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Army Life: Israeli teenagers to Israeli soldiers

By A.J. | Posted August 24, 2008 |

I've been in the army for three weeks now, and I must say that I've been working hard. I've fired countless rounds in target practice, marched outside of the base with a bunch equipment on me, and learned about first aid and many other facets of soldie...

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Must-Sees: Jewish bodyguards, Shabbat 2.0, Gaza & Sderot and much more

By Ricky Ben-David | Posted March 02, 2008 |

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Even Shabbat is going 2.0 . Since its first launch in 1997, this Jewish Outreach program has managed to reach hundreds of thousands of Jews. Life must go on in Gaza and Sderot . A blog by two contributors - Peace man from Sderot and Hope man fr...

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Jewlicious: The great tahini taste off

By CK | Posted July 06, 2008

The mission: To find the best tahini in Israel The method: Prepare equal parts of several brands of raw tahini using the same amount of water and lemon juice, then subject random denizens of the Jerusalem Shuk to a blind taste test. Compile their re...

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Guest Blog: Tell me no leaks

By Amir Mizroch | Posted July 28, 2008

As the news editor of the only paper of the big four newspapers in Israel that did not publish any leaks of the Olmert - Talansky affair last week I feel that I am in the unique position to offer my assessment of what has turned out to be an extremely ...

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Living with Rockets: Helping out Sderot kids

By Anav Silverman | Posted September 02, 2008

As the start of the school year is here, Sderot kids are getting ready for classes and tests, accompanied by the expected routine of 'red alert' alarms and rocket explosions. Although it is uncertain whether Palestinian rocket fire will cease so that S...

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Heart-Earned Wisdom: Prisoners released

By Sherri Mandell | Posted August 31, 2008 |

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I am sorry that they have not caught my son Koby's murderers. But not that sorry. I am afraid that the killers will hurt other Jews if they are not apprehended. But at the same time, I fear that if they catch the murderers, then one day the Israeli governme...

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Generation Bubelah: Visiting Warsaw

By Cynthia Blair Kane | Posted August 17, 2008 |

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When I was younger I thought all Jews in the US came from Eastern Europe. Any Jew I met in Synagogue I pegged as having Russian, Polish, maybe Lithuanian roots. It was a naïve thought, but it seemed that most Jews in America that I knew, and that my parents...

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Tracing the Tribe: California: Jewish conference track

By Schelly Talalay Dardashti | Posted April 03, 2008 |

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The Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree is only a few months away, set for June 27-29, in Burbank, California. Last year's event was a major success, and this year is expected to be bigger and better. The committee's program (now online, ...

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