Ops & Blogs | The Times of Israel » Ophir Yarden http://blogs.timesofisrael.com The Marketplace of Ideas Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:33:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Thanksgiving across Religious and National Lines http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/thanksgiving-across-religious-and-national-lines/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/thanksgiving-across-religious-and-national-lines/#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:54:42 +0000 Ophir Yarden http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=82672 Women in hijab and men in kippot aren’t usually found dining together.  Last week these and many others – Jews, Christians and Muslims, some observant and others non-practicing – joined together to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their workplace.  This is not a coexistence project or an experiment devoted to peacemaking, but simply daily work [...]

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