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Performers prepare for celebrations in honor of the anniversary of the city's liberation. (photo: Osnat Ita Skoblinski)

Neither Russian nor Israeli: Lessons from a journey to the homeland

After years of denying her Russian identity, Osnat Ita Skoblinski finally made peace with the cultural world of her friends and family. However, she never expected her first trip back ‘home’ to bring out feelings of hate and revulsion. By Osnat Ita Skoblinski My parents, who immigrated to Israel in the 70s, refused to have a…

By Cafe Gibraltar March 16, 2014

System Ali. (photo: Dudi Dayan)

Arab-Jewish hip hop group challenges Israeli ‘melting pot’

System Ali, a ten-piece hip hop outfit which raps in Arabic, Russian, Hebrew and English sits down with Café Gibraltar to talk about the power of the genre, normalization, revolutionary Arab street poetry and the need to struggle for justice in their home city. By Hagar Shezaf How did it all start? We started playing in…

By Cafe Gibraltar August 22, 2013

Tallit and Kippa from a Glasgow synagogue, 2007 (Photo: Jimmy MacDonald/flickr)

Best things in Jewish state include: 24/7 convenience stores

It’s not often that I feel inspired to write about the aspects of the Jewish state that I really truly like, considering how much damage is done in the name of that state. So I am listing a few such aspects that I noticed this weekend, wondering if they add up to a different notion…

By Dahlia Scheindlin June 30, 2012

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