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In April 1984, two Palestinian hijackers of an Israeli passenger bus were captured, taken to a nearby spot away from media view and summarily executed by a member of the Shin Bet. Initially, false media reports said the two hijackers had been killed in a shootout with Israeli forces, along with two of their compatriots, […]

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There is a saying in Israel: “Ein li achot” — “I don’t have a sister.” It’s a Hebrew cousin to Groucho Marx’s question, “When did you stop beating your wife?” Like that classic, it describes the anatomy of a smear. Somebody impugns the virtue of your sister. Soon, word has gotten around about her loose […]

Shabbat Candles: 7:10 p.m. Torah: Leviticus 12:1-13:59; Exodus 12:1-20 Haftorah: Ezekiel 45:16-46:18 Havdalah: 8:12 p.m What does one do with a sedra that reads like a disappointing chapter in a medieval physician’s almanac: first, the forms of blood impurity following childbirth; then, the treatment, diagnosis, and transmission of skin disease (usually translated as leprosy)? One […]

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