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Biderman soldiers - 24.2.12

Foiled by the court

The justices' surprise ruling that the Tal Law is illegal threw Netanyahu for a loop - now he'll have to handle that hot potato before elections.

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You gotta serve somebody

In light of the anticipated shortfall of soldiers in key combat and other units - and as the Tal Law exempting the ultra-Orthodox from military service faces its expiration - this is the time for the IDF to reorganize army service across the board.

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Twilight Zone / Just like us, but less

Street-cleaners, dishwashers, day laborers - all of them people we pass every day on the street without even glancing at them - gather at yet another ecstatic Eritrean celebration, held in the best central bus station fashion.

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Requiem for the shekel

Twenty-six years after the new shekel was introduced, the Bank of Israel is planning to change the name of the country's currency for the fourth time. This may signify the end of an era in more ways than one, say experts.

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Mizrahi decrescendo

An orchestra that has sought to preserve the classical, ethnic music heard centuries ago in the so-called Babylonian Jewish Diaspora is on the verge of disbanding.

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Anglo File

Aliyah hearing - Michal Fattal - February 2012

Jewish immigrants are being misled about the benefits of aliyah, says Knesset committee

Knesset devotes a series of hearings to elicit views of Israel's contentious legislative body and the efficacy of its parliamentary system.

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Leading on and off the court

Barak Netanya's Adrian Banks isn't only a role model to his teammates. He also finds time every week to teach local kids the importance of having a strong work ethic and leading a healthy lifestyle.

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Ronnie Golding takes latest Monday Tour round at Ga'ash

In perfect conditions, 36 players played in a four-club individual stableford competition. Aliza Ophir was the runner-up to Golding's 36 points with 34 points.

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Basketball / IBL / Hawke nabs poll position for playoffs

Hawke&Co.; clinched pole position, finishing the regular season with a perfect record.

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Soccer / Olim League / Bitter rivals Jaffa, England battle it out, end in 1-1 draw

The previous week, Ra'anana's unbeaten run was broken by Jerusalem and both Jaffa and England came into the fixture knowing that three points would put them right back in contention for the title.

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Magazine

Begin - Yaakov Saar / GPO - February 24, 2012

Begin's Legacy / The man who transformed Israel

He was the first prime minister from the Israeli right, and the first to represent the disenfranchised ‘Second Israel.’ Two decades after his death, with the longest-serving Likud coalition in power, Haaretz writers probe the complex and conflicted character of Menachem Begin.

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Begin's legacy / Free press

A journalism school called Herut newspaper.

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Audit of the IZS raises some questions

IZS founders circumvented procedures and withdrew substantial amounts of money by means of credit cards issued to them, a 2009 audit found.

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Pleasure Hunting / In search of the holy kugel

What is the origin of the phrase 'Yemenite falafel'? What happens to someone who doesn't eat cholent on Shabbat? A tour of Jerusalem's Nahlaot quarter tells the story of Israeli culture via the kitchen.

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Relatively Speaking / Batya and Galia Sadan

Galia, 44, is nothing like her mother. Batya, 65, has a deep-rooted secular ideology that dates back to her childhood home in Argentina and has yet to come to terms with her daughter’s abandonment of left-wing secular values in favor of becoming a Reform rabbi.

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