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Their Tragedy, and Ours

Identities in boxes
By Elana Maryles Sztokman  |  24/02/2011
The ideal of mixed religious-secular educational institutions sounds nice. But does the model exacerbate the problem of sectoriality in Israeli society? Elana Maryles Sztokman shares an encounter she had when her daughter applied to a mixed pre-army program, and wonders about the future of Israeli identity and culture....

Their Tragedy, and Ours
By Benny Morris  |  24/02/2011
In 1968, historian Benny Morris, at the time an inducted soldier in the Israel Defense Forces, published “A Letter to a Palestinian” in The Jerusalem Post. At the request of Eretz Acheret, he has kindly attached an update to that letter

A Polish visit - Blog
By Agata Peleszuk  |  24/02/2011
Between the 23 to 24 of February Polish and Israeli governments held a joint summit in Jerusalem. It was the first time in history when Poland’s and Israel’s cabinets met together to discuss core political, economical and cultural issues, including strategic agreements for the future.

Conversion on the dance floor - A weekly report by an Israeli in Berlin
By Amit Epstein  |  24/02/2011
Last week ended the Berlin film festival, which had – like each year – a few Israeli representatives. Unfortunately I have failed to watch all of them, but one. "INTIMATE GRAMMAR" (in Hebrew "HA'DIKDUK HA'PNIMI", IL 2010) by Nir Bergman, after David Grossman's novel "The Book of ...

Letter from London – Knowledge is power, and the national census delivers
By Antony Lerman  |  24/02/2011
This year’s decennial census of England and Wales may be the last of its kind, but if so, at a cost of $782 million, it will go out with a bang. For Britain’s Jews its loss could be very unfortunate. Data from a voluntary religion question, included for the first time in 2001, provided a fascinating and potentially inv...

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