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Survivors of the Buchenwald concentration camp arrive in Haifa in 1945, 12 years before Lili Naveh would arrive there with her mother, also a Holocaust survivor.
Posted inIsrael at 70

I was 3 when we left the sorrow of Poland to run free in Haifa

Lili Naveh by Lili Naveh April 8, 2018April 9, 2018
Israel independence Jerusalem Post
Posted inIsrael at 70

Seven decades on, Israel is still a work in progress — as it should be

by J. Editorial Board April 6, 2018
From the 2007 film "Waltz With Bashir"
Posted inIsrael at 70

10 modern Israeli films to watch on Israel’s 70th birthday

Lexi Leban by Lexi Leban April 6, 2018April 6, 2018
Yoav Potash (top, in the 75 t-shirt) in Israel for the first time in 1979 with his brothers and cousins
Posted inIsrael at 70

How I learned all Israelis are not my father

Yoav Potash by Yoav Potash April 5, 2018June 26, 2019
An after-work Hebrew lesson for new emigres in Dimona, 1955 (Photo/Moshe Pridan-National Photo Collection)
Posted inIsrael at 70

‘Yiddish not spoken here’ — but my dad had a different idea

Vavi Toran by Vavi Toran April 5, 2018April 6, 2018
On the cover of our print edition this week: "Hipster Herzl," part of Israeli artist Amit Shimoni's Hipstory series, reimagines the legendary Zionist leader and his very hipster beard.
Posted inLetter to Readers

On the cover: 70 years of Herzl’s dream

by Sue Fishkoff April 5, 2018April 5, 2018
a family waves israeli flags ecstatically
Posted inIsrael at 70

Party like it’s 1948 at these Bay Area Israel Independence Day events

by J. Staff April 5, 2018April 9, 2018
Palestinian protesters at a demonstration near the Gaza border, March 31, 2018 (Photo/JTA-Abed Rahim Khatib-Flash90)
Posted inIsrael at 70

Are our ancestors’ tears any different from Palestinian tears?

Austin Weisgrau by Austin Weisgrau April 3, 2018April 4, 2018
Ofra Daniel as lead character Tirza in her production of “Love Sick,” winner of the 2018 Glickman Award (Photo/Cheshiredave Creative)
Posted inIsrael at 70

I am your daughter — a letter to my dear land of Israel

Ofra Daniel by Ofra Daniel April 2, 2018April 4, 2018
Zack Bodner (left) with his family at the Western Wall in Jerusalem
Posted inIsrael at 70

Why should Israel matter? Because it’s in our collective soul.

Zack Bodner by Zack Bodner April 2, 2018April 4, 2018

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