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Gideon Levy finds martyrs and mayhem in Kiev

Several months after it began, the anti-government protest in Ukraine drags on in the bitter cold. A report from the front.
By Gideon Levy
Israeli cultural heroes or cursed crazies?

In a new docudrama series, 'The Cursed,' Hagai Levi, the creator of the psychological drama series 'In Treatment' portrays four Israeli culture heroes who fluctuated between genius and madness.
By Tamar Rotem
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Hate crimes of the Holy Land - now also available in Los Angeles

There's something about the Israel/Palestine conflict which lends hate crimes an extra dimension of perversity. Even if they take place in L.A.
By Bradley Burston
My story isn't about Auschwitz, it's about life after Auschwitz

Writer and journalist Göran Rosenberg, whose new book 'A Short Stop on the Road from Auschwitz' won the prestigious August Prize in Sweden, weighs in on Israel's 'Shoah complex.'
By Ayelett Shani

Features

Orig:/polopoly_fs/1.620176.1412960154!/image/1976894607.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_139/1976894607.jpg Kurdish men living in Bulgaria hold posters during a protest in solidarity with the Syrian Kurds. Kurdish men living in Bulgaria hold posters during a protest in solidarity with the Syrian Kurds.

Turkey to help train, equip Syria opposition, says State Department

U.S. says it sees a higher chance of reprisal attacks on members of the anti-Islamic State coalition; UN Syria envoy warns of 'massacre' in Kobani. Orig:/images/arrows/RedArwRight.png

By Reuters , The Associated Press | Oct 10, 2014 | 09:35 PM

Orig:/polopoly_fs/1.620056.1412880390!/image/4194195488.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_139/4194195488.jpg Teacher tests students' temperature in Lagos, Nigeria Teacher tests students' temperature in Lagos, Nigeria

Latest updates / Ebola toll passes 4,000, says World Health Organization

First Ebola vaccine trial starts on African soil; Hagel to discuss Ebola with Central and South American leaders; Ebola is biggest challenge since AIDS, U.S. official warns; U.S. House Republicans release $750m in Ebola funds. Orig:/images/arrows/RedArwRight.png

By Haaretz | Oct 10, 2014 | 08:10 PM

Orig:/polopoly_fs/1.620098.1412904502!/image/3858932437.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_139/3858932437.jpg Kobani Kobani

Middle East Updates / France calls for buffer zone between Syria and Turkey

Report: Islamic State control 40 percent of Kobani; Four members of Kurdish PKK group arrested trying to enter U.S. from Mexico; U.S. conducts nine air strikes on Islamic State positions in Kobani. Orig:/images/arrows/RedArwRight.png

By Haaretz | Oct 10, 2014 | 07:45 PM

Orig:/polopoly_fs/1.620173.1412957515!/image/3052999084.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_139/3052999084.jpg Imperial Craft Cocktail Bar. Imperial Craft Cocktail Bar.

Where is the Mideast's best bar? Tel Aviv, of course

Imperial Craft Cocktail Bar was voted the Best Bar in Africa and The Middle East at the World's 50 Best Bar Awards. Orig:/images/arrows/RedArwRight.png

By Haaretz | Oct 10, 2014 | 07:10 PM

Orig:/polopoly_fs/1.620130.1412935111!/image/763825873.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_139/763825873.jpg Kailash Satyarthi (L) and Malala Yousafzai (R) Kailash Satyarthi (L) and Malala Yousafzai (R)

Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India win Nobel Peace Prize

The Norwegian Nobel Committee cited the two 'for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.' Orig:/images/arrows/RedArwRight.png

By Reuters , The Associated Press | Oct 10, 2014 | 06:52 PM

Anglo File

Orig:/polopoly_fs/1.569032.1389929711!/image/3711392272.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_139/3711392272.jpg Israel Association of Baseball. Israel Association of Baseball.

Israel moves up two spots in world baseball rankings

Israeli baseball has advanced to 26th place in the world from 28th place in 2012, the Israel Association of Baseball announced...

By Haaretz Sports Staff | 05:09 AM

Orig:/polopoly_fs/1.567750.1389262317!/image/2099625279.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_139/2099625279.jpg Cricket wickets Cricket wickets

Sport || Indoor cricket / Drama and excitement as YMCA tussles in two last-ball thrillers

YMCAâs cricket team rode through a stormy sea of emotions over a three-day stretch last week, identifying with the Lenny Kravitz...

By Clint Rubin | 11:59 AM

Orig:/polopoly_fs/1.565837.1389267793!/image/1216679965.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_139/1216679965.jpg Modiin manager Jamie Lazarus Modiin manager Jamie Lazarus

Soccer || Olim Football / Jerusalem marches on as England falls to Modiâin

Jerusalem continued its march up the Olim Football league table last week with a second convincing victory, 5-1 over a strong...

By David Bernstein | 01:36 PM

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Jerusalem & Babylon

Orig:/polopoly_fs/1.618562.1412871905!/image/1874026320.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_139/1874026320.jpg An ultra-Orthodox man at Ben-Gurion International Airport An ultra-Orthodox man at Ben-Gurion International Airport

Donât blame seat-switching ultra-Orthodox men for air rage

If we want to see ourselves as belonging to the enlightened section of the Jewish people, there are better ways to use our time in the air than getting offended by the Haredim. Orig:/images/arrows/RedArwRight.png

By Anshel Pfeffer | Oct 9, 2014 | 07:12 PM | 3

Pleasure Hunting

Orig:/polopoly_fs/1.618846.1412245608!/image/79574975.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_139/79574975.jpg Honey from the Hermon Honey from the Hermon

Is Golan Heights honey popular because it's an aphrodisiac?

Honey from the flowers of Mount Hermon is the most coveted in Israel. Beekeepers need a special military permit to harvest it in one of the countryâs last wilderness areas. Orig:/images/arrows/RedArwRight.png

By Ronit Vered | Oct 3, 2014 | 01:01 PM

Tal Niv

Orig:/polopoly_fs/1.616574.1411050462!/image/1038428279.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_139/1038428279.jpg Itamar Freed, “Man & Crows in the Olive Grove,” 2013. Itamar Freed, “Man & Crows in the Olive Grove,” 2013.

Snapshot: Between olive trees and Van Gogh's sanity

Impressions from Itamar Freed's exhibit 'Birds of Paradise,' at the Feinberg Projects Gallery in Tel Aviv. Orig:/images/arrows/RedArwRight.png

By Tal Niv | Sep 18, 2014 | 05:25 PM

Departures/Arrivals

Orig:/polopoly_fs/1.619670.1412673634!/image/2559889370.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_139/2559889370.jpg Moshe Freeman, Yona Freeman, Tal Freeman, Yonatan Landau and Shimon Yudin. Moshe Freeman, Yona Freeman, Tal Freeman, Yonatan Landau and Shimon Yudin.

Uman is where you go to heal. And party

Daria the Moscowite doesnât scare easily. But then there's rockets. Orig:/images/arrows/RedArwRight.png

By Liat Elkayam | Oct 7, 2014 | 12:16 PM

Opinions

Zeev Sternhell

A boycott is not anti-Semitic

Carolina Landsmann

The 'Naziâ law and the Rabin murder

Yoel Marcus

Kerry, donât let up

David Landau

Bennettâs ignorant and dangerous distortion of Jewish history

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Sayed Kashua

Orig:/polopoly_fs/1.619702.1412680634!/image/94898258.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_139/94898258.jpg Illustration by Amos Biderman. Illustration by Amos Biderman.

Cuts and nuts

The barber struggling to tame my hair â¨told me something new: Squirrels are weathermen in America Orig:/images/arrows/RedArwRight.png

By Sayed Kashua | Oct 7, 2014 | 02:21 PM

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The Twilight Zone

Orig:/polopoly_fs/1.619695.1412679078!/image/2192338494.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_139/2192338494.jpg Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama at the World Economic Forum in Tianjin September 10, 2014. Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama at the World Economic Forum in Tianjin September 10, 2014.

A nation free of the iron fist: Gideon Levy visits Albania

Albania's premier is rehabilitating his country after almost 50 years of communist rule. A visit to the small country on the Adriatic Sea. Orig:/images/arrows/RedArwRight.png

By Gideon Levy | Oct 7, 2014 | 01:47 PM

The Makings of History

Orig:/polopoly_fs/1.490854.1378975892!/image/3431041006.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_139/3431041006.jpg Ben-Gurion Ben-Gurion

Will we ever find out what the censor left out?

In Tom Segev's final column, he continues to shine a light on missing chapters of Israeli history. Orig:/images/arrows/RedArwRight.png

By Tom Segev | Mar 16, 2013 | 10:08 PM | 6

Portion of the Week

Orig:/polopoly_fs/1.619754.1412689799!/image/4150805280.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_139/4150805280.jpg “Sun Setting over a Lake,” by Joseph Mallord William Turner (c.1840). “Sun Setting over a Lake,” by Joseph Mallord William Turner (c.1840).

Shabbat Hol Hamoâed Sukkot / The sun of Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes seeks to teach the reader that light and darkness coexist in the life of every person: Light is the experience of the present, while darkness is a reminder of the fate that awaits all. Orig:/images/arrows/RedArwRight.png

By Yakov Z. Meyer | Oct 7, 2014 | 04:46 PM

Neri Livneh

Orig:/polopoly_fs/1.564219.1387378615!/image/3815051690.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_139/3815051690.jpg Suki and Chupchikoni, the Ramat Gan Zoological Center's lesbian penguin couple. Suki and Chupchikoni, the Ramat Gan Zoological Center's lesbian penguin couple.

A love story that offers hope to non-lesbians (and non-penguins)

“I could have been a terrific lesbian,” I once told my straight friend Ruthie. “But a hitch occurred: I am attracted to men. Orig:/images/arrows/RedArwRight.png

By Neri Livneh | Dec 26, 2013 | 01:09 PM

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Gideon Levy finds martyrs and mayhem in Kiev

Several months after it began, the anti-government protest in Ukraine drags on in the bitter cold. A report from the front.

Israeli cultural heroes or cursed crazies?

In a new docudrama series, 'The Cursed,' Hagai Levi, the creator of the psychological drama series 'In Treatment' portrays four Israeli culture heroes who fluctuated between genius and madness.

Hate crimes of the Holy Land - now also available in Los Angeles

There's something about the Israel/Palestine conflict which lends hate crimes an extra dimension of perversity. Even if they take place in L.A.

My story isn't about Auschwitz, it's about life after Auschwitz

Writer and journalist Göran Rosenberg, whose new book 'A Short Stop on the Road from Auschwitz' won the prestigious August Prize in Sweden, weighs in on Israel's 'Shoah complex.'