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Articles
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‘REVIVIM’ REVEALED
The Jewish festivity of Shavuot brought back memories of a kibbutz in Israel’s South and its South African connection
By David E. Kaplan
Google ‘Kibbutz Revivim’ and you will find that it was established in 1943 by a youth movement group from Rishon LeZion on land given to them by the JNF. Nowhere will you find – without research – that is was established on land owned and donated by a South African family from Parow, outside Cape Town, South Africa.
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THE SEAL THAT CAPTURED THE HEART OF A COUNTRY
Yulia, the rare monk seal captures the hearts of Israelis
By Rolene Marks
‘She Came, She Saw,’ and above all ‘She Conquered’ the minds and hearts of Israelis. Following a 5-day war with Gaza and the ongoing national protests against the government’s judicial overhaul, Israelis needed some ‘Time Out’. They found it with a rare six-foot seal who they named ‘Yulia” and made her into an unlikely celebrity!
THE SEAL THAT CAPTURED THE HEART OF A COUNTRY
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THE ARAB VOICE – MAY 2023
Arab writers opining on Middle East issues, address the surprising stir caused by a black actor playing the role of Cleopatra in a Netflix documentary, why Arabs are following with interest the less predictable election in Turkey and why the West needs to address problems in the Middle East with more urgency.
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LOTL Cofounders David E. Kaplan (Editor), Rolene Marks and Yair Chelouche
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