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Two Religious Zionisms
Today’s political camps in Israel appear to be driven by a series of ironies. A loose coalition of parties who are ambivalent to the state’s existence sit in a coalition with the most nationalist parties.


Sirtei Burekas ("Bourekas Films")
Bourekas films are melodramatic comedies that highlight the everyday struggles and cultural tensions of Israeli society.


Kol Israel Arevim Ze Laze
The Motto of the Universal Israelite Alliance. Hebrew translation: All Jews are responsible for one another.


The "Eele BeTamar" Alya
Aliya Eele BeTamar was an aliya of Jews from Yemen to the Land of Israel in 1881-1882. The Jewish year of their Aliya, תרמ"ב, gave to the alya its name (תרמ"ב --> בתמר). The name is also a direct quote from the verse "I said, I will climb up to the Tamar" from the book of Songs of Songs.


Agudat Israel
Agudat Israel is a political party founded in 1912 in Poland. It was intended to be a political tool to preserve the ultra-Orthodox way...


Yair Garbuz
Yair Garbuz is an Israeli artist, author, and humorist, born in 1945.


The Land of Israel before the first Aliyah (1882)
Decades before the creation of the State of Israel in 1948, the establishment of a Jewish state embodying Zionist ideology had already started.


Kazablan (movie)
Kazablan is an Israeli movie (inspired by a play) released in 1974.
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