Is The U.S. Really For Annexation?
Sharp debate in Israel over whether ambassador’s comments suggest a U.S. policy shift.
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The ‘Heights’ Of The New Kosher Cuisine
If you blink in this town, you miss a demographic shift — and an accompanying food trend. As the Jewish population of Crown Heights has diversified, the Chabad stronghold in Brooklyn has, seemingly overnight, become a destination for kosher foodies. Fern Penn, ever the entrepreneur, spotted an opportunity. A champion of Israeli fashion designers in […]
Weed (Not That Kind) As ‘Bridge To Peace’
A prickly purple and green tumbleweed may turn out to be a powerful seed of Israeli-Palestinian cooperation, thanks to the imaginative vision of an American-born soldier in the IDF. Akoub is an edible weed that grows wildly in the West Bank as well as across parts of the Middle East. It ripens in late winter […]