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Army Life: A moral army

By A.J. | Posted November 17, 2008 |

When armies begin to train combat soldiers, the main focus is on providing them with the skills necessary to fight the enemy. Soldiers are taught to shoot, run in formation, and treat wounded comrades. In this respect, the IDF is no different than any other...

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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: Today, I killed a chicken

By ck | Posted October 06, 2008 |

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As you can see from the photos - I'm being quite literal. Today was the first day of Machane Yehuda's annual Kaparot Market. Every year, Jerusalem's central market hosts this temporary slaughterhouse where those that follow the Kaparot ritual ...

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Guest Blog: Bush offers the Golan to Assad?

By David Turner | Posted November 03, 2008 |

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From the moment he succeeded Arafat as president of the Palestinian Authority it was clear that Mahmoud Abbas, one of the Palestinian architects of the Oslo Accords, lacked both the political power and charisma necessary to unite his own Fatah party. His ef...

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Living with Rockets: Expectations from Sderot

By Anav Silverman | Posted November 19, 2008 |

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December 19 is a significant day for Israeli civilians living on the other side of the Gaza Strip. It is the day where the Hamas-Israel ceasefire officially comes to an end and the question to whether Palestinian rocket fire will resume on Israelis ci...

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Heart-Earned Wisdom: The American Consulate in East Jerusalem

By Sherri Mandell | Posted October 02, 2008 |

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Recently I had to go to the American consulate to get a social security number for my 13-year-old son. Though he was born in America, I neglected to attend to this detail before we made aliyah 12 years ago. Earlier this summer, my husband took him to t...

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Generation Bubelah: What IS it about religion?

By Cynthia Blair Kane | Posted October 02, 2008 |

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"I go to bible study," a new friend of mine said to me the other day while sitting at my kitchen table. "I love Jesus Christ." He said, slouching back, taking a sip of a beer. I looked over to him. "Why? Why do you love J...

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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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