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Soul searching – the soul and its search: How will the internal decisions of the Religious Zionist movement impact the future of Israeli society?

Blog - The Jewish Diaspora in concern of the Gaza crisis
By Agata Peleszuk  |  10/06/2010
In recent week Jewish Diaspora had as much work as Israel. Waves of images and powerful headings put Israel in extremely bad light. Although European and American streets were filled up with pro-Israeli demonstrations organized by Jewish communities and organizations, the efforts to explain the Israeli grounds for the ...

Letter from London – The Jewish democratic deficit
By Antony Lerman  |  10/06/2010
There are some who say that a ‘democratic Jewish state’ is an oxymoron. I can appreciate the validity of arguments in favour of this position and those against. But loading all the doubt about whether Judaism and democracy are compatible on the nature of the state of Israel is a cop-out. This is a question of relevance...

Conversion on the dance floor - A weekly report by an Israeli in Berlin
By Amit Epstein  |  10/06/2010
It seems that the facebook storm has paused, regarding that infamous flotilla.
On the streets it is still raised, as soon as one is identified as being Israeli…

Suffering Defeat at the Hand of Polarizing Forces
By Micha Odenheimer  |  10/06/2010
Yitzhak Greenberg, arguably the most important rabbi that American Jewry has yet produced, is also a highly regarded theologian and philosopher and a key activist whose work touches all streams of the American Jewish community. Micha Odenheimer heard him say: "The strategy of insulation is no substitute for long-t...

The question is whether Orthodox Jewish society can come to terms with feminist changes
By Irit Koren  |  10/06/2010
The first attempts to change the status of women in the world of the Torah in Israel began about 20 years ago. A lot has happened since and Israel currently has numerous Torah study institutions for women, a hesder yeshiva for women, an egalitarian Orthodox prayer service; a vehement outcry is being heard to free women...

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