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Signs of the Times
An order by Israel’s transportation ministry to create a “uniform” language on highway signs has been angrily received by some Israeli Arabs, who are calling it an effort to “Hebraize” or “Judaize” the...
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Insulting the intelligence
Good morning, children. Today we are going to learn about two common rhetorical tricks that help greatly with the cynical manipulation of arguments. First, disingenuousness. The Oxford Shorter...
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Israel’s burial crisis and the afterlife
Far from the spotlight of peace talks and military conflicts, Israel is facing a different kind of land crisis: it is running out of space to bury its dead. Most Jewish cemeteries in major cities like...
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Will Orthodox Jews say good-bye to Sabbath elevators?
(Photo: Posters for protest in Jerusalem against parking lot open on Sabbath, 8 July 2009/Baz Ratner) In a move that may literally take the breath away from many of the world's Orthodox Jews, a group...
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Coffee Politics
An Israeli coffee chain is boycotting ‘Turkish’ coffee in response to the current anti-Turkish sentiment in Israel following the screening in Turkey of a TV drama which portrays Israeli soldiers in a...
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A Muddy Journey: Sewage Tunnel becomes transit point to Jerusalem
Ordinary women and men, wearing plastic bags on their feet, pulling pants up to knee level, clutch their children to their chests and roam along a 110-metre dark tunnel of sewage to cross from the...
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“Big Brother” bumbles into West Bank
It’s a reality television show whose contestants are isolated from the outside world, but “Big Brother” in Israel has managed to set off yet another controversy over Palestine policies. Cameras at the...
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Out of the spotlight, Israel and Vatican negotiate holy sites
Vatican flags raised outside Jerusalem's Old City before Pope Benedict's visit, 6 May 2009/Baz Rattner There have been a series of significant and highly publicised events recently in Vatican-Jewish...
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Sex abuse claims against famed rabbi grip Israel
Ultra-orthodox Jewish men praying in the Old City of Jerusalem, 11 March 2008/Yiorgos Karahalis Israeli police said on Friday they were looking into allegations of sexual abuse against one of the...
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Jerusalem: heart of the Mideast conflict
Jerusalem, December 8, 2009/Ammar Awad Next week is the time of year when millions of people around the world look to Jerusalem as the source of inspiration for the Christian festival of Easter and...
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