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Articles
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Reach for the Stars
Israel preparing to send its second astronaut into space
By David E. Kaplan
“Go in peace and return in peace” was President Rivlin’s message to Israel’s second astronaut, Eytan Stibbe set for lift off in 2021. The writer revisits his interview with Rona, the late widow of Israel’s first astronaut, Ilan Ramon, who perished with the crew of Columbia 17 years ago and muses over the pursuit of a nation’s dream.
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The Year of “Awokening”
By Rolene Marks
If coping with a Corona pandemic was not crazy enough, we have also had to contend with another bizarre global epidemic – ‘Wokeism’! As much a fashionable buzzword as a set of forever changing set of values, the writer tries to break it down and make sense of it all.
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The Arab Voice
Arab writers from the Middle East opine on Sudan’s advantageous deal with Israel and on the perceived danger to the region of Erdogan remaining president of Turkey.
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LOTL Cofounders David E. Kaplan (Editor), Rolene Marks and Yair Chelouche
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