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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. She is a trained culinary tour guide of Jerusalem, has led culinary workshops and retreats, and has written several digital cookbooks on the intersection of food, culture and Jewish peoplehood.

“The whole world is learning that the gentiles can come celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles with the people of Israel,” said spokesman David Parsons of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem.
The name of the theme refers to the well-known verse from the Mishnah, Pirkei Avot (“Ethics of the Fathers”): “Any dispute which is for the sake of Heaven will ultimately endure, and one which is not for the sake of Heaven will not ultimately endure.”
A newly established research center at the Jerusalem College of Technology seeks to answer pivotal religious questions, such as: Can you send Alexa voice commands on Shabbat?
The Special Committee on Decolonization is notoriously anti-Israel, singling out the Jewish state by adopting various resolutions against Israel—and only against Israel.
The agency’s failure to resolve the Palestinian refugee problem “is really the failure of its donors,” says former general counsel James Lindsay, and stems from its definition of who is a refugee.
“Working here with 50,000 to 70,000 people—seeing them pray, dance and being happy—is so exciting,” said United Hatzalah EMT and full-time logistics coordinator Moshe Feuer. “There is an amazing feeling in the air [centered around] Rabbi Nachman.”
“Despite our prior identification of UNRWA teachers who endorse Hitler and call for killing Jews,” said Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, “I am not aware of a single UNRWA teacher who has been fired as a result.”
Jewish “cowardice,” “slyness,” “deceit” and “greed” are repeated ideas used to define Jews as enemies of Islam and a corrupt nation, with stories of Jews falsifying money and calling aspirations regarding their ancient homeland “greedy ambitions.”
The international grassroots organization Combat anti-Semitism has announced its upcoming “Venture Creative Contest,” giving away more than $100,000 in awards.
Israelis tend towards conservatism because of complex security needs and a social structure that promotes “personal relationships between individuals and communities,” says Tikvah Fund Israel CEO Amiad Cohen.
Through wine, tourists can get to know Israel through history, archaeology, agriculture, culinary arts, food and technology.
Our Soldiers Speak tours aim to provide the “gold standard of substantive programming” to those likely to affect the public space in the near future.