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J Street, Zionism, the West Bank/Judea & Samaria barrier, & Israel education
by Ilan Bloch (photo credit: Matt Duss) I was shocked by comments made by an Israel educational senior professional, which I heard first-hand, that “J Street is an American anti-Zionist organization.”...
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Behind the scenes at the Kotel
by Ilan Bloch Image courtesy of fr.wikipedia.org The Kotel Ha’Ma’aravi (Western Wall) is one of the retaining walls of the Temple Mount. It was built by King Herod as part of his renovation and...
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On living in Israel for almost a decade
by Ilan Bloch Image courtesy of http://en.wikipedia.org Next week I will begin my tenth year in Israel. I made Aliyah in order to stop being part of a minority in a multicultural, yet Christian-rooted,...
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Israel Update – Teaching Israeli news & current affairs
by Ilan Bloch Image courtesy of commons.wikimedia.org 1) Chanichim’s connection to their homes in the US is based not only on their knowledge of the Founding Fathers, but rather, also on their...
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A deeper and more tangible connection
by Elana Goldenkoff Machane Yehudah on Friday afternoon – Jerusalem preparing for Shabbat I leaned against stone that had been hewn 2700 years ago. We had just exited Hezekiah’s Tunnel and I was awed...
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Thoughts on the matzav
by Ilan Bloch Marina Maximilian opens the night Eleven years ago, I made Aliyah to Jerusalem – at the tail end of the Second Intifada. I can count the number of terror attacks in the city which...
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