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Happy Passover from Israel
Passover doesn’t let us forget! Each year we sit and retell the story of the journey from slavery to freedom, an existential experience without end. If then it was Pharoah, today we are compelled to raise our shields against a threatening Iran and terrorist killers on our streets. After thousands of years, the four questions remain the same as is our message:
“WE ARE HERE FOREVER”
Articles
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The Takeaways of the Breakaways of Berenson and Bernstein
Why did the founders of Human Rights organizations denounce their progenies?
By David E. Kaplan
For Peter Berenson and Robert Bernstein walking away from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch must have been painful, however the alternative would have been untenable. From such grandiose visions, they saw the agencies they founded, infused with the oldest prejudice in history – antisemitism!
The Takeaways of the Breakaways of Berenson and Bernstein
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We will not be Broken!
Israel endures a wave of terror and like many times before, we will prevail
By Rolene Marks
Overwrought by the tragedy playing out on streets across Israel, this article was written one day before the latest terror attack in Dizengoff Street, Tel Aviv, claiming two more innocent lives. The writer’s message is heartfelt and clear – we are one family and we mourn their loss as family.
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Killing President Sadat Again
Dreams and visions do not also have to die
By Jonathan Feldstein
“Carter didn’t pull the trigger that killed Sadat” but by “empowering Iran, he provided the ammunition,” asserts the writer. Is it now the late Egyptian President’s VISION if no longer the body that may be ‘assassinated’ by again senselessly “empowering Iran”?
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Foreign Affairs
Finding love in Israel but also finding oneself in a new country – help offered!
By Oren Ben-Arieh
There are no shortage of “helping hands” to assist “lonely hearts”. But what of those who have found love – foreigners in Israel who have partnered with locals – and now need to find oneself within a foreign culture. Time to – MIX IT UP!
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LOTL Co-founders David E. Kaplan (Editor), Rolene Marks and Yair Chelouche
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