Edmonton celebrates Yom Ha’atzmaut with a great dance party (and good food too)
(EJNews) – Edmonton Jewish Community hosted a high energy and joyful Yom Ha’atzmaut party on April 19 at Fort Edmonton Park celebrating Israel at 70…
Israel at 70
Op-ed: Israeli and Diaspora Jews are siblings living in very different homes
By Avital Hochstein JERUSALEM (JTA) — Rabbi Donniel Hartman, who lives in Jerusalem yet works regularly in North America, likens Diaspora Jews to grown children who…
Israel at 70 op/ed: How Israelis like me relate to a country that’s an ocean away
By Ofra Daniel SAN FRANCISCO (J. The Jewish News of Northern California via JTA) — My Dear Land, It is almost your birthday. At 70, you are…
Israel at 70: How 1948 changed American Jews
By Ben Sales (JTA) — One year after Israel’s establishment, in the dead of night, three students ascended a tower at the Jewish Theological Seminary…