by Alex Rose
In a response to an article by Michael Adler on Bosnia,
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Alex Rose says that the alleged success of President Clinton and Richard Holbrooke in ending 1992-1995 Bosnia war needs to be put into perspective, both in terms of Bosnia’s true role in the war, and the similarities to the Arab-Israeli conflict.
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by Barbara Abraham
Read about some of the valuable and interesting work
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carried out by Shavei Israel in this article about the Kaifeng Jews of China who have returned to their ancestral home of Israel.
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by Gloria Deutsch
Ilana Kirschner was a little girl of twelve when she
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was sent to Theresienstadt. Nearly seventy years have gone by since that terrible time but a few months ago the 81-year-old Kfar Saba resident was vividly reminded of the less dark times when she read an article about Alice Herz-Sommer in The Jerusalem Post and recalled the beautiful music.
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by Michael Adler
Understanding the war in Bosnia. What did it take to
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end the war? Could the process of ending the war be applied to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict? And are there other parallels to be learnt for Israel?
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by Annette Keen
Annette Keen recalls an incident when she was 8 years
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old, on Yom Kippur 1952. Her father was a survivor from a displaced persons camp in Germany and she and her family were living in a rural community in the USA. Her father was the Cantor and he was unusually quiet and thoughtful as they set out for the Kol Nidre service. Finally he told her that he had been thinking about the past and was praying for forgiveness for leaving his father behind.
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by Pamela Peled
Dr. Pamela Peled introduces the dream to create the
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Galilean Resort & Spa, a spiritual center for Christian tourists. Its educational facilities will provide for religious development, while at the same time enabling its guests to relax and enjoy the wellness and spa service. Unique is the deep meaning of its location: the Galilee, on the banks of Lake Tiberias, where Jesus established his ministry 2000 years ago.
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by Rena Shimoni
Non Jewish students from Poland attend a three week
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seminar on the Holocaust at Lewinsky College of education. The idea for the seminar arose when Professor Amira Eran, daughter of a Holocaust survivor, visited Poland and was impressed with the commitment of young Christian students studying Israeli culture.
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by Heidi Solomon
YouthAbility, based in Cleveland, Ohio, serves disabled
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and at-risk youth by engaging them in volunteerism. Once a year, YouthAbility participants who demonstrate an outstanding commitment to service travel with the group on a volunteer excursion to Israel.
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by Sybil Levin
Sybil Levin reminisces about the start of her career
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in Manchester, when removed from grammar school for economic prudency and sent to college to learn to type on a manual typewriter as compared to the hi-tech computer world of her work today.
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by Ben Krengel
A poignant and descriptive emotional poem recalling
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the magic world of Rosettenville Johannesburg through the eyes of the writer in his youth. A time of innocence lost.
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by Barbara Abraham
Israel Pathways, a MASA program, offers a one year
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stay in Israel, working in community projects and studying about Israel in a bid to counteract the negative image created by world media.
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by Andee Goldman
This is a call to Americans living abroad to vote in
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2012 with clear instructions on how to apply for an overseas ballot.
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by Meera Jacobson
Meera Jacobson remembers her childhood in South Africa
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and how her life centered round the kitchen and Nelly. Nelly ran the kitchen and did the laundry and to this day Meera remembers the smell of the wonderful food that emanated from it.
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by Ben Krengel
A visit to the International Jewish book fair held
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in Johannesburg by a 15 year old youth and the interest and stimulation this cultural adventure afforded him.
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by Annette Keen
We are introduced to the enigmatic “O” gene which
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allows the writer’s father a system of chaos as compared with the order of her husband and daughter who are fastidiously neat and organized.
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