The PalestinianCapital?
Eric Silver
May 18, 2000
There is a grimy Arabic sign high on the wall of the imposing new building rising on a rocky, ragged hillside in the West Bank village of Abu Dis.
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Bodyguard
Orit Arfa
May 11, 2000
Who would have thought that living next to the prime minister\’s house would be such a good move for a single Jewish woman?
Disturbing Numbers
Jewish Journal
May 11, 2000
Three out of every four insurance policy claims submitted by Holocaust survivors or heirs of victims are being rejected by European insurers.
Stopping the Violence
Michael Aushenker
March 23, 2000
It\’s no secret that Israelis experience many of the same social ills that Americans do. However, there has never been an official study to identify the breadth and nature of domestic abuse in the Jewish State… until now.
Jewish Themes at Sundance
Naomi Pfefferman
February 3, 2000
The Sundance Film Festival, that two-week industry schmooze-fest in Park City, Utah, was once more a launching pad for Jewish independent cinema.
It’s Always About Choice
Jewish Journal
December 30, 1999
I was all set to write an end of year/end of century column for this week\’s issue. You know, the prospects for a future that looks exciting, but also that seems new and unfamiliar and even a bit threatening to someone over 40.
The Golan Debate Reaches New Heights
Avi Machlis
September 16, 1999
Rosh Hashanah may be a time of year when Jews around the world pray for peace, but for the 16,000 Jewish residents of the Golan Heights, those prayers were somewhat more difficult to recite this year.
The Master Class
David Margolis
September 9, 1999
Not all of them were Jewish, but they were definitely the chosen people — five Los Angeles and 33 Israeli film students brought together for a two-week \”master class\” in screenwriting at Tel Aviv University. Held under the auspices of the Tel Aviv-Los Angeles partnership, the class was designed to give a boost to Israel\’s film industry by improving the capabilities of Israel\’s future scriptwriters. A further aim — a subtext, to use the screenwriting term — was to strengthen sympathy for Israel among American film professionals.
Barak’s Hard Road to Peace
Larry Derfner
July 15, 1999
Now that Yasser Arafat has called Ehud Barak his \”friend and partner,\” and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has pronounced himself pleased and encouraged with the new Israeli prime minister, and President Clinton is just waiting to welcome him to Washington, the old euphoria seems to have arisen again.
On Guard in the West Bank
David Margolis
January 7, 1999
Is this me? Eight o\’clock on a Tuesday evening, I\’m strolling down the ordinary street of my town, carrying an M-16 rifle. Tonight, it\’s my turn again to do shmirah, guard duty, a chore required about once a month of every male resident here at Beit Yattir, the West Bank village where I live part time.
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