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How the IDF ruined one of my favorite songs

When I learned that the IDF and Israel Police are calling their preparations for the UN vote in September “Operation Summer Seeds,” I was very disappointed. But even before the disappointment settled in, I did what probably every Israeli did when they heard the name of the upcoming operation: they hummed a tune. “Summer Seeds”,…

By Ami Kaufman September 1, 2011

Why Jews need to talk about the Nakba

A personal journey A childhood memory: A group of kids and their teacher on a school trip. They are walking through excavations, listening to explanations from a tour guide about their ancestors who lived there two thousand years ago. After a while, one of the kids points to some ruins between the trees. “Are these…

By Noam Sheizaf May 14, 2011

I love you, terminal: two translated gems by Meir Ariel

Since the 1960s, it appears as though every culture on earth has grown its own “Bob Dylan”, a singer songwriter, armed with six strings, who draws strongly on the American folk tradition. Our own man was Meir Ariel, but he was much more than that. Never entirely a protest singer, Ariel chose instead to map…

By Yuval Ben-Ami March 20, 2011

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