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The show must go on: Jazz lovers flock to Eilat undeterred by fears of terror

A line of cars snaked into Eilat yesterday afternoon and all flights to the city were fully booked – despite fears of poor attendance at a jazz festival there, following recent terror attacks in the south. The producers of the Red Sea Jazz Festival, now under way in the southern city, were happy to see […]

Google Street View Coming to Israel

Israeli officials this week approved Google’s request to operate its Street View cars in the country. The Israeli Law Information and Technology Authority (ILITA) did not provide details on where Google’s Street View cars will be driving or when they will start, but officials did say that Google will be required to clearly mark its […]

Egypt’s Rulers Stoke Anti-U.S. Trend .

In the final days of President Hosni Mubarak’s regime, Egypt’s state media whipped up a xenophobic frenzy not seen here since the 1950s, blaming the revolution on alien plots and inciting vigilante mobs to assault and detain scores of foreigners. After a lull, Egypt’s new military rulers are increasingly using the same tactic: portraying pro-democracy […]

US is ‘deeply concerned’ by new e. J’lem construction

The US is “deeply concerned” by Israel’s decision to approve construction for 930 apartments in a new neighborhood in east Jerusalem, an a State Department official said Tuesday. “Unilateral actions work against efforts to resume direct negotiations and contradict the logic of a reasonable and necessary agreement between the parties,” the official said, adding that […]

A (Not So) Innocent Abroad: Feeding the Golden Calf

Few things illustrate the vapid relationship between materialism and Judaism better than over-the-top American bar/bat mitzva celebrations. While the vast majority of these parties are treated respectfully by Americans – emphasizing tradition over grandeur – there is unquestionably a conspicuous pocket of wealthy Jews who have distorted an otherwise holy ritual into an unrecognizable three-ring […]