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Not Actual Photo This September, the Palestinian Authority will attempt to gain recognition as an independent state via a vote in the United Nations’ General Assembly. It is taking a a page out of the playbook of the Zionist movement and the leadership of what would become Israel. This time, the Arabs will support a…
A multiple-choice question for our readers: Last week, a Jewish advocacy group sent an email to its supporters titled “Tell Obama: Go to Jerusalem.” Which group was it? a. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) b. The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) c. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) d. J Street As is obvious from…
I was sitting in the Ministry of the Interior office in the center of town in Jerusalem, I was applying for my Israeli passport. I was sucked into a fairly successful game of angry birds on my ipod. I looked up, the “take a number” board listed 32, only 10 more numbers until it was my turn….
Bailey Spagat is participating in Career Israel, one of Masa Israel’s 180 programs.
Bailey Spagat is participating in Career Israel, one of Masa Israel’s 180 programs.
Turns out gender-separated study leads to better results. Thanks, rabbis. [HuffPo] J Street U’s Jeusalem organizer says we should listen to the prophets–and pursue peace and justice. [Jewschool] Meanwhile, back in Belarus, students help restore a Jewish cemetery. [Forward] Here’s why, against all odds, you should expect Israeli-Palestinian peace, at some point. [JW] Who should…
Anyone who wants to make an intelligent contribution to the discourse on the proposed Israeli loyalty oath should know that drunk 18-year old Americans are not a representative sample of Israeli or Jewish society. Jenny Merkin knows that. I’m pretty sure Brandon Springer knows that too. I’m not sure that Max Blumenthal knows that. In…
Who cares if the 42-year old Julia Roberts still manages to look like she’s thirty? Jewblogs across the internets (well, two of them, at least) have given two thumbs down to the self-absorbed story of a woman going on a culinary-spiritual dream tour around the world so she can find herself. This critique from Tablet…
Before flying off to Israel a couple weeks ago, I went to hear journalist Peter Beinart speak. I asked him how young, liberal American Jews should engage the kind of “uncomfortable Zionism†he prescribed in his famous June article. “To connect to the people in Israel who share your values, you know?†Beinart replied. “To…
All Jews know the Temple Mount is sacred. Those who have been lucky enough to visit what remains in Jerusalem have prayed at the Wailing Wall, stuffed little messages into its crevices, and reveled in the holy atmosphere surrounding the ancient Jewish center of worship. For centuries, Jews have wanted to reclaim the Temple Mount,…
Elie Wiesel is considered one of today’s biggest spokesperson on the lessons on the Holocaust. He teaches generations of people about the danger of discrimination against any kind of group. His inspiring story and brave soul has been a source of inspiration for people all over world. I heard Wiesel speak a few years back…
Last week, Udi Sommer wrote an op-ed for the Christian Science Monitor (normally one of my favorite news sites)Â with a somewhat radical proposal. Â In his piece, he suggested that the International Olympic Committee award Jerusalem the 2020 Summer Olympics, albeit with one very important stipulation. Sommer argues that this privilege – if one dare call…
They say that Jerusalem has character. I say that Jerusalem is full of characters. Case in point: my friend and I, let’s be creative and call her Adelaide, decided it was high time for us to go and visit the kotel. We planned to meet up at Kikar Tzion, off Ben Yehuda and walk together…
As a child a tale was told to me of the Halutzim, the pioneers who came from the diaspora to the land of Israel and cultivated the parched, barren earth into the beginnings of a fruitful nation. I did not doubt this tale, or the image drawn for me of the proud pioneers as they…