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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
Thousands of African asylum seekers and human rights activists protest in Tel Aviv, Feb. 21, 2018 (Photo/JTA-Tomer Neuberg-Flash90)
Posted inIsrael at 70

There is no moral dilemma: Let the asylum-seekers stay!

Rabbi Lee Bycel by Rabbi Lee Bycel April 5, 2018
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
Eisner family music box with art by Arthur Szyk
Posted inIsrael at 70

The heirloom music box that still pulls on my heartstrings

Rabbi Dennis Eisner by Rabbi Dennis Eisner April 4, 2018April 5, 2018
Israeli police scuffle with Haredi Orthodox men protesting the arrests of two yeshiva students charged with draft evasion, in Jerusalem, Oct. 19, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
Posted inIsrael at 70

Just like the Bay Area, Israel is overdue for its own ‘Big One’

Douglas E. Goldman by Douglas E. Goldman April 4, 2018April 4, 2018
An early group of Youth Aliyah refugees arrive in Israel through the Port of Haifa. (Photo/Israel Government Press Office CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inIsrael at 70

Safe rooms and powdered eggs in the shadow of independence

Raphael Danziger by Raphael Danziger April 3, 2018April 4, 2018
Tamar Zaken in her Israeli army days
Posted inIsrael at 70

At the bus stop, waiting for the messiah (or something like it)

Tamar Zaken by Tamar Zaken April 3, 2018April 4, 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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