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From a recent Women in Green field trip to observe Jewish residency in Jerusalem East on February 14th 2010 including Abu Tor, Beit Yonathan...

If you go to the Purim spoof issue of The Forward , appropriately entitled " Backward ", you'll see this:- Yes, that's Hol...

You would think that a blog post, like this one , which announced a Shabbat on the outskirts of Jericho (the second poster) would have been ...

Joe Klein’s Unhinged Attack on COMMENTARY Jonathan Tobin On Thursday, I wrote about the latest column of ...

From Oslo II GAZA-JERICHO AGREEMENT ANNEX II Protocol Concerning Civil Affairs Religious Affairs : 1. The Palestinian Authority shall ens...

From a NYTimes wedding announcement :- a nondenominational ceremony that draws from Episcopal and Presbyterian traditions

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Tel Hai: ...Today, we are due to approve a comprehensive plan, the largest ever, to strengthen the nati...

... Lee Smith asks . Why is the region so assailed by the intractables of political dysfunction and religious violence?... Smith, a Middle E...

I reviewed a Tom Conover book just recently, and now spotted it being reviewed in the NYTimes : “...Commuting between Palestinian and Israe...

28th Iyar 1967:

As a public service notice about an antisemitic commenter "William Bapthorpe" who was supposed to be banned but has apparently bee...

New weekly carnival of Jewish blogging. Here . Good going Ruthi.

"We Must Get Out of the Freeze". "The Freeze is a Test" Poster by Kommemiyut . And this past Shabbat's demo call to ...

Did you know that the Toldot Aharon Yeshiva has expanded? Here are two shots of the new facade at the end of Meah Shearim Street, looking to...

Just received:- Subject: Press briefing on archaeological findings from the tenth century B.C.E. Reporters and photographers are invited to...

The Editor, The Times, For consideration for publication. Sir Fascinating that the issue of the availability of fake British Passports shoul...

Here's the Im Tirzu portrayal of New Israel Fund chairperson Naomi Chazan: And here is one from the Hebrew blog newsletter Maraah, No. 8...

Who? These two: Dan Meridor (l.) and Benny Begin (r.). Two ministers in the Netanyahu cabinet. Photo credit: Y. Medad

Notice anything in this picture ? Yes. It's that star:

There were no Israeli settlements in the West Bank in 1948, when all the surrounding Arab states attacked when the UN established Israel ( *...