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Articles
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On High Ground
The Hills of Yodfat are Alive with the Sound of Hebrew
By David E. Kaplan
Over 2000 years ago, Yodfat was a fierce battleground in a war of the Jews with Rome that would lead to exile until 1948. A lively barmizvah of the writer’s family at modern day Yodfat, ignites thoughts and reflections of a people’s destiny and proud homecoming.
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“But You Don’t Look Jewish!”
By Rolene Marks
Not all discrimination or racism is experienced in the same way. When aimed at Jewish women, antisemitism takes on an additional and sometimes distinctly misogynistic element.
*Warning – contains language some may find offensive.
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How Complex is Baseless Hatred?
By Adv. Craig Snoyman
While a South African newspaper saw fit to publish an inciteful article referring to Israel as a “settler colony” describing it as “racist”, “ethno-supremacist” and “set on ethnic cleansing” and calling for international sanctions, the writer, a practicing South African lawyer, responds in Lay of the Land after being refused a right of reply in newspapers across South Africa.
How Complex is Baseless Hatred?
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