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Aaron Kalman

Aaron Kalman likes pondering facts and thoughts from different fields of life, and finding (creative) ways to connect them… [More]

March 24, 2013
3:53 pm

A soldier’s Seder on the Lebanese border

We parked the jeeps at one of our usual spots, near Israel's northern border with Lebanon, and took out our food. While we had eaten many of our meals......

February 22, 2013
1:29 pm

‘We all have a face’ – an idea for Purim, by Billy Joel

Purim is a Jewish festival filled with colorful costumes, parties for all ages and (very often) more alcohol than needed. But, it's also a holiday with some serious thought-provoking......

February 17, 2013
5:19 pm

Remember: Moses and IDF soldiers with no graves

Sunday marks the national remembrance day for IDF soldiers without an official burial site. It's no accident that the seventh day of the Hebrew month of Adar was chosen......

January 28, 2013
8:58 pm

Limit the cabinet size, for Israel’s sake

The coalition talks are (unofficially) underway. Though President Shimon Peres has yet to task Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with the formation of Israel's next government, the media is full......

January 24, 2013
3:52 pm

Did fundamental values matter in the elections?

Israel's 2013 elections were, it seems, the elections of names, faces and personalities; the ideology behind them apparently less important than it used to be. On Tuesday the Israeli public......

December 23, 2012
2:10 am

What the Tenth of Tevet can teach modern Israel

Like a phoenix, the Jewish nation has been felled and reborn from the ashes of its destruction time and again. Numerous stories of destruction and salvation are threaded throughout......

June 25, 2012
6:35 pm

We are the generation now

"We are the now generation, We are the generation now. This is the now generation, This is the generation now" In a short and concise verse in their 2009 song "Now......

May 9, 2012
8:47 pm

Lag BaOmer, the burning question of ‘why?’

The Talmud tells us stories about those who wish to understand why Jews act in strange ways and worship god through bizarre rituals. These questions are answered in different......

April 24, 2012
7:13 pm

Why? Because Israel is my home

This is my home. It's where I was born, went to school and got married. Israel is where I played basketball and skinned my knees while hiking, where I......