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News Israel Culture: Defense Minister moves to shut down Israel's historic Army Radio station

Published on: Sunday 21 December 2025
Defense Minister moves to shut down Israel's historic Army Radio station
News source: https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/culture/artc-defense-minister-moves-to-shut-down-army-radio-station-after-75-years

The announcement has triggered sharp backlash from journalists, legal experts, and civil society groups, who warn the move could have far-reaching implications for press freedom.

News Israel Culture: Will Omar and Tlaib get OK to visit Israel? It may be all up to Netanyahu

Published on: Wednesday 17 July 2019
Will Omar and Tlaib get OK to visit Israel? It may be all up to Netanyahu
News source: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/netanyahu-will-decide-whether-to-allow-omar-tlaib-enter-israel-over-their-support-of-boycott-of-jewish-state

U.S. Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib want to visit Israel -- but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will likely have the final say on whether the far-left "Squad" members may enter Jewish state. ...

News Israel Culture: As Israel Moves Farther To The Right, Women Are Paying The Price

Published on: Wednesday 17 July 2019
As Israel Moves Farther To The Right, Women Are Paying The Price
News source: https://forward.com/opinion/427839/as-israel-moves-farther-to-the-right-women-are-paying-the-price/

Also on Israeli Independence Day, at a concert by pop singer Natan Goshen in the secular city of Ramat Gan, a girl was forced to leave the stage when an employee of the “religious culture ...

News Israel Culture: Israel’s Entebbe Warrior

Published on: Wednesday 17 July 2019
Israel’s Entebbe Warrior
News source: https://jewishjournal.com/culture/lifestyle/humans-of-israel/301674/israels-entebbe-warrior/

Almog despaired at finding a suitable place for his son. He quickly became schooled in Israel’s culture of shame regarding the mentally and physically challenged. “We measure how strong a ...

News Israel Culture: Netanyahu makes history as Israel’s longest-serving leader

Published on: Wednesday 17 July 2019
Netanyahu makes history as Israel’s longest-serving leader
News source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/netanyahu-makes-history-as-israels-longest-serving-leader/2019/07/17/f5259112-a858-11e9-8733-48c87235f396_story.html

and infused politics with a culture of corruption. But as the longevity of his 13-year rule is set to surpass that of Israel’s founding father David Ben-Gurion on July 20, all agree Netanyahu has left ...

News Israel Culture: The Brilliance of Batya Gur, Israel’s Greatest Detective Author

Published on: Sunday 07 July 2019
The Brilliance of Batya Gur, Israel’s Greatest Detective Author
News source: https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/books/287220/batya-gur-israel-detective-novels

It’s in a similar fashion that accumulated investigations of death are revealing of life in Israel, by way of the detective novels of Batya Gur, the Israeli writer who penned other novels and one work ...

News Israel Culture: An Israeli cop shot an unarmed Ethiopian teen. Here’s why American Jews should care.

Published on: Friday 05 July 2019
An Israeli cop shot an unarmed Ethiopian teen. Here’s why American Jews should care.
News source: https://www.jta.org/2019/07/05/opinion/an-israeli-cop-shot-an-unarmed-ethiopian-teen-heres-why-american-jews-should-care

Recognizing that Israeli culture suffers some of the same systemic problems of racism as America should bring us to explore the similarities between American and Israeli social inequities, and lead us ...

News Israel Culture: Time for Israel to understand China better, says TAU professor

Published on: Sunday 07 July 2019
Time for Israel to understand China better, says TAU professor
News source: https://www.jpost.com/Jpost-Tech/Business-and-Innovation/Time-for-Israel-to-understand-China-better-says-TAU-professor-594882

government and culture. “In a situation where understanding China seems to be of great importance to Israel, in the past couple of years, we have seen a decrease in numbers of students who study it,” ...

News Israel Culture: 'No real check on Israeli power' leaves Palestinians stateless

Published on: Wednesday 05 June 2019
'No real check on Israeli power' leaves Palestinians stateless
News source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/real-check-israeli-power-leaves-palestinians-stateless-190605122047647.html

"Israel will make further demands and further diminish Palestinian rights with the obvious goal of liquidating any meaningful Palestinian self-determination or independence or even culture," Husseini ...

News Israel Culture: Religious Affairs: How close are we to a ‘Jewish Republic’ of Israel?

Published on: Thursday 06 June 2019
Religious Affairs: How close are we to a ‘Jewish Republic’ of Israel?
News source: https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Religious-Affairs-How-close-are-we-to-a-Jewish-Republic-of-Israel-591830

Demographic and political trends do not look favorable at the moment for those looking to halt the increasing influence of religion and Jewish law in Israel public life, as has been witnessed in ...

News Israel Culture: What Israel would look like if more students learned Arabic

Published on: Thursday 06 June 2019
What Israel would look like if more students learned Arabic
News source: https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/06/israel-arabic-hebrew-language-idf-nationality-law-school.html

“Arabic-language instruction in the Jewish sector is based on the idea that citizens of Israel should be familiar with Arabic language and culture. Arabic-language curricula have been developed in ...

News Israel Culture: Texas Hillel hosts Israel Block Party as Palestine Solidarity Committee protests Israeli occupation

Published on: Tuesday 23 April 2019
News source: http://dailytexanonline.com/2019/04/24/texas-hillel-hosts-israel-block-party-as-palestine-solidarity-committee-protests-israeli

As Jewish student leaders played music, sold food and brought camels to showcase Israeli culture Tuesday, Palestinian counter-protesters marched up and down Speedway chanting and waving signs.

News Israel Culture: Israel set to participate in World Expo 2020 in UAE

Published on: Sunday 28 April 2019
News source: https://www.jns.org/israel-set-to-participate-in-world-expo-2020-in-uae/

That same month, Israel’s Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev paid a historic visit to the UAE to watch the Israeli delegation compete at the Abu Dhabi Judo Grand Slam.

News Israel Culture: Spotswood Public Library To Host Culture And Conversation Series

Published on: Saturday 27 April 2019
News source: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/milltown-slash-spotswood/articles/spotswood-public-library-to-host-culture-and-conversation-series

Israel's topic will be her native country of Haiti. The inaugural Culture and Conversation series will focus on the Caribbean country of Haiti and will include a discussion about its history, culture ...

News Israel Culture: 16 torch-lighters to represent 'Israeli spirit' at Independence Day ceremony

Published on: Sunday 28 April 2019
News source: https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/16-torch-lighters-to-represent-Israeli-spirit-at-Independence-Day-ceremony-588081

Sixteen men and women will light 13 torches at the annual Independence Day ceremony in Jerusalem next week, under the theme of the “Israeli Spirit ... conference on Sunday morning at Mount Herzl, ...