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Striking Gold
Swimming Against The Current
In historic firsts, Lay Of The Land salutes Paralympic swimmers Iyad Shalabi who took gold in the 100m backstroke and Mark Malyar in the 200-meter medley. Born deaf-mute to a Muslim family from Shefara’am and paralyzed in all four limbs following an accident at age 13, Iyad is Israel’s first Arab Olympic medalist, while Haifa-born Mark with Cerebral Palsy, set in the medley a new world record.
Articles
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Poles Apart
Cordial, if never sweet, Polish-Israeli relations have assuredly soured
By Dr. Efraim Zuroff, chief Nazi-hunter of the Simon Wiesenthal Center
Despite impassioned appeals from Israel, Poland persistently proceeded with a statute restricting Jews from recovering their rightfully-owned property looted in World War II. With Israel responding by labelling the decision “unethical and antisemitic”, the writer and internationally renowned Holocaust historian, peels off the layers of a complicated relationship whose future now lies uncertain.
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Sweet Surrender
Israelis get their just desserts
By David E. Kaplan
From the 19th century to the present, enjoy an illuminating and mouthwatering tour, sampling some of Israel’s most irresistible dessert treats from Baklava to Knafeh and discover the sweet side of Israeli cuisine.
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Ruth’s Roots Revealed
By Adv. Craig Snoyman
In 2016 a solitary, single, slightly tired woman arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa from Zimbabwe with no family or friends and no more than a suitcase, a small amount of money and gaps in her past that she was determined to fill. This is her journey of personal discovery.
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LOTL Cofounders David E. Kaplan (Editor), Rolene Marks and Yair Chelouche
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