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May 22, 2013
9:02 pm

Jerusalem my hometown: The Lionville of Jewish Dreams

I grew up in Lionville, Pennsylvania, a suburb outside of Philadelphia. More country then town back then, I played in the woods and lived a good life there. But,......

January 23, 2013
10:39 pm

Jerusalem, my hometown: Election Night 2 – Analyses

From last night just after the polls closed, still in Tel Aviv down at Hangar 1 in the media center for the foreign press: Well, they are bringing out the......

January 22, 2013
10:04 pm

Jerusalem, my hometown: Election Night 1 – the results

So, I'm down here at the media center in Tel Aviv with all the journalists, pundits and party leaders. How'd I get in here? Well, actually the GPO was very......

January 22, 2013
2:53 pm

Jerusalem, my hometown: Election Day

So, I walked down Rabbi Akiva street this morning, shortly after 07:00. I couldn't wait to vote in my first Israeli election. As I turned the corner......

January 17, 2013
2:24 am

Jerusalem, my hometown: The Great Debate

Right up from the Great Synagogue of Jerusalem on King George street, there's this pretty great Kosher pizza joint that serves these great big stuffed pretzels and calzones. I......

January 11, 2013
6:19 pm

Jerusalem, my hometown: East Talpiot street names and Pre-Election sentiments

So, it was quite the winter storm! Some said it was the most snow they'd seen in Jerusalem in years. I stayed inside and tried to keep warm in......

January 8, 2013
1:23 am

Jerusalem, my hometown: Viewing the Art of Politics

I walked out the door this morning into the worst winter weather that my new hometown had seen in years. But, I didn't know that, not until very late......

January 5, 2013
4:30 pm

The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

David Lasoff

David Lasoff is an American Jew from Southern California… [More]

Jerusalem my hometown: The Lionville of Jewish Dreams

I grew up in Lionville, Pennsylvania, a suburb outside of Philadelphia. More country then town back then, I played in the woods and lived a good life there. But,......

Jerusalem, my hometown: Election Night 2 – Analyses

From last night just after the polls closed, still in Tel Aviv down at Hangar 1 in the media center for the foreign press: Well, they are bringing out the......

Jerusalem, my hometown: Election Night 1 – the results

So, I'm down here at the media center in Tel Aviv with all the journalists, pundits and party leaders. How'd I get in here? Well, actually the GPO was very......

Jerusalem, my hometown: Election Day

So, I walked down Rabbi Akiva street this morning, shortly after 07:00. I couldn't wait to vote in my first Israeli election. As I turned the corner......

Jerusalem, my hometown: The Great Debate

Right up from the Great Synagogue of Jerusalem on King George street, there's this pretty great Kosher pizza joint that serves these great big stuffed pretzels and calzones. I......

Jerusalem, my hometown: East Talpiot street names and Pre-Election sentiments

So, it was quite the winter storm! Some said it was the most snow they'd seen in Jerusalem in years. I stayed inside and tried to keep warm in......

Jerusalem, my hometown: Viewing the Art of Politics

I walked out the door this morning into the worst winter weather that my new hometown had seen in years. But, I didn't know that, not until very late......

Jerusalem, my hometown

On 29 May of this year, I stepped off El Al flight 6 from LAX. I was in Israel for the first time in my life. I was the......

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