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Israeli Scene
Israel at 75: A Special Issue
Exploring the sociopolitical forces, arts, culture and food that have defined modern Israel since its independence in 1948.

Exploring the sociopolitical forces, arts, culture and food that have defined modern Israel since its independence in 1948.
Israeli Scene
Israel’s ‘Ethnic Democracy’
Israel has made a critical mistake over the years in not being more explicit about its unique kind of democracy, writes author and scholar Daniel Gordis.

Israel has made a critical mistake over the years in not being more explicit about its unique kind of democracy, writes author and scholar Daniel
Israeli Scene
Abortion in Israel: Relatively Easy to Get, Hard to Discuss
The discourse over abortion differs dramatically between the United States and Israel, where the procedure is legal and barely a political issue.

The discourse over abortion differs dramatically between the United States and Israel, where the procedure is legal and barely a political issue.
American View Israeli Scene
Orthodox Women Are Saying: Lights, Camera, Action!
Fed up with policies that remove women’s images from publications, a number of Orthodox women are fighting back—with photo shoots!

Fed up with policies that remove women’s images from publications, a number of Orthodox women are fighting back—with photo shoots!
Health + Medicine
Helping Children Deal With Trauma
Young victims of pandemic stress learn coping strategies at Hadassah Hospital.

Young victims of pandemic stress learn coping strategies at Hadassah Hospital.
Israeli Scene
What Will Israel Look Like at 100?
Asking the tough questions is our responsibility, says former Ambassador Michael Oren.

Asking the tough questions is our responsibility, says former Ambassador Michael Oren.

Israel's Knesset has installed some 1,500 solar panels, covering over 1 acre and generating 10 percent of the building's energy needs.

Israeli Scene

Tel Aviv Radio, Online

by Leah F. Finkelshteyn

Israel’s only English-language Internet radio station, TLV1, broadcasts 24/7 with shows on music, from pop to world to indie; art and culture; politics; and more. There

Israeli Scene

Sarona’s Hip Present, Dark Past

by Leora Eren Frucht

Sarona, the 150-year-old Templer village and former British Army headquarters, is now Tel Aviv's newest lifestyle hub.

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Wider World

Tech-Travel Tools Translate Culture

by Adeena Sussman

World Jewish Heritage, which aims to combine the resourcefulness of Tripadvisor with the importance of Unesco, will be a continually updated hub for Jewish cultural information around the