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Ethiopian Holiday

The article, “Israelis Mark Ethiopian Holiday” (Lens, Nov. 23) contained several errors and a partial and inaccurate explanation of the holiday, known as Sigd. The holiday has a number of themes, but the most outstanding is that it recalls the Renewal of the Covenant by Ezra, Nehemiah and the returnees to Jerusalem at the time […]

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It Takes A Country

Parents across the land and around the world hugged their young children a little tighter, a little longer this week, following last Friday’s unspeakable shooting in Newtown, Conn. Strangers comforted each other. America came together, if only for a long weekend. Why is it that too often it takes a tragedy to remind us of […]

Whose Wall Is It?

Should Women of the Wall drop demands for equality at the Kotel and accept Robinson’s Arch? Yossi Klein Halevi debates Rabbi Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi.

Upset With BJ Rabbis

Spiritual Mashup For The Holidays

Rabbis Tone Deaf?

With Swift Trial, Will Lieberman Be Back?

Hawk Or Dove On The Mideast, I Disagree With You

Broza’s December Light

Israel’s Leadership Vacuum

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