Guest post by Emanuel Miller I swear I’ve never seen anything like it. And I hope I never will again, either. Sarah Techiya Litman and Ariel Beigel got married tonight in Jerusalem, just 13...
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Non-Violent Communication in Israel
Guest post by Ayo Oppenheimer-Abitbol “What a bombshell!” “You da bomb!” – A lot of slang in the English language is derived from military and, at times, violent origins...
Pride and Blood
An introspective look at the life and death of Shira Banki from family, friends and mourners of Zion at her funeral. A conflicted moral society broke out into chaos last week over the controversial...
Israeli? You are a Nazi!
Guest Post by Bracha Arnold Traveling as a Canadian Israeli is interesting. You can always get away with just saying you’re Canadian and not getting into any politics, or you can try to invite...
Rabbis Help Rebuild Tabgah Church
Last week, fire gutted part of the Church of Loaves and Fishes on the shores of the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel in what investigators suspect is an arson attack by Jewish extremists. The...
Israel: What if there’s no coalition by tomorrow’s deadline?
Guest Post by Arieh Kovler The state of play Yesterday, Yisrael Beiteinu rejected the offer of joining the next Israeli Government. Likud immediately signed a coalition agreement with Shas, leaving...
Tel Aviv -> Berlin (One way)
If you were to take a sunny afternoon walk around the hip district of Kreuzberg in Berlin these days you are very likely to hear the strangely recognizable sounds of the holy language. In the last...
Purim: A Sordid Tale?
Guest Post by Sam Shube The scroll of Esther, that most intellectually and spiritually vapid specimen of biblical literature, features a plethora of protagonists but a paucity of heroes. A misogynist...