Past wars in Israel have left a profound mark on the country’s fitness culture, turning it into an important tool for coping with security emergencies.
Many countries have experienced baby booms after wars. Israel may be among the first to experience a baby boom during an ongoing war.
As much as we strive to be individuals, unique with our fingerprints, we are social beings and depend on others and a community. I choose to stay connected.
Dan Livni’s paintings enable us to view the life that goes on around us through the prism of eternity.
This piece is an adapted extract from Ittay Flescher’s upcoming book, The Holy and the Broken: A Cry for Peace from a Land That Must Be Shared.
Israel integrated Jews forced to join them from those Arab counties. If justice is to be done, those Palestinians should be relocated out of their refugee camps and resettled in those same countries.
The enforcement of the Geneva Conventions lies in states themselves, and therein lies the weak spot in IHL: The laws seem to protect on paper but are difficult to enforce in practice.
In addition to the core activities of reading the Megillah, sending gifts (mishloach manot), and donating three half shekels to charity, Purim is a time of carnivals and masquerades.
In the Scroll of Esther, revenge is a powerful theme, but just as clearly one that leads to confusion and tragedy.
Medieval megillot were beautifully illuminated. Why? Because God’s name is not mentioned.
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