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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 501

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From left: Villagers from Agoudal with gear purchased with money raised by the GoFundMe page managed by Martha Rettig and Denise Marie; A Jewish-Amazigh workshop in the Atlas mountains in the 1950s; Amazigh women cross a river bearing loads on their backs. (Courtesy)
September 6, 2019, 4:28 pm
Moroccan villagers with a hazy Jewish tie get a financial lifeline from Israelis
How Jewish donors are helping the indigenous Amazigh clothe and educate themselves, as they struggle to spark a cultural resurgence within a society of ruling Arab elites
By Yaakov Schwartz
Talleen Abu Hanna arrives at the Neve Ilan studio outside Jerusalem on December 18, 2016. for the opening of Season 8 of the Israeli version of the Big Brother reality show. (Shlomi Cohen/Flash90)
January 13, 2019, 1:58 pm
Israeli Arab transgender star reconciles with estranged father on reality TV set
Talleen Abu Hana from Nazareth won first Israeli transgender beauty pageant and starred on Israeli version of ‘Big Brother’
By ToI Staff
Micah Streiffer
April 5, 2018, 6:31 pm
Micah Streiffer
I think I’m a slave after all
Bored? I reach for my phone. My mind wanders? My phone. A 15-second interval while a computer page to load? Again, my phone
Fulbright scholars McCall Wells, left, and Danielle Elliott are organizing an interfaith seder at the Universidad Camilo José Cela in Villafranca del Castillo, Spain. (Melissa Marazas/via JTA)
March 30, 2018, 3:53 pm
American students organize a Spanish university’s first-ever Passover seder
Thousands of miles away from her Chicago home, Danielle Elliott is hosting a festive meal themed for freedom and human rights
By Margarita Gokun Silver
Ori Hanan Weisberg
March 30, 2018, 2:03 pm
Ori Hanan Weisberg
Breaking the Passover cycle
Freedom becomes a grind when we lose the energy and creativity it demands of us
Shayna Goldberg
March 21, 2018, 3:08 pm
Shayna Goldberg
Passover in a postmodern age
We can chalk our beliefs up to artificial constructs that keep us subservient, but our experiences are real and they are freeing
Yael Ridberg
January 19, 2018, 3:14 pm
Yael Ridberg
Freedom and justice don’t just happen
The triumph over the tyranny of Pharaoh strengthens our resolve to root out modernity’s plagues and rulers
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, waves to supporters during a rally in Istanbul, Friday, Dec. 15, 2017. (Kayhan Ozer/Pool Photo via AP)
January 17, 2018, 1:07 am
Global survey finds Turkey is no longer a free country
Blaming Trump, think tank warns world democracy in crisis in annual freedom report; Israel only free nation in Mideast, but also takes downturn on civil liberties
By Raoul Wootliff
Natan Sharansky signs books at a Times of Israel event in Jerusalem, May 7, 2017. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
May 8, 2017, 3:43 pm
At ToI event, Sharansky talks of freedom, and how Israel went wrong propping up a dictator
The former Soviet refusenik serves up serious analysis, with a side of levity, to a packed Jerusalem English-speaking audience
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Video by Luke Tress
Yedidia Stern
April 10, 2017, 3:05 pm
Yedidia Stern
The festival of freedom and responsibility
A Jewish state that copycats other nations is pointless; rather, Zionism must push for ethics and a sense of purpose
Shira Pasternak Be'eri
April 10, 2017, 2:41 pm
Shira Pasternak Be'eri
This seder, #HadarAndOron
She stands with the families awaiting their boys' return, and is campaigning for everyone to join in on seder night
Naomi Chazan
April 10, 2017, 2:24 pm
Naomi Chazan
Freedom check
The challenge of Passover: to identify the world’s injustices and work to eradicate them
At the New England Holocaust Memorial in Boston, Massachusetts, activists gather in support of refugees on February 12, 2017 (Kaila Fleisig)
February 13, 2017, 12:50 am
Protesters invoke Holocaust at Boston rally against Trump immigration ban
In the shadow of New England’s towering Holocaust memorial, community leaders compare situation of Syrian refugees to that of Jews fleeing Nazi Europe
By Matt Lebovic
Bezalel Academy of Art students protest against what they see as curbs on freedom of speech, December 14, 2016. (Screen capture, Bezalel Academy facebook page)
February 1, 2017, 10:00 pm
DC think tank ranks Israel 45th most free country in world
Freedom House survey of 195 countries gives Israel 80 out of maximum of 100 points; West Bank scores 28, Gaza just 12
By Sue Surkes
Joshua Hammerman
September 1, 2016, 3:56 pm
Joshua Hammerman
A God’s-eye-view at Ground Zero
A view of the entire city made the Freedom Tower a beacon of hope, as humanity reclaims a corner of the blue, blue sky
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