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Arriving in Israel 30 years ago, I never imagined my Jewish identity, worn so defiantly and proudly through the antisemitism-laced Soviet years, would be revoked…
My dad’s an IDF veteran. My grandparents founded a kibbutz. Growing up in Denmark, I took my Jewishness for granted. But my experience of Israel’s…
Thanks to lockdowns and online learning, the world of Ladino is now flourishing, leading many to reassess whether they’d been too eager over the years…
In a few days the National Library will be closing its doors until further notice, but none of those in power is saying a word …
Adin Steinsaltz was a key protagonist in a millenia-long debate within Judaism: Should access to its core texts be confined to an elite or to…
Torah no longer saves from death. The coronavirus has dealt an unimaginable blow to the rabbinical authority – and worldview – that ultra-Orthodox Jews previously…
The Israeli education system has failed to teach its Jewish students Arabic. Young Jewish artists, designers and entrepreneurs are increasingly taking matters into their own…
Is it any wonder that a country that is increasingly compared to Sparta has an obsession with muscles and being tough? Source: https://www.haaretz.com