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■ EVEN THOUGH there are many examples of even handed reporting by the BBC, there’s a wide-ranging perception in this country that the BBC is…

While the ‘Palestine Papers’ are taken as truth to condemn Israel as a hard-hearted warmonger uninterested in peace, the whole affair can be summed…

THE MEMBERS OF THE 10- piece orchestra take their places and begin tuning up. The conductor walks out on stage in formal attire. He strikes up the…

Dozens of English-speaking Bar-Ilan University students demonstrated in front of the university administration building on Monday, demanding rights…

“BARNEY’S VERSION,” based on the quasiautobiographical novel of the same name by novelist Mordechai Richler, is a highly entertaining film that…

Still paying retail for stuff? If you’re plugged-in (i.e., Internet savvy) – shame on you! The Internet, as we all know, has been responsible for…

"On May 8 1947, a unique event took place. A spokesman of the Jewish people, Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, sat in a council chamber together with the…

Ashkelon is Israel’s most westerly city, and Afridar is its most westerly quarter. The city itself goes back to antiquity. It has been continuously…

Although many parents hear about how quickly children pick up Hebrew and how easily they adjust to Israeli culture, for many, making aliya is not…

In May, a ship full of civilians – but not full of humanitarian aid – sailed from Turkey to join the Free Gaza flotilla. Having warned the Mavi…

Israel has gotten much press recently for being a "start-up nation" that prizes ingenuity and some entrepreneurial chutzpa, but that isn't all it has…

I’ve cracked it, I think. The problem with Avigdor is that he speaks English. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s backtrack a little. A while ago,…

At the age of 81, it’s not easy to orient yourself to new situations, to discover that the young have drifted far from the values you cherish, and…

Pam Peled, whose first novel For the Love of God and Virgins is just about to be published, is passionate about Israel. Born in South Africa, she…

The Education Ministry has eliminated a long-running course that formally accredits new immigrant teachers and enables them to work in Israel. The…

WHILE MOST ISRAELI cookbooks include mainstays like schnitzel and mashed potatoes, few of them feature well-dressed men who hold up a salad in one…

In Heftziba, a crowded Ethiopian neighborhood on the eastern edge of Netanya, residents are busy preparing for the coming Succot holiday. On this…

UMAN, Ukraine – “Dude, you’re a Jew, in Kiev, right before Rosh Hashana, you have to come with us to Uman. We can’t let you get on that flight to Tel…

JUST AS the Australian Light Horse Brigade vanquished the Turks in the Battle of Beersheba at the end of October 1917, so too on September 23, 1918,…

‘Ihave a dream,” says the man of God. No, he isn’t Martin Luther King, and his dream is not about the equality of his people but the quality of his…