by Lela Gilbert | Oct 12, 2016 | Jerusalem Notebook, Jews and the Jewish State
I first arrived in Israel in 2006, and my move into a little Jerusalem apartment coincided very closely with the Jewish High Holy Days – and with my birthday. This provided me with an extraordinary introduction to the most sacred season of Judaism, its soul-searching...
by Lela Gilbert | Oct 4, 2016 | Jerusalem Notebook, Jews and the Jewish State
One of the best known and most widely admired Israeli statesmen died on Sept. 28. After suffering a massive stroke two weeks earlier, Shimon Peres – former president, prime minister and minister of defense, to name just a few of his myriad roles – died at age 93. His...
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