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My Word: Construction, destruction and peace protesters
Gaza :: Palestine | 7 months ago
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Nikola Solic / Reuters Will there be a siren? and Should we go to the shelter or outside? These were the two questions I was most frequently asked by friends and colleagues ahead of last week's major earthquake drill. Each time I answered (no to the
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My Word: Good times, bad times
Tel Aviv :: Israel | 11 months ago
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But it's one thing to try to be witty and it's altogether another to write a lighthearted op-ed on the threat from Tehran; Turkey's less delightful side; the tragedy of the migrants; the recollections of past wars; or any other topic I have tackled
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My Word: The migrants' tragedy
Tel Aviv :: Israel | 12 months ago
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Reuters The real tragedy is not taking place in Tel Aviv. It's taking place thousands of kilometers further south in Africa. That is where most of the illegal migrants arriving in Israel come from. What they are escaping depends on who they are and
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My Word: Happy to be alive
London :: United Kingdom | 1 year ago
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Marc Israel Sellem As I was wondering what to write about for this column, my thoughts were interrupted by the tremendous noise outside my kitchen window. Looking out, I saw that the music blaring through an amplifier was accompanied by flashing
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My Word: Passing Passover thoughts
Jerusalem :: Israel | 1 year ago
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But the question that floored me recently was posed during a live radio broadcast I did a few weeks ago for Radio New Zealand. Can you tell me, Liat, what is an Orthodox Jew? asked the voice down the phone, speaking a long, long way from Jerusalem. I
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My World: Changing of the guard
Jerusalem :: Israel | 1 year ago
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Ronen Zvulun The departure of Supreme Court president Dorit Beinisch last week couldn't have been more symbolic...Some commentators in the Hebrew press noted that her last case was typical of her involvement in social justice issues. In true Beinisch
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My Word: An ordinary day
Jerusalem :: Israel | over 1 year ago
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I got out of bed the other morning, on the same side as usual, but somehow stubbed my toe...What started out as a sharp pain wore down to discomfort and finally disappeared sometime before the evening. But at least I didn't have to keep pinching
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My Word: An Israeli autumn
Jerusalem :: Israel | over 1 year ago
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Because I'm aware that most of you will be reading this only after the holiest day of the Jewish calendar and I have no idea of what will have happened in the intervening days. In most countries what we dreamily refer to as normal countries the lapse
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My Word: Consuming passions and boycotts
Tel Aviv :: Israel | almost 2 years ago
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The calls for boycotts and counter-boycotts are getting so out of control that, frankly, I am fed up with all the attempts to tell me what I should do, buy, think and wear. I have my red lines: I won't be caught dead in a fur coat and I still refuse
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Conquering Masada
Jerusalem :: Israel | almost 2 years ago
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Driven by passion and the dramatic fusion between voice and music, classical opera is something you either love or hate. If you love it, then a good rendition of Verdi's Aida will sweep you up; if you hate it, attending a performance by the Israeli
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