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At first, Mira Awad didn’t want to be thought of as a bridge between cultures. The Palestinian-Israeli singer and songwriter grew up in an Arab village in the Galilee, studied music in Tel Aviv and has written and performed with musicians of many backgrounds. She felt the weight of being an Arab in Israel who […]

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www.thelawfareproject.org @lawfareproject Standing up for Israel and the law. Ben Ryberg is used to winning arguments. As director of legal research at The Lawfare Project, a Manhattan-based nonprofit, he conducts research and constructs legal arguments in support of those, including moderate Muslims, who are threatened with legal harassment for reporting on terrorism or critiquing Islam. […]

www.starofdavida.blogspot.com www.maidelle.com Young, Orthodox and feminist. It all began with Betty Friedan. In the summer before ninth grade, Talia Weisberg, started perusing “The Feminine Mystique.” “Once I started reading, I couldn’t go back.” Weisberg currently runs Star of Davida, a Jewish feminist blog where she writes biweekly articles about topics ranging from eating disorders within […]

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