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A View from Jerusalem
Getting global recognition as a Jewish State
As Jews around the world sit down at the seder table to celebrate the first…
How does Judaism fit in the Jewish State and their military?
Today the Jewish world celebrates Purim, one of the happiest Jewish holidays. Although Purim is…
Israeli Presidential Elections
Today, 65 years ago, Dr. Chaim Azriel Weizmann was inaugurated as Israel’s first president. Eight…
Israel and the Refugee Crisis
Today, the fifteenth day of the Hebrew month of Shevat, the Jewish world celebrates Tu…
JCC Executives See Israel Beyond the Conflict
Just a few weeks ago, a group of 21 leaders from 12 JCCs embarked on…
Israelis in America or Israeli Americans?
If you approach an Israeli in the street and ask what he feels about Israelis…
Let's Focus on the Positive
Tomorrow, the twelfth of the Hebrew month of Heshvan, marks the eighteenth anniversary of the…
40 Years After Yom Kippur War Brings Reflection
On the holiest day of the year, Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, the Jewish…
What Can Israel Do to Combat Academic Boycott?
What do super star soccer player Lionel Messi and Professor Stephen Hawking, world-renowned theoretical physicist,…
The Maccabiah Is an Expression of Jewish Pride
For weeks now, the highways leading to Jerusalem from Ben Gurion Airport outside Tel Aviv…