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Ethiopian empowerment

Mon, 21 May 2012 22:51:53 GMT

Exacerbating the situation is the feeling among many Ethiopians that the government has adopted a patronizing attitude toward the community.

Women and the Wall

Mon, 21 May 2012 22:49:18 GMT

What the classic Torah sources say about women demands that the situation at the Kotel must change.

Feminine Orthodox rabbinics

Mon, 21 May 2012 22:44:38 GMT

Formal traditional recognition, which confers the qualifying title, is not a possibility in the Orthodox world for a woman.

May 22: Suckers

Mon, 21 May 2012 22:39:50 GMT

Why is it that IDF veterans have to pay for their university education but convicted terrorists are given their education for free?

Borderline Views: Hebrew and the language of science

Mon, 21 May 2012 22:34:38 GMT

The extent to which Hebrew is used at universities as a language of research and teaching has become a contentious issue of late.

Bad precedent: The Supreme Court and Beit El

Mon, 21 May 2012 22:29:40 GMT

In cases like these, legal doctrine widely recognized for centuries in Western legal systems would result in payment of compensation to a prior existing owner, rather than eviction.

Encountering Peace: Peace directive in the hands of leaders

Mon, 21 May 2012 22:25:24 GMT

There is a debate going on locally and around the world on the question of whether perhaps it’s too late to achieve peace.

The fundamental misconception about Arab-Israeli peace

Mon, 21 May 2012 22:20:17 GMT

For Palestinians, Arabs and most Muslims, a "peace process," the "two-state solution" that accepts Israel, is a metaphor for defeat.

Israel’s gay baby boom

Mon, 21 May 2012 22:10:56 GMT

The next revolution in same-sex family life.

Same-sex marriage: Empathy or right?

Mon, 21 May 2012 22:06:47 GMT

Many people, feeling the weight of longing among their gay friends, are willing to redefine marriage for the sake of human sympathy.

Parents, teachers: The possibility of a dream team

Mon, 21 May 2012 22:03:40 GMT

Parents judge teachers, too, based on comments from their children. “What did you lean in school today?” is usually followed by, “nothing.”

FIDF 30th anniversary delegation: My experience in Poland

Mon, 21 May 2012 21:58:17 GMT

I experienced the day in Auschwitz through the eyes of Israeli soldiers. There it was again, the feelings of pain, loss and heritage.

Untangling the Web: How Facebook ruined my holiday

Mon, 21 May 2012 14:11:30 GMT

The Internet and mobile technology make it increasingly difficult to switch off.

Olympic silence

Sun, 20 May 2012 23:13:28 GMT

The Munich massacre should be commemorated not primarily as an Israeli tragedy, but as a tragedy “within the family of nations,” as Ayalon noted.

There is no Zionism without Jerusalem

Sun, 20 May 2012 23:06:05 GMT

Why does a Jewish homeland anywhere else seem hollow and empty? The answer is Jerusalem.

May 21: Flipping the bird

Sun, 20 May 2012 22:59:12 GMT

As a former Mancunian, I would strongly urge the mayor and corporation of that great city to award Claire an emblematic bird of her very own – the cuckoo.

Israel’s challenge to the colonial worldview

Sun, 20 May 2012 22:54:46 GMT

Israel and its struggle to survive will come to symbolize the West’s own post-colonial future, rather than its colonial past.

Cellphones, tycoons and the market economy

Sun, 20 May 2012 22:43:55 GMT

The cellphone service providers cannot be blamed for doing everything in their power to cash in.

The Region: The scariest sentence

Sun, 20 May 2012 22:38:07 GMT

Do radical ideological movements say things in their campaigns to gain power, including election campaigns, which disappear due to the pragmatism forced by the need to govern?

Yes, all criticism of Israel is anti-Semitic!

Sun, 20 May 2012 22:31:34 GMT

That is to say, the historical circumstances under which Israel and the Jews exist in the world today render any non anti-Semitic criticism of Israel impossible.