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Hebron: Religious passions and conflicting narratives

Hebron: Religious passions and conflicting narratives
By Bambi Sheleg  |  11/03/2010
Eretz Acheret has decided to devote an issue to the city of Hebron because we feel that the city can be viewed as a microcosm of the Jewish-Palestinian conflict, embodying as it does the essence of the conflicting narratives. That is why a discussion of the City of the Patriarchs is so important to all those living in ...

In Hebron, Religion is More Important than Nationalism
By Miki Ehrlich  |  11/03/2010
We must recognize the fact that the Cave of the Patriarchs is not a site holy to the government of Israel or the Palestinian Authority; it is sacred and dear to the Jews, the Moslems, and to a certain extent, also to Christians. It is also not the property of the residents of Hebron, Jews and Arabs alike. The Cave of t...

Let's leave the painful issues behind and let's just move forward
By Anayem Al-Tayeb  |  11/03/2010
Zuhair Manasra, former governor of Jenin and Bethelem, and a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization's parliament-in-exile, the Palestinian National Council, describes his attitude, as a member of Fatah, toward the issues of Hebron and Jerusalem. In his view, the Palestinians should guarantee the safety o...

A weekly report by an Israeli in Berlin - Conversion on the dance floor
By Amit Epstein  |  11/03/2010
Israel broke a world record; nine Oscar-nominations in the best foreign film category, three of them in a row (!) but zero wins.
I read and heard various voices in Israel gloating over that last loss of "Ajami" due to its Arab-Israeli director's statement, that he and his film do not represent the state...

A Letter from London—A touch of Polish-Jewish warmth
By Antony Lerman  |  11/03/2010
Was the little bit of Polish-Jewish warmth that came to Jewish London last week, a city still shivering in the coldest winter for decades, only ‘virtual’? If that sounds like a slightly odd question, think of two goyim and an Orthodox Jewish professor discussing, in bookish Bloomsbury, the meaning of Jewish culture tod...

Hate speech – Blog
By Agata Peleszuk  |  11/03/2010
British Jews declared a war against hate speech on campuses. Their strategy intends to fight the extremism that uncontrollably spreads in the universities under the banner of freedom of expression. The case of British Jews defending themselves from growing bias shows a difficulty in drawing the line between free of spe...

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