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Israel’s Housing Prices Spike
Why does real estate increase in price when Jews move into a neighborhood? Israel has ridden out the great recession better than almost any Western country. The Los Angeles Times reports: The surge is an unexpected side effect of the … Continue reading
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Tagged bank of israel, benchmark interest rate, financial meltdown, lebanon war, palestinian uprising, unexpected side effect
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The Fresh New Look Of Israeli Film
That’s the Jewish Journal’s cover story this week. So what does that mean? I hope it means that new Israeli films aren’t as interminably boring as their predecessors. Despite using the most generous standards, I’ve found nine out of ten … Continue reading
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Tagged cannes film festival, clint eastwood, documentarian, feature films, international critics, international debut, israeli film, israeli films, israeli soldier, Jewish Journal, lebanon war, palestinian refugee camps, personal experiences, ronit elkabetz, shlomi, steven soderbergh, threatening skies, ulman, ushpizin, war film
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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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