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As Passover approaches, I find that people seek to explore certain ideas. I found this interesting: From Rav Kook: ============== Who is Free? The main theme of the Passover holiday is, undoubtedly...

(Okay, so it’s not that interesting to see ultra-Orthodox Jews calling out “shabbes” as they watch people doing (forbidden) work on the sabbath. Ahh, the comments explain that they...

So is Dov Lautman, founder of Delta Galil, one of the world’s largest sock, underwear and other apparel manufacturers, and current president of the Israel Manufacturers Association. He truly is...

I love this woman’s photographs. Rina Castelnuovo photographs from Israel for the NY Times. A couple of years ago her series about the Gush Katif settlers being evacuated from Gaza won...

I’m not such a big fan of Steven Erlanger at the NY Times, but he seems to capture the pressure and contradictions of service in the IDF and particularly in the West Bank/Judea and Samaria that...