Israel Memorial Day / Yom Hazikaron under Corona Lockdown

Israel’s Memorial Day, officially known as Israeli Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism Remembrance Day. It honors the memory of 23,816 soldiers killed in the line of duty and 4,166 civilian victims...

TJS S3E26 Eli Cohen, hero of Israel

Historians may argue about whether one person can shift the course of...

TJS S3 E25 Shifting identities in early Israel

The present is always built on the ruins of the past, the...

Israel: The Land of Love and Honey

Israel is not just a place I love, it’s the place that...

J-Town Playhouse Makes Its Final Theatrical Debut at the AACI

This past Thursday night, after a nearly decade-long run at the Association...

Donut Time in Israel: Whose are Best?
By ck on 12/7/2019
Israel is not like America. In America, donuts are available all year round. In Israel, donuts are mostly sold during the 6 weeks before Hanukkah...
TJS S3 Interlude: Kingdom or client state
By Rav Mike Feuer on 10/15/2019
Sukkot is a time to sit in the Sukkah and reflect, so here are a few thoughts from my Sukkah. This is an exploration of...
Sirens Across Israel – Yom Hashoah / Yom Hazikaron and then…
By ck on 5/10/2019
And then? Independence Day! Let me backtrack a bit. Every year in Israel after Passover, a siren sounds across the country to commemorate Holocaust Memorial...
TJS S3 Yom Ha’atzmaut: Independence or self-actualization?
By Rav Mike Feuer on 5/5/2019
There is no word for independence in Biblical Hebrew, and the roots of the modern word can teach us much. This might right be called...
Bibi Love?
By ck on 3/29/2019
Keren Hayesod Street is one of the main arteries of West Jerusalem, connecting tony, residential Emek Refaim with Jerusalem’s downtown core and King George street....
Golda Meir: Israel’s Iron Lady
By Ori Herrmann on 3/17/2019
The U.S. may have the Notorious R.B.G., but long before she came on the scene, Israel had its own tough Jewish female leader who wouldn’t...
Theodor Herzl: Big Beard & Father of Modern Zionism
By Ori Herrmann on 3/3/2019
Crazy Herzl fact – he thought mass conversion of the Jews to Christianity was the solution to anti semitism. Yep, seriously that Herzl. You know...
Made in 1948 – Three historic decisions that shaped the birth of modern-day Israel
By Rav Mike Feuer on 1/3/2019
Declaring a state is a matter of moments, but birthing it can be a much more prolonged process. The last episode in season two is...
Top Israeli Songs of 2018
By larry on 12/24/2018
It wasn’t all Netta Barzilai and TOY According to statistics compiled by SPOTIFY in ISRAEL, the most listened to or at least requested on Spotify...
Pre-Independence 1948 – The Battle for the Roads and the birth of the War of Narratives
By Rav Mike Feuer on 12/18/2018
1948 was a year of Biblical proportions, which means the stories told about what happened often have more power than the events themselves. This is...
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Efforts To Organize “Pork-Eater Pride” Parade Fall Flat
By PreOccupied Territory on 8/1/2018
“I fail to see why our insistence on enjoying this pleasure of the flesh should attract little to no media attention, and thus no public...
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Marketer Seems To Think World Cup And Pickup Trucks Related
By PreOccupied Territory on 6/28/2018
“What an insult to the consumer’s intelligence.” Nahariya, June 26 – Observers of the economy noted this week that an advertising agency appears to believe...
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Poll False Because Doesn’t Show Joint List Taking 12 or 13 Seats
By PreOccupied Territory on 6/14/2018
“Numbers and rigorous mathematics are a Zionist deceit anyway,” shrugged Ayman Odeh, list chairman. Jerusalem, June 14 – Experts debunked a survey this afternoon measuring...
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NFL Offers Compromise, Lets Players Stand for American OR Israeli Anthem
By PreOccupied Territory on 5/24/2018
Player representatives have yet to offer any official response to the move. New York, May 24 – Executives and owners in the National Football League...
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Hezbollah Alleges Fraud If Rivals’ Votes Counted
By PreOccupied Territory on 5/8/2018
The party’s efforts to prevent supporters of other factions from casting votes should have resulted in much larger gains. Beirut, May 8 – Iran’s proxy...