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First Illuminated Passover Haggadah Features Imagery That Would Shock Modern Jewish Worshipers

Anyone who does not say these three things on Passover has not fulfilled his obligation: Pesach, Matza and Maror (Passover, matza and bitter herbs). Everybody who has ever taken part.

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Joe Sacco’s Next Gaza Comic Book and an Israeli Actor Wracked With Guilt

Credit: Joe Sacco, Chris Hedges, Fantagraphics, Moti Milrod, Ella Barak A renowned cartoonist and a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist collaborate to create a devastating indictment of Israel’s actions in Gaza in.

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‘Better Chance of Dying of Boredom’: Even Cluster Missiles Can’t Stop Tel Aviv’s Nightlife

When Ollie Danon performed last week at the Hameretz2 club in Tel Aviv, a siren went off just before his encore. He and the audience rushed to a nearby courthouse.

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This Magazine Is Unapologetically Palestinian – and Entirely in Hebrew

Sabra magazine could easily confuse anyone. The Hebrew-language online publication takes its name from a word that most Jews immediately associate with Zionism and being born and raised as Israeli,.

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'You can't live by the sword': Israeli TV's Tel Aviv street interview backfires

An Israeli TV reporter went looking for café complacency in Tel Aviv, and found Hila Tov explaining that ‘just six months ago we supposedly had a victory that would last.

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Lebanese pop star Elissa: Hezbollah has become a 'terror organization'

The singer one of the Middle East’s most successful artists, has criticized Hezbollah and Iranian aid before – but never so bluntly Source link

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Peace now? The Palestinian and Jewish artists daring to use a 'forbidden' word

This week in Cultural Roundup: From a building-sized call for peace in Tel Aviv by a former Palestinian Israeli Eurovision performer to a hostage-turned-style icon celebrating her self-expression Source link

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Between Tel Aviv and Ramallah: Sari Bashi on ‘Her ‘Upside Down’ Marriage and Raising Jewish Palestinian Kids

Even by the most extreme “Romeo and Juliet” standards, Sari Bashi’s romance and marriage to her partner, Osama, has overcome impossible odds. When the two met in 2006, she relates.

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Matti Caspi Never Tried to Be a Star. He Just Was One

Israeli megastar Matti Caspi’s cool made you forget that his music burned with rhythmic fire Source link

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‘Send Help’ Is a Wonderfully Caustic Comedy Thriller That Wrong-foots Its Audience at Every Turn

How spooky. The name of Sam Raimi’s new film, “Send Help,” is also what audience members are no doubt shouting while watching the new documentary on Melania Trump. And while.

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