Friday, 20 April 2012

April 19, 2012
Yesterday morning, I visited an old-age home for Holocaust survivors. There, I met Idit Yapo, an amazing woman of 104, clear and lucid. Idit fled Germany...
Two Arab men have been arrested in connection with the stabbing of an orthodox boy in Jerusalem on Thursday. The incident occured near the... More
The recently released video for hip-hop artist Drake’s new song “HYFR” has received a lot of attention for it’s bar mitzvah themed storyline. The video, which starts out ...More
By Arik Elman
The somber rituals of Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel are traditionally apolitical. When the nation’s notables gather at Yad va-Shem and the first memorial siren of the year pierces the silence, there’s enough history, tragedy and heroism to recall without getting into political fights over the meaning and the place of this memory in Israeli national life... More
I walked into an apartment not really knowing what to expect. A tall woman with high cheekbones and kind eyes greeted me at the door...More