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‘You won’t divide us’: Protesters against overhaul rally for a 39th weekend

Demonstrators in Tel Aviv block Ayalon freeway with sukkah after week that saw clashes between religious and secular Jews on Yom Kippur

Left: Justice Minister Yariv Levin speaks during a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, January 11, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Right: Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara attends a conference at the University of Haifa, December 15, 2022. (Shir Torem/Flash90)

Levin: I would ‘act immediately’ to replace AG if I was given the authority

Justice Minister Yariv Levin seen during a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on September 10, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Levin demands AG allow coalition to hire private attorneys in spy tech inquiry

Art and materials on display at 'Etrog: The Wandering Fruit' include, from left: Johann Bodenschatz's 'Kirchliche Verfassung der heutigen Juden,' Erlangen, 1748, showing various Sukkot scenes, and 'Nürnbergische Hesperides, oder Gründliche Beschreibung der edlen Citronat, Citronen, und Pomerantzen-Früchte,' a fanciful depiction of the fruit by Johann Christoph Volkamer, Nuremberg, 1708-14. (Courtesy the Bernard Heller Museum of Judaica)

Thick-skinned world traveler: NYC exhibit explores the life and times of the etrog

By Rachel Ringler

Trio of Jewish historians and curators has delved deep into the history, use, care, dissemination and symbolism of the citron that is a central feature of the Sukkot holiday

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Biblical recreation
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Free to fast
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Leviathan sounds
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Tracked down
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Oh, blast
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Magical find
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Children’s TV stars horse around on Tel Aviv highway

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