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Articles
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PROUDLY PART OF ‘THE MADDING CROWD’
Israel at critical crossroad after President Herzog addresses nation. Which way will it go?
By David E. Kaplan
With ever widening protests against government’s hasty judicial overhaul – now into its 7th week – is that ancient thread that binds Israel’s unique social fabric unwinding? Breaking with presidential protocol, the State President intervenes into political arena where no president dared before. What impact will Isaac Herzog have?
PROUDLY PART OF ‘THE MADDING CROWD’
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AN OLIVE BRANCH EXTENDED
A look at Operation Olive Branch – Israel’s Search and Rescue Efforts in the aftermath of the Turkey-Syria Earthquake
By Rolene Marks
As soon as news broke of the earthquake’s devastation in Turkey and Syria, Israel offered help and immediately set in motion sending one of the first and one of the largest and experienced delegations to help in Turkey. Why when the call goes out – even sometimes when it does not – Israel is the first to respond?
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HOW DID THE HOLOCAUST BYPASS FINLAND?
The big story of a small Nordic Jewish community
By Rony Smolar
How did it happen that whenever and wherever Nazi Germany came across Jews, they mass murdered them but not in Finland? A surprising twist in this Scandinavian saga, Rony Smolar, Chairman of the Helsinki Jewish Congregation provides surprising answers and insights.
HOW DID THE HOLOCAUST BYPASS FINLAND?
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