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Celebrating Passover
From a people to a nation we relive the long journey to freedom
By Justin Amler
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Is it any Wonder?
From messaging to targeting – Jews in the firing line
By David E. Kaplan
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From Paralysis to Pragmatism
Revising the peacemaking modality between Israel and the Palestinians from resolving to reducing
By Samuel Hyde
From those fixated that the Israeli-Palestine conflict “can be solved” to those resolved that it can only be “be managed”, the writer jettisons dreams for reality by arguing less ambitiously for REDUCING rather than SOLVING.
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He Died so that Others may Live
Remembering Christian Arab-Israeli officer Amir Khoury who bravely gave his life to save Jews
By Jonathan Feldstein
It may be rare to pay a condolence call on the family of a deceased who are all personally unknown but that is what this writer did. Driving hours across Israel to pay his respects to the Arab family of Police officer Amir Khoury who died a hero in a terrorist attack in Bnei Brak, the writer reveals from his visit, illuminating intimacies and insights.
He Died so that Others may Live
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LOTL Co-founders David E. Kaplan (Editor), Rolene Marks and Yair Chelouche
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