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Apr 19, 2018, 2:16 AM

70 extraordinary women of Israel

Painting by Yael Harris Resnick, in honor of Israel's 70th birthday and Israel's women soldiers. (Courtesy, Miriam Lottner)

Celebrating those who have made the Jewish state their home, giving of themselves and their diverse talents

Aryeh Eisenberg

Mar 23, 2018, 1:21 PM

The Legacy of Uncle Leon…

Last night, we received the sad news that our beloved Uncle Leon had passed away. While he had been sick for several years, the news came as a shock to the entire family. Uncle Leon leaves behind a legacy...

Avraham Edelstein

Jan 11, 2018, 2:06 PM

The ripples of a stone in Beit Shemesh

A Haredi response to extremism: Judaism is soft and gentle and kind, let's join hands and begin to talk

Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll

Jan 8, 2018, 11:13 PM

Beit Shemesh: We are no longer one people

Police stand guard as Beit Shemesh municipal workers take down "modesty" signs in the city on December 11, 2017. (Yaakov Lederman/Flash90)

That moment when an ultra-Orthodox teenager looked at me in a way that clearly said I was not a Jew like she is

Jan 1, 2018, 5:41 PM

Israel diary: The secular is sacred

I just returned from Israel a week ago. The main purpose of this trip, as most of my previous trips, was to visit family. Like all prior visits, I returned a different person. On this journey I witnessed the...

Nechama Eisenman

Dec 13, 2017, 4:34 PM

Take Your Daughter to Work Day

Remember those “Take Your Daughter to Work” days of our youth? Not surprisingly, in the name of political correctness, the annual observance is now called “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day”, but the concept remains the same....

Dec 13, 2017, 10:52 AM

Not just Beit Shemesh: Take back the public space

Ultra-Orthodox Jews stand in front of a sign in Beit Shemesh asking women not to loiter there on December 26, 2011. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

The Supreme Court's ruling against no-go zones for women is a call for action throughout Israel

Rochelle F. Singer

Oct 29, 2017, 12:57 PM

His eyes haunt me. The wide, uncomprehending shock of them. They ambush me during the day, startle me awake at night. Had I lifted (or depressed) my foot ever so slightly (or aggressively) from (or on) the gas (or brake)...

Jun 6, 2017, 8:44 PM

Valleys of Israel

The Land of Israel's quasi-N-shaped network of lowlands—including the Coastal Plain, Jezreel Valley, and Jordan Rift Valley (which includes the Hula Valley, Jordan River Valley, and Arava Valley)—breaks up what is otherwise a country of hills and heights comprising...

Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll

Jul 7, 2015, 11:35 AM

Beit Shemesh, where King David lost

The wanton and frenetic construction of ultra-Orthodox housing is bulldozing precious archeological history

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