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Hillel Damron was born in Kibbutz Hephzibah to parents who survived the Holocaust; he was an officer of elite paratroop unit who was wounded in battle; studied film and became a director of TV documentaries, video shorts and a feature film… [More]
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April 19, 2013
8:08 am

Peace be upon you, Jews, you are free!

These words were spoken by Rabbi Herschel Schacter shortly after he rode through the gates of the Buchenwald concentration camp in 1945,......

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March 15, 2013
8:16 am

Code-of-Silence: Jewish Style

“Friends don’t let friends drive drunk,” a woman friend had told me at a Super Bowl party last month. (Both of us, if I remember correctly, were holding open......

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February 15, 2013
8:13 am

The Kibbutz Origin: What a Surprise!

Watching the latest version of Anna Karenina on the big screen lately, took me back to – of all places – the kibbutz where I was born. How could......

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February 8, 2013
8:16 am

Death of the Generals

The untimely death last December of General Amnon Lipkin-Shahak (whom I had the privilege of knowing), had put the January elections in a new and surprising perspective. I call......