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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!
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.
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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.

Every other Friday afternoon, a group of musicians—a clarinetist, trombonist, bass player and drummer—blasts away on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv. The group, most often

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Letter From Jerusalem: Center of Gravity

by Gershom Gorenberg

March 11. Election night, January 22, 2013: Between midnight and dawn, while saner souls slept, Israelis truly obsessed with politics sat awake, amazed, constantly refreshing

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Just Desserts

by Paula Shoyer

Most people return from Paris with flowery descriptions of the spectacular art, architecture and fashion of the city. But the Paris I love to visit

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Interview: David Stav

by Charley J. Levine

Rabbi David Stav, 53, is founder-president of Tzohar, a network of national-religious rabbis. Unconventionally, Stav, Israeli-born chief rabbi of Shoham, in Israel’s central district, has

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Family Matters: Unexpected BFF

by Martin Hoffman

The Weimaraner arrived at my Jerusalem apartment one summer day alongside my wife’s nephew—a self-styled nomad who roams the Judean Hills with his goats, sheep,

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Israeli Life: A Civil Way Forward

by Rochelle Furstenberg

Gallal Aovad Babai volunteers at the fire station in Karmiel, a city in northern Israel, for about 40 hours a week. An Israeli Arab from

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Letter from Tekoa: Dog Days

by Sherri Mandell

At 9:30 A.M., we were trying to figure out how to lift her 45-pound body, which lay outside the claw-marked wooden front door. It was

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Israeli Life: From Russia With Love of Learning

by Dina Kraft

It is just after 4 P.M. in Petah Tikva, a working-class town in central Israel, and a group of chattering schoolchildren are making their way