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    <description>Eliana Rudee is a journalist and marketing professional based in Seattle. She spent nearly a decade working as a journalist in Israel, focusing on global Jewry and culinary arts.</description>
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      <title>Dancing under fluorescent lights: Defiance and joy during wartime</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Israel is not only a place under threat. It is a place of resilience, of active living.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 19:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The prominence of female chefs and culinary leaders in Israel</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[“Not many women remain long enough in the kitchens to become chefs, but I feel it is changing with the younger generation,” said Avivit Priel Avichai. “Women can be whatever they desire, as long as they are driven and determined.”]]></description>
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      <title>Ethiopian Israeli Sigal Kanotopsky: ‘We are all pieces of the same puzzle’</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The 46-year-old director of the Jewish Agency in the Northeast Region of the United States recalls absorbing faith and belief from her parents that one day they would be “back home.”]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2022 18:08:44 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>340 Ethiopian immigrants arrive at Ben-Gurion in continuation of ‘Operation Rock of Israel’</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ahead of the flight, journalists and Federation leaders met with the Jewish community of Gondar, where the Ethiopian Jews are concentrated, on a multiple-day mission to solidify plans.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2022 20:23:41 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Ethiopian families prepare for immigration to Israel, many after decades of waiting</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[They express imminent joy upon seeing family members already there.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2022 17:12:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The strength of modesty: Women’s powerlifting in Israel</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[“We have so many talented women who could compete professionally, hiding behind the curtains without the chance to compete. This competition will make sure no woman is excluded from following her dreams,” said Sarah Illouz, founder of “Women Who Lift–Israel.”]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2022 18:09:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>‘Heroes of Liberty’ series pushes back against ‘woke ideology’ in children’s literature</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[“There is a clear need in the market for wholesome, patriotic American content that doesn’t apologize for the values we hold dear,” said writer, editor and mother of five Bethany Mandel.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2022 13:33:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Israel’s ever-changing COVID policies wreak havoc on Jewish American travelers</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[“The policies make no sense, and honestly, left me feeling like they don’t like Americans and want to see us suffer. I’m not saying this is the case, but it felt that way,” said groom-to-be Mark Spiro.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2022 16:24:54 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Despite challenges for new immigrants, ‘aliyah’ surges during COVID-19 pandemic</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Amid a 30 percent increase compared to last year, “there is no doubt that the rise in anti-Semitism and the COVID-19 pandemic had an influence,” said Becca Wertman-Traub from Vancouver.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2021 21:04:20 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Inspired by COVID, basketball net designed by Tamir Goodman scores deals in industry</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[“Aviv” nets are antimicrobial and moisture-wicking to benefit the quality of performance for players, in addition to their well-being. And they have an Israeli correlation, too.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2021 19:34:08 GMT</pubDate>
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