From Ben-Gurion University: Although many think the primary realm of political religious debate can be found in the Knesset, two BGU researchers contend in a new article that a deadlocked political system has caused the conflict to shift to the consumer realm. Strife between secular and religious in Israel has been a factor since before [...]
According to Lila Gabrin, a Muslim woman who lives in Israeli Arab town Um El Faḥam, she was actually born as Helen Vershubsky in Auschwitz and arrived in Israel in 1948. Below is a news segment that was broadcast on Israel Channel Two about this most unusual story. (Heb) The video can also be viewed [...]
Two and a half weeks ago the Israeli newspaper Makor Rishon hosted a War Game scenario that examined the aftermath of an Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. The following is a very brief summary of an article written by Tsur Erlich that described this War Game scenario. The entire article in Hebrew can be [...]
The following advertisement is from Monday’s Makor Rishon. The conference is about the Jewish majority of Israel and migrant workers, illegal aliens, etc. The speakers seem to be a strange mix of serious scholars, politicians, and people, among them rabbis, whose ideas could probably be described as xenophobic. Kenes Ramleh
The Israeli rock group Eifoh ha-Yeled, Where’s the Kid? sings Ehad Elohim, “One is God.” The lyrics can be found here.
Another nice Erev Pesaḥ program that was broadcast today on Israel Radio was כל אחד וההגדה שלו. The program featured a number of participants, among them Prof. Avigdor Shinan. It can be listened to here. If you can understand the Hebrew, it’s a nice program to listen to while preparing for the seder.
Jessica Steinberg has an informative article in the Times of Israel about boutique wines Israeli wines and questions of kashrut supervision. The article speaks with numerous vintners, in addition to blogger and scholar of Jewish law, Jeffrey Woolf. Most of Israel’s boutique wineries were not kosher for many years, as they were established primarily by [...]
Numerous media outlets are reporting that the Israel Religious Action Center and a number of other groups are petitioning the court and calling for an indictment against the authors of Torat ha-Melech. Most of the news reports are emphasizing the affiliation of the IRAC with the Progressive (Reform) movement in Israel, but Makor Rishon is [...]
The Israeli comedy show Matzav ha-Umah (The State of the Nation) had its season finale on Saturday night. Matzav ha-Umah is Israel’s version of Jon Stewart and Jay Leno combined, although a bit harsher than what is accepted in America. The final show came down hard on Kadimah, especially Tzipi Livni. There were also numerous [...]
A dose of historical perspective on Israel-Diaspora relations. The following are a few selections from Zohar Segev’s article American Zionists’ Place in Israel after Statehood: Historian Melvin Urofsky has shown that from the moment that the establishment of the State of Israel appeared feasible, and after it became a reality, American Zionist leaders struggled to [...]
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