Mon, November 21, 2011 Cheshvan 24, 5772
Rabbi Chananya Blumert has devoted himself to the Ethiopian community for 20 years. He speaks Amharic, has an Ethiopian wife and commands the respect of the Ethiopian kesim (priests). However, some question whether a white Ashkenazi is really the best person to honor the traditions of the Beta Israel, and whether his appointment as their rabbi in Bat Yam is symbolic of attempts to homogenize Judaism.
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The former IDF rabbi was right about the reservist generals who have protested what they see as extremist religious trends within the army: This isn't the army they used to know.
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In his documentary on the complex legal system operated by the IDF in the territories, filmmaker Ra'anan Alexandrowicz repeatedly reminds viewers that they are watching a movie - not an objective reflection of reality.
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He has tens of thousands of loyal followers on Facebook, enjoys rave reviews and was spurred by a violent and traumatic event to pursue a 'spiritual calling': making people laugh. A rare and revealing interview with media-phobic stand-up artist Yaron Berlad.
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Patients may be dying, human rights activists may be terrorized, but the people of Israel live.
3 commentsRuminations on the recent Obama-Sarkozy 'hot-mic' incident.
2 commentsA new French book attempts to grapple with a Turkish operation to save 476 Jews from France during the Holocaust. Many of those rescued spurned their saviors thereafter and the episode has virtually been lost to history.
1 commentsIt is impossible to find a single, formative principle that explains how the lives and personalities of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were shaped, but commentators on the Book of Genesis never tired of searching for one.
0 commentsThe annual memorial service at the British military cemetery on Mount Scopus in Jerusalem gives one the impression that the days of the British Mandate are not over.
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Rivka, born in Haifa in 1935, is mother to Shirli, born in Haifa in 1970.
0 commentsFew members of the public know his name but Alon Hassan is the real boss of Israel's largest maritime port, in Ashdod. The head of one of the port workers committees, Hassan can stop work in order to celebrate a family event, disrupt it to preserve wage benefits and bend the will of regulators with a single phone call.
0 commentsThere are about 15 private groups helping new immigrants find their way in Israel that receive funding from JAFI.
0 comments'The city is either too expensive or too religious for them, or they say there are no good jobs there or want to live near the beach,' says Akiva Werber, the municipality's project director.
0 commentsBefore, signs featured information about lines, routes and times in English and Hebrew, now, new signs drop English.
17 commentsYoung Ashdod started the day four points clear and after winning the toss, captain Raymond Aston had no hesitation in batting first.
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