Passover 2013-- Haaretz

Passover 2013

Passover Magazine

Israel’s airspace was closed ahead of Passover while Obama opened the country’s diplomatic lines of communication with Turkey. I, as a result, was stranded in air.

By Joel Braunold / Jewish World blogger | Apr 3, 2013 | 11:05 AM

Palestinians at the Qalandiyah checkpoint in 2012.

Israeli crackdown on Palestinian mobility began well before suicide bombings

Most Israelis labor under the misconception that restrictions on Palestinian movement were a result of suicide bombings, but they started long before that.

By Amira Hass | Apr 1, 2013 | 08:23 PM | 40

Giving Israel's National Library a new home, without destroying the old

Although the current design competition for the National Library, which follows an earlier contest that was nullified, calls for a new structure, architects should suggest a less wasteful retooling of the existing one.

By Esther Zandberg | Apr 1, 2013 | 11:30 AM

The accelerator at the Weizmann Institute. Marinov continued his work there in later years.

The maverick Israeli scientist who nearly discovered the island of stability

Amnon Marinov was a maverick scientist working in the crossover field of nuclear physics and chemistry. His unorthodox methods led the scientific community to overlook his work and dismiss what he argued were his greatest achievements: the discovery of two new elements.

By Tamar Rotem | Apr 1, 2013 | 11:06 AM | 2

25 years on: What did Israeli settlers learn from the first Palestinian intifada?

The outbreak of the first intifada put an end to the settlers’ vision that the Palestinians would reconcile themselves to autonomy, rather than a state of their own - without violent confrontations.

By Chaim Levinson | Apr 1, 2013 | 11:02 AM | 77

Israel won't succeed in confronting Mideast threats without revolutionizing the IDF

Real life has intervened several times over the last two decades to prevent the implementation of the fundamental changes required by the Israel Defense Forces. Now it is Benny Gantz’s turn to be a revolutionary.

By Amos Harel | Mar 31, 2013 | 03:02 PM | 3

Turning the self into a messenger in order to connect with another

People who 'come from a completely noncritical place' want the person who is subjected to criticism not to feel threatened. Their way to diminish that threat is to diminish the self.

By Alon Idan | Mar 31, 2013 | 09:24 AM

Israeli cruelty reached a point of no return in the 2008-09 Gaza war

There have been crueler military actions, more wicked army operations, but there was never anything quite like the IDF’S Operation Cast Lead.

By Gideon Levy | Mar 31, 2013 | 09:23 AM | 100

Trading the perks of Jerusalem for the possibilities of Tel Aviv

Three decades ago, Jerusalem and its environs felt more accessible, more tolerant; today it feels oppressive. Jerusalem of Gold is losing its luster, especially for young people, secular and religious, yuppies and others.

By Amy Levinson-Dukas | Mar 31, 2013 | 09:05 AM | 13

An album of everyday life in Jerusalem

Twelve double-spreads that describe everyday life in Jerusalem during major periods of its history, beginning with the biblical patriarchs and ending today, have now been published in a book.

By Haim Be'er | Mar 31, 2013 | 08:58 AM

Exodus to Tel Aviv

Super-stylish customers at a Dizengoff cafe

Bohemian cafes, sexual freedom and lots of gossip. Has anything changed in Tel Aviv?

By Margery Greenfeld Morgan | 03:31 AM

In the first Hebrew city, more college students than ever study in English

By Judy Maltz | 05:42 AM

'Give me Tel Aviv and its sages'

By Andrew Esensten | 03:24 AM

Passover ops & blogs

Every year, emergency room visits for inhaling fumes from cleaning fluids shoot up.

This Passover, 'You shall lie to your children'

By Vered Kellner | 02:15 PM

Next year in Jerusalem - and the Diaspora, too

By Yoav Schaefer, Brian Schaefer | 02:54 PM | 3

And you shall tell it to your refugees

By Nadja Rumjanceva | 11:56 AM

Travel in Israel

The courtyard of the Italian synagogue and museum in Jerusalem.

Beyond Masada / Jewish Italy in Jerusalem

By Jacob Solomon | 02:25 PM

Tourist tip #239 / Tuesdays in May mean free jazz in Jaffa

By Ruth Schuster | 06:07 AM

Tourist tip #238 / Dizengoff Center food fair

By Ruth Schuster | 10:53 AM

Jewish World

Actress and singer Barbra Streisand performs 'Memories' during the Oscars

Barbra Streisand to receive honorary doctorate from Hebrew University

By Haaretz | 11:24 AM

Vandals spray-paint inciting graffiti outside Jerusalem home of Women of the Wall activist

By Judy Maltz | 10:18 AM

In defense of Jewish pluralism

By Arie Hasit / Jewish World blogger | 10:13 AM