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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Jerusalem as the eternal capital

Sun, 20 May 2012 08:39:45 GMT

It is easy for leadership to champion slogans, but it does not necessarily help us understand the reality of the city's fate.

Ten paradoxes in Israeli foreign policy

Sat, 19 May 2012 22:02:11 GMT

The entrance of the more moderate Kadima to the coalition creates an opportunity to address the paradoxes that lie at the heart of the state's policy.

‘Ani Nishba’ – I swear

Sat, 19 May 2012 21:40:32 GMT

We the living were making a commitment to the dead. For soon there will be no more living survivors.

'This is where I belong'

Sat, 19 May 2012 21:25:32 GMT

An eyewitness account of a Hebrew University student’s experiences during the Six Day War.

A slanted view of Middle East history

Thu, 17 May 2012 22:04:52 GMT

It was inconceivable that TAU, part of whose budget is covered by the state, would permit “Nakba Day” on campus.

The Tal Law

Wed, 16 May 2012 22:37:14 GMT

The most effective means of ensuring greater social justice and social equity is that of creating a better-educated society.

Time for a new deal for administrative detainees

Wed, 16 May 2012 21:51:27 GMT

A good place to start would be ending the possibility of extending administrative detention orders; one period of detention is bad enough.

Is the acclaimed sociologist of peace a neo-Nazi?

Tue, 15 May 2012 23:25:01 GMT

While we were still in shadow of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Memorial Day, Norwegian Academy raged against sociologist Johan Galtung.

Lithuania’s shame

Tue, 15 May 2012 23:03:40 GMT

On May 17, the remains of former head of Lithuanian Provisional Government of June 1941 post Nazi invasion to be reburied in Vilnius.

Belgium’s commitment to teaching the Holocaust

Tue, 15 May 2012 22:55:08 GMT

Like other countries of Western Europe, Belgium celebrates in early May the end of World War II.

What’s wrong with the European human rights system?

Tue, 15 May 2012 22:38:03 GMT

The answer to this apparent dilemma can be found in the emerging practice of the European Court of Human Rights.