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Current Issues

By Julia Chaitin, Ph.D.

All forms of non-violent protest on our part to try and stop the kassam attacks are legitimate. However, actionns taken by residents of the region to prevent the people in Gaza from having access to needed supplies is both unjustified and immoral. ...
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Seek Peace and Pursue It

By Yigal Tzachor

Israel’s Winograd Commission has been disbanded and so the conduct of the government during the Second Lebanon War is no longer on the agenda. The only current public debates are the one between Minister of Justice Daniel Friedman and President of Israel's Supreme Court, Dorit Beinish, and the one surrounding former President Moshe Katzav's decision to renege on his plea bargain.
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Israel

By Judith Gelman

Es mine kint - just doesn't cut it any longer -
Hunger in Israel while no longer ignored needs more than even the best of good wishes. ...
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The Challenge of Iran

By Trita Parsi

A signal from Israel that it supports American-Iranian talks would strengthen the hands of Tehran's pragmatists and compel Iran's cautious supreme leader to rein in his more aggressive and ambitious subordinates. ...
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America

By Avram Lyon

Advertisments have appeared recently in a Guatemalan newspaper for men to work at a meat packing plant in Postville, IA. The only meat packing plant in Postville, is the Agriprocessor plant, the object of a raid by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on May 12. ...
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Campus & Youth Update

By Rabbi Michael Cohen

If you are looking for a different kind of study abroad experience that combines environmental studies, a cross-culture experience, the Middle East, kibbutz and desert living then the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies is the program for you.

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Jewish Identity

By Rabbi David Gedzelman

The intensity of an immersion experience, whether it be Birthright Israel, summer camp, a service trip, or a retreat, is difficult to maintain or replicate in any kind of follow-up or continuing programming. ...
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