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David Steinbock

Jun 9, 2025, 2:56 AM

The Overlooked Role of Irregular Migrants

This week Greta Thunberg claimed that her boat sailing to Gaza picked up four irregular migrants from Sudan who were escaping capture by the Libyan authorities. While this rescue has grabbed media attention across the world, it is only...

Suraj Rajan Kadanthodu

Mar 25, 2025, 4:33 PM

Between Duty and Devotion: The Story of Indian Caregivers in Israel

On a Sunday afternoon, bus route number 58 from Daliyat El Carmel to Haifa Hashmona (Center) is filled with Indian caregivers making their weekly journey to attend Holy Mass at the Stella Maris Monastery Church in Haifa. This ritual...

Feb 4, 2025, 5:10 AM

4 Biblical Principles on Immigration

Giotto, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The Flight into Egypt.

In the discourse surrounding immigration, differing opinions often emerge, sometimes lacking a foundation in biblical teachings. The following are four fundamental biblical principles pertaining to immigration: adherence to legal statutes, the immorality of unlawful entry, the precedent set by...

Julio Levit Koldorf

Feb 3, 2025, 6:47 PM

The End of Wokeism

In July 2016, I participated in a multi-day event organized by the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During this event, I befriended contractors and high-ranking European defense officials. By the end of the session, the informal conversations had become...

Oct 30, 2024, 12:29 PM

Israel, my second home

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This Is the Memoir of a Chinese Worker Who Worked in Israel 20 Years Ago From Wuhan to Israel: The Beginning of My Journey I am Chinese. I’m from Wuhan, Hubei. I worked in Israel for five years, from November 2001...

Sep 9, 2024, 6:54 AM

It could have been me

A few years ago a former friend of mine while doing his EuroTrip visited the Auschwitz concentration camps. Nothing wrong with wanting to learn about world history. The thing that bothered me then and still bothers me was a...

Aug 11, 2024, 5:48 PM

Working in Israel

I was raised by two workaholics, so spending almost a year without being able to have a job was probably the toughest time I have experienced - and I have survived a pandemic and I am currently surviving a...

Jul 14, 2024, 12:01 AM

The last frontier

Last time I was home was in May 2023, the last time I brought home to me was in December 2023 when my parents and younger brother came to spend Christmas and New Years with me and my husband....

Sharona Margolin Halickman

Mar 14, 2024, 9:51 PM

Parshat Pekudei (Shmot 38:21-22) opens with the words: These are the records of the Tabernacle, the Tabernacle of Testimony, which were drawn up at Moshe’s bidding—the work of the Levites under the direction of Itamar son of Aaron the priest....

Jonathan-Simon Sellem

Oct 27, 2023, 5:57 AM

To Our Filipino Heroes

Contrary to what one might think, Israel is not a very welcoming country for foreign workers. And I'm not talking about Arabs, to whom we opened our doors for all these years and who came to harm us three...

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