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Organized Labor – That Is, Labor Organized against Itself
By Avi Bareli  |  23/12/2010
Ever since the 1970s, Israel’s Histadrut Labor Federation has increasingly identified itself with the socioeconomic approach of the large labor committees, while the Israel Labor Movement has increasingly identified itself with the middle class, whose members began to become disgusted with the idea of organized labor a...

A day unlike any other
By Ariel Hirshfeld  |  23/12/2010
I do not believe in artificial sanctity. However, something emanated from those Shabbat days in my parents’ home that was refined from the traditional Sabbath after the religious ceremony had been removed. Human beings took upon themselves the burden of the sanctity of this day and filled it with simplicity and common ...

Letter from London – Civility under the snow
By Antony Lerman  |  23/12/2010
Jew, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, atheist—whoever you are, there’s no escaping Britain’s coldest winter since 1910 and the snow that has blanketed much of the country. Even fleeing to warmer climes is best not attempted as most of the airports, the Eurostar to the continent and much of the road network is in chaos. ...

The Last Jew of Nowy Sącz – Blog
By Agata Peleszuk  |  23/12/2010
Jakub Müller, one of the last Holocaust survivors from the southern Polish city of Nowy Sącz, died at the age of 90 in Sweden. In spite of the tragic fate of his family, until his last days he was deeply involved in preservation of the memory of the Nowy Sącz Jewry and the Polish-Jewish dialogue

Conversion on the dance floor - A weekly report by an Israeli in Berlin
By Amit Epstein  |  23/12/2010
I really didn't think that my decision to reorganize my living-room would cause so much confusion. Who could have thought that a search for a closet would raise moral questions? The power of context and perspective is never to be underestimated...

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