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A group of Reform Jews reading Torah during a mixed prayer at the public square in front of the Western Wall, Nov. 16, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Noam Rivkin Fenton-Flash90)
Posted inIsrael at 70

Building a Reform movement in Israel

Yonatan Melamed by Yonatan Melamed April 16, 2018April 16, 2018
Chai Levy dances with Roger Studley after his marriage proposal on Masada during a 2006 congregational trip.
Posted inIsrael at 70

Rules of (Jewish) engagement — how I came to live my Judaism 24/7

Rabbi Chai Levy by Rabbi Chai Levy April 13, 2018
The author's kids, Charlie and Rosie Ayalon at Rosh Hanikra in Israel, 2017
Posted inIsrael at 70

Here, strangers are strangers. In Israel, they are family.

Nicole Hakimi by Nicole Hakimi April 13, 2018
Mosaic art on the wall that separates Gaza from Moshav Netiv HaAsara (Photo/Lily Greenberg Call)
Posted inIsrael at 70

Building bridges to peace over formidable terrain

Lily Greenberg Call by Lily Greenberg Call April 13, 2018April 13, 2018
Ilse Bloch and Batya Ross — first- and third-generation survivors
Posted inJewish Life

Holocaust survivors are dwindling, but their children are just getting started

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz April 12, 2018April 14, 2018
Julia Hernandez Nierenberg in Tsfat
Posted inIsrael at 70

Israel showed me I have a place in the global Jewish community

Julia Hernandez Nierenberg by Julia Hernandez Nierenberg April 12, 2018April 12, 2018
Faith Kramer's Onion-Stuffed Challah with Everything Topping (Photo/Faith Kramer)
Posted inJewish Life

Counting the Omer with decadent stuffed everything challah

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer April 12, 2018
"Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem" by Francesco Hayez, 1867
Posted inIsrael at 70

Here’s what we need to tell young people about Israel

Rabbi Joey Felsen by Rabbi Joey Felsen April 12, 2018April 12, 2018
Eden Luvishis (right) with fellow travelers in Israel
Posted inIsrael at 70

Darkness of Poland gives way to spiritual light of Israel

Eden Luvishis by Eden Luvishis April 11, 2018April 11, 2018
Students praying at the Jewish Herzlia school in Cape Town in the 1960s (Photo/Courtesy South African Jewish Museum)
Posted inIsrael at 70

In South Africa, we were overjoyed by the ‘modern miracle’ of Israel

Mervyn Danker by Mervyn Danker April 11, 2018April 12, 2018

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