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Ethiopian-Israeli Pop Music

Ethiopian-inspired music has hit the big time in Israel.

Jews and Muslims

Sept. 11 and the Second Intifada in Israel interrupted years of improvement in Muslim-Jewish relations.

Israel’s Higher Education

Education in Israel is a life-long process.

Education in Israel

Israel has a comprehensive public education system from early childhood through adulthood.

Open on Shabbat

Government's disinterest in Sabbath inspection of businesses underscores waning Orthodox power.

Ladino Today

Is the language of Sephardic Jews, undergoing a revival?

Circassians in Israel

From the Caucasus region, their home is now Israel.

“Whose Leaves Do Not Wither”

In Jewish sources, the leaf is a metaphor for the fragility and durability of life.

Jewish Parent/Child Relationships

Judaism commands us to respect our mothers and fathers — and provide for our children.

Samson Raphael Hirsch: The Father of Neo-Orthodoxy

The 19th-century rabbi who shaped a modern Orthodox community in bridging traditional practice and Enlightenment thinking.

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