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'In the navy'

Israel’s fast patrol boat squadron combines all the romance of guns on the high seas with the cramped quarters of a dorm room for 10 men as they confront Hamas and other threats.

A life outlined by the paintbrush

With one foot well into the 10th decade of her eventful life, Bloch looks back on years of work as she paces through her crowded living room.

By ORRI J. AVRAHAM
Rocking in the Western Galilee

The members of the audience at Thursday’s Night Shows at Nekarot will be able to rock, and maybe even do a little rolling, to a selection of Monica Sex numbers.

By BARRY DAVIS
Italian Jewish looks, at Beit Hatfutsot

“The items were mostly selected based on their beauty. We tried various options, but even with the sacred artifacts of Italian Jewry, you see the aesthetics."

By BARRY DAVIS
Philosophically speaking

Philosophers, intellectuals and curious attendees will gather for a night of lectures and discussion focusing on issues of democracy and human rights, violence, the future of humanism, and more.

By SHAINA OPPENHEIMER
Spirited – and healing – works

The colorful collection of artwork conveys the stories of the patients’ road to recovery and further serves as a vehicle for patients to release emotions.

By SHAINA OPPENHEIMER
City Notes: Parachuting for Israel

A catch-up from around the country.

By RACHEL YEGER
Pavements for pedestrians? Not in Jerusalem

In Tel Aviv, the ‘dangerous wheels syndrome’ is exacerbated by skateboards, roller skates, scooters and Segways. In Jerusalem, the situation is a lot worse.

By GREER FAY CASHMAN
Inside Gilo: Who pays for that?

The neighborhood’s housing shortage is increasing as many families seek to move to Gilo, for reasons such as good educational institutions, relatively low housing prices and public transportation.

By PEGGY CIDOR
This week in Jerusalem

Peggy Cidor's round-up of city affairs.

By PEGGY CIDOR
Here and now at the Israel Festival

In Jerusalem’s beating heart, next to the light rail stop, a place has been set up to enable people to meet and talk, listen to music, catch a show and more.

By PEGGY CIDOR
Miriam Peretz: A mother who inspires hope amid loss

"I can choose to cry over my destiny, but every morning I wake up and look for the miracles in my life and thank God for the little lights. The miracle is that I can stand."

By ANAV SILVERMAN
Persian looks

Sign from Iran is a feast for the eyes, the mind and the heart.

By BARRY DAVIS
New center puts Ma’aleh Adumim on the cultural map

“Until now, the city’s residents were required to travel to Jerusalem to access top-quality performances, or chose to miss out entirely. There was a real thirst for locally held performances."

By YAEL BRYGEL
We are a family

Praying together in Jerusalem unites Christians, Muslims and Jews.

By ARIEL DOMINIQUE HENDELMAN
The forgotten casualties

"A soldier is not a mythological hero – he is a human being with pains like the rest of us.”

By ORRI J. AVRAHAM
Respect their authority

Only 32% of Jerusalem’s residents replied positively when asked whether they trust the police.

By OMER YANIV
Arrivals: The art of saving her son

Nina Brenner-Buckstein, 32, from Hollywood, Florida, to Ramat Beit Shemesh, 2009.

By RIVKAH LAMBERT ADLER
The Tisch: Counting for unity

This is an omer theme that we dream of realizing on our own day, a dream of unity, of fraternity, of love for each other. This is what we count toward; this is what we are counting on.

By LEVI COOPER
Books: Blood diamonds

A novel examines the guilt of profiting from unsavory crimes during unthinkable times.

By AARON LEIBEL
Books: A lost stage

Historians and critics examine the rise and fall of Yiddish theater in New York.

By GLENN C. ALTSCHULER
Hot off the Arab press

What citizens of other countries are reading about the Middle East

By COMPILED BY THE MEDIA LINE
Pleasing everyone at the table

With a few simple variations, staple dishes can be transformed for different palates.

By FAYE LEVY AND YAKIR LEVY
Not by bread alone

Gluten-free tehina bread straddles the fence between stirred dough and pastry dough.

By PASCALE PEREZ-RUBIN
Pleasant northern diversions for all ages

Of course, the calm Hatzbani River is nothing like rapids on the Amazon or Colorado Rivers, but it is a great experience for families to learn how to row together as a team.

By MEITAL SHARABI
On the 50th anniversary of Agnon’s Nobel Prize

Rabbi Jeffrey Saks, a publisher and fan of Agnon’s work, reflects on the impact of the Hebrew literary leader.

By ALAN JOTKOWITZ
Philanthropist in high spirits

For American-Jewish businessman Leon Falic, investing in Israel is just good sense.

By NIR KIPNISS
Sitting is the new smoking

The best-selling hybrid desk hopes to make standing while you work the new normal.

By BRIAN BLUM
Whose land is it?

The Jewish people are in danger of forgetting that they are not owners of the land, but God’s guests.

By DAVID GREENSTEIN
A Jew in ancient Rome

‘Captivity’ is a serious, ambitious work, a candidate to become a classic of its kind

By MATT NESVISKY
The Russian Underground

Two films screening at Tel Aviv’s DocAviv festival portray the lives of struggling immigrant youth from the former Soviet Union.

By BERNARD DICHEK

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