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Red strings are a popular symbol of Jewish identity. It’s not uncommon for tourists to buy red strings in Israel from street vendors and return home with one tied around their wrists for luck or protection. The custom goes back generations. I remember my grandmother tying a roite bendel - Yiddish for red ribbon - […]
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One afternoon, your son Jacob comes home from school fuming. A classmate, David, insulted him publicly, and the teacher responded by kicking Jacob out of class. By the time he finishes explaining what happened, you are fuming too. You call the principal to demand an explanation—and an apology. The principal listens patiently and then fills […]
Omer Shem Tov, 23, spent over 16 months in the tunnels of Gaza. For over a year, he’s been sharing his story around the world — how he survived and the choices that sustained him through it all, including 450 days of total isolation, 50 of them in a pitch-dark dungeon where he couldn’t even […]
Jerusalem is often documented through its stones: the Western Wall, the steeples, the walls. The book Jerusalemites seeks to shift the gaze from symbols to the living texture; from myth to reality. The perspective presented here is that of a native, a son of a family whose roots have been planted deep in this city […]
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