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Dec 21, 2021, 2:06 PM
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Ending 2021 on a high: 12 Israeli secrets captured from above
It's the Israel you've never seen before, from a little-known shipwreck 15 minutes from Tel Aviv to the middle of the desert under the Milky Way
Jun 9, 2016, 7:51 AM
You will not kick us down
In the space of a single day today I went from relief to sadness to celebration. Geographically removed from Israel, the flurry of Whatsapp messages gave the first hint. Twitter feeds, news alerts with information, misinformation, corrected information and finally...
May 1, 2016, 7:31 AM
In Memory of a Tzadik
It is hard, almost impossible, to get used to the idea of adding z"l (ob"m) to the name Rabbi Daniel Beller. Just two years ago we were standing in front of him under the chuppah, surrounded by our families and...
Nov 3, 2015, 9:37 PM
Through Three Lenses
First and foremost I see Israel through the lens of any Israeli. This wave of terrorism, in which the threat of attack by knife of gun is one more thing that we wish to not have to worry about. Yes-...
Nov 19, 2014, 8:58 AM
Our Responsibility
Ten years ago I was a soldier in Jerusalem. I was that border policeman sitting behind the bus driver on my way to and from base looking for suspicious activity in the crowd. I was the one stationed at...
Oct 2, 2014, 11:32 PM
Yom Kippur in Kabul
How many Jews will mark Yom Kippur 5775 in Afghanistan? 100? 50? Ten to scrape together a minyan? No. In fact, it falls well short of that; to the point that describing the community's members as "they" would be incorrect. Zevulun Simantov...
Sep 24, 2014, 1:25 AM
Introducing- Shimi P!
Former President Shimon Peres and his "What will Shimon Peres do now" video have taken over Facebook. It has continuously appeared at the top of my news feed since Monday. Full Disclosure- I have watched it ten times. Ok... more,...
Aug 4, 2014, 1:45 AM
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Two Places at Once
When an IDF reservist is called up for duty, should he get off his bus in New York?
Jul 1, 2014, 2:58 AM
Dear Eyal, Gil-ad, and Naftali
I am sitting and staring at a blank screen, thinking how to put my thoughts and feelings into words. The only way I felt right in doing so was to write to the three of you directly. At 1:05PM...
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Yoav Cohen is a career high tech junkie, and former senior emissary of the Jewish Agency to Westchester, NY. He is the photographer and author behind the lens and journal of "Point of View" - a new travel & photography blog on Israel.
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