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Hannah Lillith Assadi, author of 'Sonora.' (Ulysse Payet)
April 6, 2019, 1:29 pm
Traditions and cultures collide in half-Jewish, half-Palestinian writer’s novel
First published in 2017, Hannah Assadi’s ‘Sonora’ is in the spotlight again after the author made The National Book Foundation’s ‘5 Under 35’
By JP O’ Malley
Ben Avrahami, second from left, standing, participating in a hike with other members of IAC Mishelanu at the University of Massachusetts. (Courtesy of IAC Mishelanu UMass Amherst/via JTA)
October 9, 2017, 4:32 am
Where Israeli-American students go to speak Hebrew and connect with their roots
Focused on cultural and national identity rather than religious, IAC Mishelanu is an on-campus home away from home for US-based Sabras
By Josefin Dolsten
Jeremy Rosen
August 11, 2017, 6:44 pm
Jeremy Rosen
Embarrassed to be Israeli?
Despite those who hide their nationality or religion, but he feels greater optimism for the Jewish future than ever
Sally Abrams
June 25, 2017, 2:46 pm
Sally Abrams
Love of Israel begins at home
Why touring the holy land should not be a ‘one-and-done’ bucket list item, but a place to return again and again
Palestinians queue in front of the Interior Ministry branch in East Jerusalem, July 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)
June 2, 2017, 2:35 am
Reality drags more East Jerusalem Arabs toward quiet Israeli citizenship
Stigmatized by Palestinians as capitulation to Israeli rule, an Israeli passport eases travel, work and assures residence in capital
By Shatha YAISH
Israelis celebrating on Independence Day in Jerusalem on April 23, 2015. ( Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 20, 2017, 5:41 pm
Israel is world’s 11th-happiest country, but…
Separate poll finds that about one-third of Israeli Jews would move abroad given the opportunity; Jewish state places above US (14th), Germany (16th) and UK (19th)
By Jacob Magid
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