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November 21, 2012
3:15 am

So Far, Yet So Close

I am not in Israel. Three weeks ago I returned to Australia in order to pursue a Masters degree. This was always an incredibly difficult decision for me and......

August 23, 2012
12:21 pm

No Right To Choose In Israel

Everyone in America is up in arms about women’s rights. The Republicans were hoping that this election would be all about the economy and their contention that President Obama had......

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August 9, 2012
9:08 am

Welcome home from the Olympics. You suck!

There are only a few arenas in the world where citizens can proudly wear the colours of their country without accusations of overt patriotism. One is the battlefield, the......

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August 2, 2012
1:49 pm

Washing All the Colours of the Rainbow

For 64 years Israel has proudly displayed two colours on her flag: white and blue. They are the eternal colours of the State of Israel. The flag is instantly......

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August 1, 2012
4:36 pm

Out of the Ashes a New Israel Must Rise

Israel is a country born out of suffering. Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism, was turned to the path of Jewish Statehood when he saw the rising anti-Semitism......

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July 30, 2012
12:25 pm

Anonymous Anti-Semites

How do you chastise a group that has no leader, no membership list and no name? How do you hold someone responsible when they do not claim membership to......

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July 27, 2012
5:12 pm

Hope Springs Eternal

I thought long and hard about how to start off my first blog post for The Times of Israel. In the last week we saw a return of Israel’s......

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