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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
Julia Hernandez Nierenberg in Tsfat
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Israel showed me I have a place in the global Jewish community

Julia Hernandez Nierenberg by Julia Hernandez Nierenberg April 12, 2018April 12, 2018
"Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem" by Francesco Hayez, 1867
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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
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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)
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In South Africa, we were overjoyed by the ‘modern miracle’ of Israel

Mervyn Danker by Mervyn Danker April 11, 2018April 12, 2018
The Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai reading at Tmol Shilshom Cafe in 1994, "a cultural hub in Jerusalem" that Zella Lezak counts as one of her favorite places in Israel. (Photo/Wikimedia-Yair Medina CC BY-SA 3.0)
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Convincing my high school peers that Israel is more than black and white

Zella Lezak by Zella Lezak April 10, 2018April 11, 2018
Ayelet Gundar-Goshen’s  debut novel “One Night, Markovitch” (2012) is worth your time.
Posted inIsrael at 70

11 stellar Israeli novels that cry out to be read

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman April 10, 2018August 20, 2018
Israel at 70 is a cranky, adolescent country, one that is still growing, stretching, lurching along.
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Israel is brilliant, troubled — and in dire need of a shared destiny

Maggid Jhos Singer by Maggid Jhos Singer April 9, 2018April 9, 2018

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