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Israeli walks with flag during Tel Aviv gay pride (photo: wanderlasss/Flickr cc)
Same-sex funerals in Israel fall outside scope of general activism
For Israel’s gay and lesbian citizens, the passing of a partner can expose existing limitations on rights and an entirely new set of frustrations with the status quo A while ago, I was in the US switching through the channels when I saw comedian-turned-daytime talk show personality Ellen DeGeneres hosting Dolly Parton. The former is…
By Roee Ruttenberg October 6, 2011
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Each teen in Israel to adopt a tomb
Not kidding. According to Haaretz, the Education Ministry has found a particularly macabre way of imbibing our young ones with respect for their heritage: Each junior high to high school students will adopt “a memorial or the tomb of a soldier fallen in the War of Independence.” They will be tasked with keeping the tombs…
By Dimi Reider May 22, 2011
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Coffee dehydrates, must drink water. Water’s boring, I shift to Coke. Coke dehydrates, I feel tired, drink some coffee, cycle resumes. Jewish mourning traditions are wonderful, they really are. I even like our coffinless funerals that involve no beautification of death. Jews are buried in shrouds, the shape of the corpses clearly visible. The dead…
By Yuval Ben-Ami July 18, 2010
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