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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.
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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!
Israeli Scene
In Israel, Breaking Barriers in the Orthodox World
In May 2021, Shira Marili Mirvis officially began to lead Shirat HaTamar, a vibrant 42-family synagogue in Efrat. She is believed to be the only Orthodox woman rabbi in Israel.

In May 2021, Shira Marili Mirvis officially began to lead Shirat HaTamar, a vibrant 42-family synagogue in Efrat. She is believed to be the only woman in Israel.
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.

When Mohammad Husein discovered medieval Jewish literature and its similarities to classical Arabic literature, he could not wait to share his excitement with his fellow

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Mothers

by Leora Eren Frucht

They were an odd couple, these two middle-aged women—one in a black hijab and ankle-length dress, the other in tight-fitting jeans and colorful T-shirt—standing there

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Letter from Kibbutz Ha’On: Fallen Flyers

by Esther Hecht

It was the most daring—and seemingly impossible—mission. On February 8, 1914, when Palestine was still part of the Ottoman Empire, two planes of the fledgling

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Israeli Life: Reversing Babel

by Deborah Fineblum Schabb

Two weeks into our ulpan—an intensive Hebrew class that uses an immersion method designed to rapidly integrate new immigrants into Israeli life—our teacher did something that

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Profile: Pascale Bercovitch

by Leora Eren Frucht

A gray winter morning in a suburb of Paris. A teenage girl is rushing to catch the train to school. As the door of the

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Letter from Jerusalem: Friends Without Benefits

by Gershom Gorenberg

Justice Minister Tzipi Livni and Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon didn’t sound like they could be serving in the same government. Addressing an end-of-the-year business conference,

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Profile: Shari Arison

by Rahel Musleah

Shari Arison is the wealthiest woman in the Middle East. The American-born Israeli businesswoman and philanthropist with a net worth of $4.2 billion was ranked

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Little Big Land

by David W. Weiss

I came up from Jerusalem because every so often the need to wander somewhere in the wilds grows urgent. In the past, I would make

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