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Experiencing a different side of Israel

I’ve visited Israel four times so far and each time has been a completely different experience. My first visit, back in 1992, had a religious focus. I had just gotten married and was living a relig…

I’ve visited Israel four times so far and each time has been a completely different experience.

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Thoughts at 4 a.m. in Tel Aviv

It’s 4 a.m. in Tel Aviv. We arrived in Israel this afternoon and  I’m wide awake because my body and mind are still on Pacific Standard Time. It’s quiet outside, although every once in awhile I hea…

It’s 4 a.m. in Tel Aviv. We arrived in Israel this afternoon and I’m wide awake because my body and mind are still on Pacific Standard Time.

It’s quiet outside, although every once in awhile I hear a noise that back home I would attribute to a car backfiring or other city sounds, but here I think it sounds like how a rocket in the distance might sound.

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Ehud Barak visits Scottsdale

One of the best ways that American Jewish communities can support Israel is by having a strong, powerful, vibrant Jewish community, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak told the nearly 700 attendees at the Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix's Mega I

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Team Israel holds mini-camp in Scottsdale

Team Israel will play in the World Baseball Classic for the first time ever, and last weekend, before heading to games in Seoul, South Korea, the team held a mini-camp in Scottsdale.

Team Israel holds a training camp in Scottsdale before heading to Seoul, South Korea for the World Baseball Classic.

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A traveling companion

Before I left on my 10-day trip to Israel earlier this month, my 6-year-old approached me with one of his stuffed bears and told me that I should bring it wherever I go on my trip. It was a little …

A "dog's" trip to Israel.

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Creating a business plan for Israel

Four childhood friends who grew up in Tel Aviv made a decision while serving in the Israeli Army: If they survived, they would devote their lives to a cause.

Childhood friends seek to fulfill their mission to help build Israel.

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Israeli hospital develops innovative surgery

Dr. Ziv Gil, chairman of the department of otolaryngology, head and neck surgery at the Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa, Israel, was recently in Scottsdale to give a presentation about an innovative method for removing skull-based tumors.

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Company promotes West Bank products to fight Israel boycotts

The founder of an organization that fights Israel boycotts by promoting products made in Judea and Samaria, better known as the West Bank, will be in the Valley next month to encourage American Jews to show their support for Israel by purchasing Israeli g

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Rabbi Lau: Now is time to learn to live together

Even before speaking, Rabbi Israel Meir Lau is inspirational, by virtue of the life he has lived.

A reflection on a talk by Rabbi Israel Meir Lau, a Holocaust survivor and former chief rabbi of Israel.

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WATCH: Reports show Gaza militants firing rockets in civilian areas

News: French, Indian Journalists in Gaza film militants preparing and firing rockets into Israel from the middle of residential neighborhoods.

Now that foreign reporters have returned home - away from the threat of violent backlash from Hamas - the truth comes out about Gaza militants firing rockets in civilian areas.

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First person: Sirens change family’s Israel trip

One of our great sages, Hillel, said, “If I am not for myself then who will be for me?” Never had an answer been made clearer than during our most recent visit to Israel.

A mother of 4 from Scottsdale describes what it was like visiting Israel during the recent conflict.

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Itineraries change, but Israel trips go on

Noah Silver, 16, had looked forward to Camp Ramah’s summer trip to Israel for several years; his sister, who went two years ago, raved about it, as did other past participants. But his trip turned out to be very different.

Many youth groups were in Israel when the Gaza conflict broke out. How'd that change their trip?

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Why the world should care about Israel

As Israel gets slammed over and over again in social media during its recent conflict with Hamas, the more apparent it is that many people are not aware of what impact the small country (about the ...

For a country about the size of New Jersey – that is so small on the world map that its name can’t fit inside, so it is often written in the Mediterranean Sea – Israel’s impact upon the world is phenomenal.

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TV Interview: Hamas Defender and ‘Human Rights’ Lawyer Lies and Claims Truth is Racist

Diana Bhutto, Arab 'human rights' lawyer, lies repeatedly and completely on national television.

It's so sad to hear children saying those things.

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Chabad Terror Victims Project Implements Emergency Measures in Israel - Trying to get children out of the line of fire

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Are YOU One of the 1,000,000′s That Have Been Lied To About This?

The Biggest LIE Of The CENTURY!!

So sad to learn about the spreading of such hatred.

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From Israel with love - The Jewish Star

Independent and original reporting from the Orthodox communities of Long Island

We do not have to apologize for defending ourselves from missile attacks, writes Far Rockaway mother of 4 who now lives in Efrat

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Hamas

Hamas is an Islamic extremist terrorist organization based in the West Bank and Gaza strip that calls for the eradication of the State of Israel. Both the United States and the European Union have designated Hamas as a terrorist organization. Following in

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What Israeli Schoolchildren Sing to Deal With Rockets

  Israeli Schoolchildren:  This song was composed by a local teacher and has been taught to hundreds of schoolchildren within firing range of Gaza's rockets to help them deal with the fear and...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LG2Qkcn7iM

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BBC investigation reveals Gaza pictures not what they claim to be

BBC Trending, the broadcasting service’s social media department, reported July 7 that many images posted on social media under the hashtag #GazaUnderAttack are not necessarily what the people who posted them claim them to be.

BBC Trending, the broadcasting service’s social media department, reported July 7 that many images posted on social media under the hashtag #GazaUnderAttack are not necessarily what the people who posted them claim them to be.

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The Middle East Problem

The Middle East conflict is framed as one of the most complex problems in the world. But, in reality, it's very simple. Israelis want to live in peace and ar...

The Middle East conflict is framed as one of the most complex problems in the world. But, in reality, it's very simple. Israelis want to live in peace and are willing to accept a neighboring Palestinian state. And most Palestinians do not want Israel to exist. As Dennis Prager explains, this is really all you need to know.