Yitzy Hammer

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Jun 1, 2014, 5:19 PM

In search for Imagination

Before you begin reading, a warning: this is going to be a nostalgic piece, so if you're not ready for a roller-coaster ride down memory lane, maybe click over to a different article. As a kid, I was most definitely...

May 22, 2014, 7:47 PM

The right to be forgotten

On a European court ruling requiring search engines to hide outdated or wrong personal information

Apr 23, 2014, 3:16 PM

Educating parents

Picture the following scene: I'm standing on the platform waiting for my train. On my left is a sign, the sign reads: no smoking. Directly underneath the sign sits a young mother, probably in her mid-30's. In her hand,...

Jan 9, 2014, 1:16 PM

The ‘Green Line’ is anything but green

What kind of legislation can improve the dire state of sewage, waste disposal and drinking water for Palestinians?

Jan 8, 2014, 11:03 AM

Price taggers, you ain’t my brothers

Israel critics and newspapers celebrated today, as price-tag activists fed them yet another paper-selling headline. Following the Israeli Civil Administration’s uprooting of two olive groves Tuesday near the Samarean outpost of Esh Kodesh, a group of Esh Kodesh residents set...

Dec 30, 2013, 11:55 PM

We should have chosen ‘settlement freeze’

Right-wing voters had a hand in the absurd decision to release convicted terrorist-murderers

Dec 4, 2013, 3:00 PM

Leave Bibi alone!!

It doesn't matter if you love Bibi Netanyahu and you think he's the second coming, or if you hate him and think he's the worst thing since Saddam Hussein; it doesn't matter if you agree with his policy on Iran, or...

Nov 27, 2013, 2:48 PM

Parents beware: explicit content

The parental advisory marker placed on albums with explicit language/content in the United States.

The past couple years, I listen almost religiously to two radio talk-shows featured on Galei Tzahal (Galatz): "Tochnit Haboker" with Micha Friedman and "Ma Boer" with Razi Barkai. If you listen to Galatz long enough you begin to notice...

Nov 20, 2013, 11:50 AM

‘Movember’ Is Upon Us

If you take a look around you, you will likely notice the fine "lip sweaters" sprouting on the facial fringes of your colleagues – this can mean only one thing… "Movember" is upon us. For years I wondered at this strange...

Nov 6, 2013, 9:28 PM

The ‘Richuk’ Movement

"Kiruv rechochik" (or the "kiruv movement") is a term usually used to denote actions and activities of orthodox Jews, whom reach out to non-orthodox Jews, encouraging them to believe in god, engage in Torah study and practice mitzvoth in...

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About Me

Yitz Hammer lives with his wife and two children in Netanya; He made aliyah from the U.S. in 2000, studied in Otniel Hesder Yeshiva and served in the Combat Engineering Corps; Yitzy is currently studying towards an LL.B. in Law and a B.A. in Government at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliah, where he works as a research assistant in the subject of Jewish Law; Yitz's interests include photography, history, international law, music and writing. Most recently, Yitzy has joined the ranks of StandWithUs, the pro-Israel education and advocacy organization, as a participant in their Israel Fellowship.