Muslim and Jewish Women in Nazareth

'We can live in peace'...John Lennon (photo: Dafna Tal)

Mahzor

Mahzor

New York Public Library

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Sarajevo Haggadah

Mah Nishtanah

Sarajevo haggadah

Antaea Darom

Israeli women's art

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Torah as music

Ben Heine

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ceramic bowl

Mohammad Said Kalash, "Offering Reconciliation" exhibit (photo: Ilan Amihai)

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Punch and Judy/Pinchas and Jamila

Avi Katz

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David Grossman

Ben Heine

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Eldrige Street shul

Lower East Side

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Dove

Ben Heine

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Two birds

Hoda Jamal

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Israeli and Palestinian boys

from documentary, Promises

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Cat in the Hat

Yiddish version

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Daylight through the Wall

Banksy: graffiti art on Separation Wall

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Maurice Sendak's Brundibar set

New Victory Theater (photo: Nan Melville/NYT)

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Daniel Barenboim, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

Palestinian-Israeli musical ensemble (photo: Kerstin Joensson/AP)

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Great Day on Eldrige Street

N.Y.'s klezmer greats celebrate shul rededication (photo: Leo Sorel)

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Islamic Jihad Endorses Prisoner’s Peace Plan and Ceasefire

Jun 2nd, 2006 by Richard Silverstein | 2

Robert Rosenberg’s Ariga.com report today contains this riveting item:
Islamic Jihad, which has been behind all the suicide bombings inside Israel since early 2005 — Hamas signed on to an Abbas-initiated ceasefire in 2004 — announced it was accepting the Prisoners’ Document, effectively beginning a ceasefire…
The document implicitly recognizes Israel and calls for a right of [...]

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Israeli Expert on Palestinians Suggests ‘Only Hamas Can Do It’

Mar 18th, 2006 by Richard Silverstein | 9

Gershon Baskin says “only Hamas can do it” [make peace] (photo: Justvision.org)
Gershon Baskin, co-CEO of the Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information and a long-time expert on Palestinian affairs writes in the Jerusalem Post that the prevailing view among Palestinian, and even among Israeli analysts he speaks with is that Hamas will likely moderate [...]

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New Hamas Platform May Offer Prospect of Referendum to Recognize Israel

Mar 13th, 2006 by Richard Silverstein | 25

Hamas released its new political platform Saturday which will serve as the basis for the work of the new PA cabinet shortly to be announced.
Hamas’ Ismail Haniye pictured Saturday in Gaza, the day he released Hamas’ political platform (photo: Khalil Hamra/AP)
Different news sources are covering the story using different analyzes and emphases. But [...]

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