decision by three rabbinic judges at the Supreme Rabbinic Court in Jerusalem, headed by Rabbi Avraham Sherman, to annul conversions conducted since 1999 by Rabbi Haim Druckman and the conversion court system comes as no surprise. The … Continue reading
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Tagged circumstances, conjunction, Conversion, conversions, converts, divorce proceedings, excuse, haaretz, harassment, Jerusalem, Judaism, Marriage, name of god, prime minister, rabbi avraham, regional court, revocation, strictures, surprise
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After His Death, He Was Promoted To The Rank Of Jew
From Haaretz: Yesmao Yela’o was preparing to visit his mother in Ethiopia, whom he had not seen in five years, but the Second Lebanon War started and he was called up. "He told me that if he comes back from … Continue reading
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Tagged absorption center, ayelet hashahar, chief rabbinate, childhood friend, christian mother, combat training, ethiopian immigrants, golani brigade, haaretz, hezbollah fighters, jewish agency, kibbutz, lebanon war, postal authority, pre dawn, rabbi menachem, squad commander, western sector, yaron, yela
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