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 Ran Namerode, The Jerusalem Post, March 23, 2020  [there is a light at the end of the tunnel – and the tunnel is not that long]

 Spread of COVID-19 begins to show pattern of 4-8 week eruption cycle

 

Nathan Lopes Cardozo, The Times of Israel, March 20, 2020

The message of the coronavirus

 

Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, The Jerusalem Post, March 20, 2020 [now is the time to call out to everyone: Adopt another person, one lonely person, and make him or her happy!]

Parsha Vayakhel Pekudei: Quarantine, loneliness, and unconditional love

 

David Grossman, Haaretz, March 19, 2020

The Plague Is a Formative Event. When It Fades, New Possibilities Will Emerge  [For surely, we are all one infectious human fabric, as we are now discovering.]

 

Sarah Tuttle-Singer, The Times of Israel, March 19, 2020

It sucks right now. And I’m so happy that I’m here

  

Donna Rachel Edmunds, The Jerusalem Post, March 16, 2020

Israeli Nobel Laureate Michael Levitt : Coronavirus spread is slowing  [The end of the pandemic is near]

 

The Times of Israel, March 15, 2020 [I’ve been through MERS, SARS, Ebola, the first Gulf war and the second, and I don’t recall anything like this. There’s unnecessary, exaggerated panic. We have to calm people down.]

Israeli virologist Jihad Bishara urges world leaders to calm public, slams ‘unnecessary panic’ ['CALM DOWN! WE KNOW HOW IT BEHAVES; WE KNOW WHO'S IN DANGER']

 

Israel Moskovitz, YNet News, Feb 29, 2020 ["I'm not afraid, I live by my beliefs, I am not hurting anyone. I'm only afraid of God."]

Hijab and handgun: Israel's first Muslim female detective is breaking the mold

 

Beth Steinberg,  The Times of Israel, February 26, 2020

Finding happiness in the mess of life (Sarah’s rules)

 

 The Times of Israel, February 24, 2020

In first, Saudi king hosts Israeli rabbi at royal palace

 

Sarah Tuttle-Singer, The Times of Israel, February 23, 2020

The love story of Tsiryl and Chaim

 

Robert Sarner, The Times of Israel, February 17, 2020 [AT 17, SHE FOUNDED THE FIRST BEDOUIN WOMEN’S ORGANIZATION]

 Far from her village, rare Bedouin feminist fights for Israeli women and peace

 

The Times of Israel, February 16, 2020

 Conference of Presidents: Our Saudi trip is a ‘big step forward’ for Israel ties

 

Felice Friedson, The Jerusalem Post, February 15, 2020  ["The aim is to stop abuse and discrimination(...) in the spirit of love & respect"]

 Bahrain Center for Coexistence teaches tolerance amid antisemitism

 

 Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz, February 15, 2020  ["We re a revolution, not nakedness, Women s voices won t be silenced"]

 Analysis: ‘Million-man’ Protests Threaten New Havoc in Iraq

 

The Jerusalem Post, February 15, 2020

 Gilad Shalit proposes to girlfriend

 

Floris Bosscher, The Times of Israel, February 15, 2020

Homecoming: Alexandria synagogue hosts Egypt’s largest Jewish prayers in decades

 

Andrew Baker, The Times of Israel, February 14, 2020

When Egypt decided to restore a beautiful synagogue

 

Marcy Oster, The Times of Israel, February 14, 2020

 Stephen Spielberg gets rights to novel on Israeli-Palestinian conflict

 

Liat Collins, The Jerusalem Post, February 14, 2020

My Word: A journey to the Jordan Valley

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Arik Ascherman, The Times of Israel, January 25, 2020

The Genesis and Exodus Models of Conflict Resolution: VaEra

 

Yaakov Schwartz, The Times of Israel, January 24, 2020

This must never happen again, says Saudi cleric as Muslim group tours Auschwitz

 

Adam Rasgon, The Times of Israel, January 22, 2020

 Saudi religious leader set for ‘groundbreaking’ visit to Auschwitz Thurs.

 

Josefin Dolsten, The Jerusalem Post, January 16, 2020

500 rabbis and Jewish leaders call for action against climate change 

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