How the Hanukkah Myth Gave Rise to Israeli Toxic Masculinity
The Maccabean Revolt is where Israeli machismo was born
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Weekend reads
A Decade of Revolutions in Mideast
Auschwitz, the Director's Cut
Netanyahu Now Has Some Tough Decisions to Make
How Hanukkah Gave Rise to Israeli Toxic Masculinity
Digging Up a Decade of Archaeology
Are Drones Ethical? Not So Fast
Rethinking Childhood in Biblical Times
Why Israeli Army Still Supports Hamas Deal
Safran Foer Talks Holocaust, Climate Catastrophe
Shin Bet Claimed Murder. Indictment Says Otherwise
Cyprus, Cyberspies and the Dark Side of Israeli Intel
End Goal of Strikes Against Iran Remains Murky
Lebanon Protesters Wield Ultimate Weapon
Must Reads
Haaretz Editorial
The Left Must Unite Now
The main objective of the center and left camps in the coming election is to topple the Likud government led by Benjamin Netanyahu, a man accused of bribery, and to replace him ...
Israel
'I Have Two High-tech Jobs and I Also Waitress – That's Where the Best Conversations Happen'
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: Two millennials trying to figure out their professional lives in a changing world
Haaretz Magazine
Israel Election 2019
Netanyahu Hails Likud Primary Victory Over Party Challenger Sa’ar
Sa'ar: We stand behind PM ■ Premier gets 72.5% of vote
U.S. News
Lawyers Fight Death Penalty for Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Suspect
Bowers is charged with killing 11 congregants during a Shabbat service at the Tree of Life synagogue and injuring six others, including four police officers
Middle East
Iraq's Iran-backed Groups Blast President Over Refusal to Designate Their PM Candidate
Iraq's Hezbollah Brigades says president's move is 'suspicious,' implements America's will and is in violation of the constitution
Jewish World
For Second Time in a Week, Jewish Cemetery Defaced in Slovakia
Twenty-two gravestones were vandalized in the country’s northern town of Rajec, following a similar incident in which 60 tombstones were knocked down and set on fire in a Jewish cemetery near the Polish border
Culture & Life
Gal Gadot to Co-produce Film Adaptation of Barred Novel on Israeli-Palestinian Romance
Dorit Rabinyan's 'All the Rivers' was at the heart of a controversy after Israel's Education Ministry refused to include it in reading list for high school students
Travel in Israel
Mortifying: Israel Announces New Hotel Construction at Dying Dead Sea
The four new hotels will line the pockets of billionaire Yitzhak Tshuva. But how much will the government spend to save the sea itself?
