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March 27, 2013
10:09 pm

A crowd of about 150 Israeli expats gathered at Berlin's New Synagogue recently to learn about the Jewish Community's new Israeli Department. (Lara Altmann)

Berlin Jews formally welcome Israelis long in their midst

New initiative seeks to ease arrival of expats and bridge gaps between natives and newcomers

By Assaf Uni

January 14, 2013
5:03 pm

Election campaign posters for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Sderot, January 7 (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

For many in the south, Netanyahu is a two-time loser

Likud-Beytenu has been hemorrhaging support in the polls. The residents of the rocket-battered areas near Gaza are ready and willing to explain why

By Assaf Uni

January 7, 2013
1:15 pm

An election billboard in Umm al-Fahm, urging people to vote for the Balad party, shows pictures of right-wing Israeli politicians and asks 'Who do you leave the situation to?' (photo credit: Assaf Uni)

In poor Arab villages like Jisr a-Zarka, poverty and alienation keep people from the polls

If Arab-Israelis voted en masse, they might get 20 seats in the Knesset. But in this northern village only one in five turned out last time, and January 22 may be no different

By Assaf Uni

September 3, 2012
11:12 am

The growing number of Israelis living in Berlin -- reflected by the recent opening of the Sababa hummus restaurant -- is leading to debates over how much public assistance is appropriate to accept. (Photo credit: Assaf Uni)

Israelis in Berlin buying their strudel with welfare

Germany’s embassy in Israel estimates it issues 3,000 new passports to Israelis each year. As the sabra population grows in Berlin, some are chastising their compatriots for relying on public assistance

By Assaf Uni