Month: May 2017

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Yom Yerushalayim: The messiah’s donkey and its dung

Ethan Tucker, The Times of Israel

Article May 24th, 2017

For the 50th time, we are marking the 28th of Iyyar as Yom Herut Yerushalayim, the day when the Old City of Jerusalem, the eastern parts of the city and all of the territory of Yehudah, Shomron, the Golan Heights (and Gaza and Sinai) came under Israeli control.

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Our Pain is Not Lessened By Remembering the Suffering of Others

Leah Solomon, The Times of Israel

Article May 1st, 2017

I remember my shock upon the birth of my firstborn, when, staring at the tiny creature still covered in gunk, one of my first thoughts was “oh, God, this baby will be drafted to the army one day.”