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One of Israel’s most important public voices, David Grossman suffered the tragic loss of his son in the Lebanon War of 2006. He has written an important op-ed, translated by Haim Watzman and...

Those of us who supported the Disengagement from Gaza have had to watch over the years as Israel responded with relative silence to the ongoing Qassem rocket attacks on Israeli communities such as...

Galilee Heights “My City” (Haifa at night) Photos by the insanely talented NatashaP. I’m not usually a fan of heavily filtered photos, but Ms. P seems to have a pretty good handle...

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I thought we should revisit some Israeli music. Erez Lev Ari wonders how he could live with being right…since he’s alone now. Here’s Ninet Tayeb. Weird execution.

Bernard Madoff was nothing less than the chairman of the NASDAQ stock exchange. Widely respected throughout his decades on Wall Street, Madoff was able to attract investors from far and wide; wealthy...

Dead Sea A lovely minimalist piece by the same photographer from last week, Gilad Benari. Speaking of minimalism, Tzipi Livni’s attempts to take the high road and speak and act with integrity...

Tel Aviv Beach in Storm Half a million people have lost their jobs in the past month in the US of A. 600,000 have stopped looking for work entirely. These are official figures and you can bet the...