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Master Chef and the reality of Israel

Rachael Risby-Raz — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:06:21 +0000

I am not ashamed to admit that I cried in the last episode of Master Chef. In fact, I choke up in almost every other episode, and it is not because of a burnt focaccia or that my favorite contestant didn’t make it through to the next round. For me, Master Chef tells the story of [...]

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Autism’s everyday heroes

Rachael Risby-Raz — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 15:37:10 +0000

Everyday I meet heroes. They don’t really look like heroes; sometimes they look really tired, with black rings under their eyes and messy hair hastily gathered into a ponytail. Some are Jewish, others Arab; some religious and others new immigrants with heavily accented Hebrew. But they are all heroes in my eyes, everyday heroes: every [...]

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The reason to bear arms, the reason to ban arms

Rachael Risby-Raz — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 15:27:13 +0000

Like every parent, like President Obama and his wife, I gave my kids an extra hug and kiss goodnight as I tucked them into their beds on Friday night and as I went to sleep, I thought of my father. My late father was a pacifist; a real, honest pacifism that grew out of the [...]

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Now passing E1 – don’t blink

Rachael Risby-Raz — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:43:32 +0000

At the beginning of 2008, President George W. Bush made a historic visit to Jerusalem. Accompanying him was his “Advisor for Jewish Affairs,” a young Jewish guy whom I had been in contact with in my position as the Prime Minister’s Advisor for Diaspora Affairs. We arranged to catch up and do something together during [...]

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