Happy 90th, Shimon Peres!
For his 90th birthday, Shimon Peres hosted numerous politicians and celebrities and spoke of his life and his vision of peace for the future.
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All smiles at Shimon Peres’ birthday confab
By Ben SalesIran’s nuclear program isn’t stopping. The death count in Syria gets higher every day. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict shows no signs of being solved in the near future. You wouldn’t know it, though, from Israel’s Presidential Conference – a gathering of world leaders, celebrities and opinion-makers presented by Shimon Peres, Israel’s eternal optimist and soon-to-be 90-year-old… More ▸
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Defending Irwin Cotler
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Bogey Yaalon rides a chopper and gets a Hagel hug
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Happy 90th, Shimon Peres!
By Joe WinklerFor his 90th birthday, Shimon Peres hosted numerous politicians and celebrities and spoke of his life and his vision of peace for the future. More ▸
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Poetry is for warriors
By Joe WinklerAn officer in the IDF stopped a soldier from reading personal poetry on the radio because it would “ruin the image of a combat soldier.” More ▸
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Pinkwashing: The sequel(s)
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What does an Orthodox woman’s ordination certificate look like?
By Ben HarrisTomorrow, I’ll have a longer story about Rabbi Avi Weiss’ controversial ordination of three Orthodox women on Sunday. But in the meantime, check out the sample ordination certificate, or klaf, provided to one of the first graduates of Yeshivat Maharat, Weiss’ school for the training of women as “rabbinic leaders.” More ▸
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As protests rock Turkey, Israel watches with ambivalence
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Iran’s president-elect Rohani: More of the same or a bridge to the West?
Hassan Rohani is a creature of the Iranian establishment swept to power with support from moderates. Can he serve as a bridge between the two? More ▸
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For graduates of Avi Weiss’ academy, ordination comes with controversy
The ordination of three Orthodox women on Sunday was billed as a historic event, but for much of the Orthodox world the move represents a dangerous break with tradition — if not an outright violation of Jewish law. More ▸
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As Europe debates Hezbollah question, Burgas probe called into question
As the European Union struggles to decide whether it considers Hezbollah a terrorist organization, the country that provided the strongest evidence that the Lebanese group had attacked on European soil is no longer so certain. More ▸
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Shadows cast on the heroism of ‘Italian Schindler’
A growing chorus of historians and scholars who for years have been studying the most celebrated of “righteous” Italians are saying Giovanni Palatucci is nothing but a myth, a sensational fraud. More ▸
