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Trial for the Nation's Youth:
Trying Eichmann, not Jewish Disputes |
The 1959-61 Ben-Gurion Government's archive opened to the public last year: "...Another subject that preoccupied the government was the trial of Adolf Eichmann, who was kidnapped to Israel from Argentina in May 1960. His trial began in April 1961, and he was hung in Ramle Prison on May 31, 1962, almost exactly two years after the kidnapping. We knew the Israeli government discussed the trial, but only now, when we can peruse the minutes, can we understand to what extent the government, a political body, was involved in an event that was basically a criminal trial."
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Yehiam Weitz
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Israel:
The Persistence of Vision |
"Any Jew who makes aliyah from the United States is certainly not doing so because of anti-Semitism. We come to be connected to this land. We come to be connected to this enterprise of building a Jewish country."
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Who's in Who's Territory?:
The Wars of the Rule of Law |
The struggle between the Supreme Court faction and that of the Supreme Court critics has been going on for a long time. It is based on a legitimate struggle; it is good for an activist court to have its prosecutors as well as its defense attorneys. It is good that there are those who wish to raise the court's status, defend its supremacy and expand its area of jurisdiction; and it is good that there are those who wish to restrain it, criticize it and restrict its jurisdiction.
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Ari Shavit
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Being Patriotic in Israel:
In the Path of the Founding fathers? |
Given the devaluation of the Zionist identity in recent years, the persistence for defining Israel as "the home of the Jewish people, its historic bastion, the homeland of our people" is not to be taken for granted. However, without it, Israel will not be able to survive for very long as a Jewish state, as it was envisioned by the founding fathers from the labor movement.
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Israel Harel
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Long Overdue?:
Saving the High Court from Itself |
In light of public criticism of the activism of the Israeli High Court of Justice and its controversial rulings during the last decade, new measures are being introduced by the Minister of Justice to balance its relative powers in Israeli society.
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Israel Harel
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A nuclear partnership:
Peace on the Wings of the Fly |
Israeli technology enables this extraordinary project: IAEA-United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency, preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons is just one of its tasks. The organization also engages in helping countries use atomic know-how and technology for peaceful purposes. In this project, guided and funded by the IAEA, scientists, politicians and officials from Israel, Jordan, the Palestinian Authority - and perhaps in the near future their colleagues from Syria as well - have come together quietly to wage biological war on the Mediterranean fruit fly.
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Yossi Melman
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Chag Sameach!:
An Absolutely Very Short Guide to Keeping Kosher for Pesach |
One of the greatest problems concerning the Passover holiday is keeping kosher. Keeping kosher is difficult for many of us in the best of times, but when Passover arrives, it becomes total confusion. I will try in a small way to explain the rudiments of it all. This is not intended as comprehensive guide to keeping kosher (which is not within the scheme of my expertise.) If you wish to delve into greater detail please consult you local Rabbi.
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Eli Birnbaum
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Zion in the Sources:
Yearning for Zion |
Have you ever wondered where the world 'zion' actually comes from? This article explores Zion in the Bible, aggadot, customs and laws, ancient and modern poetry, and through the Zionist movement itself.
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Briana Simon
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Far-flung relatives in the Jewish world :
The Ten Lost Tribes of Israel: Looking for The Remnants |
The literature dealing with the mysterious Ten Lost Tribes of Israel is so staggeringly vast that we can only hope to provide a brief outline. Undeniably, the concept of our far-flung brothers scattered to the four corners of the globe has lit the imagination of the Western World for many centuries; today, with the existence of the Jewish state, the legend has become a political dilemma: should Israel, according to its own Law of Return, recognize as citizens of the state every group that proclaims itself as a descendent of The Ten Lost Tribes?
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Ariel Segal
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Events and Activities Ideas:
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising - April 19 1943 |
Throughout the ghettos of Nazi Europe, the Jews tried to organize resistance against the Germans. The arms for these resistance efforts came from weapons smuggled into the ghettos and homemade weapons. From 1941 to 1943, over 100 Jewish resistance groups fought back. The most famous of these resistance movements against the Nazis came from the young fighters of the Warsaw Ghetto.
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12th House
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