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Jerusalem
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One of the questions asked by al-Balkhi, and often repeated to this day, is this: Why do the children of Israel continue to suffer? My grandmother Dodo thought it was because the goyim were jealous. The seder for Passover (which is a shame-faced simulacrum of a Hellenic question-and-answer session, even including the wine) tells the children that it's one of those things that happens to every Jewish generation. After the Shoah or Endlösung or Holocaust, many rabbis tried to tell the survivors th
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― Hitch 22: A Memoir
― Hitch 22: A Memoir
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The discriminatory allocation of resources contributes to the starkly different realities faced by Palestinians and Jewish Israelis in Jerusalem. Seventy-two percent of Palestinian families live below the poverty line, as compared to 26 percent of Jewish families. Despite this, the Israeli government maintains 6 welfare offices, or offices that provide information to residents looking to receive government aid or other services, in Palestinian neighborhoods, but 19 in predominantly Jewish neighb
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― A Threshold Crossed: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution
― A Threshold Crossed: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution
This group will discuss and interpret Stephen King's anthology NIGHT SHIFT. Each story in this c…more
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