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January 23, 2013
2:42 am

In varietate concordia

This was my first election day as an Israeli citizen. The Israel I moved to is in many ways not the Israel of any of these parties,......

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June 24, 2012
2:54 pm

Leading us out of bondage

"Our word is our bond" is a famous expression. It is just fine when that word is worth something, but it should not be used to answer away the......

May 22, 2012
2:04 pm

Moody perhaps, but nobody has the blues

Last week, Moody's downgraded Israeli banks' outlook from Stable to Negative. For the layman, this kind of news story often proves quite alarming,......