By: Diego Bieber A few weeks ago marked sixteen years since I made Aliyah at the age of twenty-two and decided to leave Uruguay to continue my life in Israel. During my first twenty-two years in Uruguay, I voted twice. In Uruguay voting is obligatory. Therefore, I had no alternativebut to go to my designated […]
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By: Diego “Charno” Charnovich Much has been said about the upcoming elections in Israel on April 9. Some things will never change and will remain topics of interest for the public for years to come. There are always speculations regarding the different coalitions that could be formed, the pollsters who, with their different “scientific” methods,
By: Alex Bitterman We go through this familiar ritual every time we enter the time period prior to the elections in recent years: the political campaigns of the different parties try to convince us that there is a specific topic we should worry about, and based on it, the voter will define, in theory, his/her
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By: Romi Morales New elections are approaching, and alongside them comes the excitement of feeling that we have a new opportunity to influence the destiny of our country. The idea of being able to exercise this rightfills me with pride and hope. However, I also consider the weight of responsibility . The vote of each
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By: Sergio Edelstein First of all it is important to clarify that just as the proverb goes “Justice, justice shall you pursue” (Deuteronomy 16:20), in the same way we can say, “Democracy, democracy shall you pursue”. The current government in Israel was democratically elected; this has to beemphasized and respected. In parallel, precisely due to
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By: Salo Cassab Nowadays, it is impossible to explain social phenomena without relying on interdisciplinary studies. Psychology, anthropology and even psychiatry help explain how social aspirations are being formed in the field of politics. In order to understand politics better, we need to first understand the complexity of the raw material it is made of—the
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By: Gabriel Degen A Personal Opinion, “Made in Hanoar Hatzioni”—While Deciding Who Will Have the Power to Decide “It is important to emphasize that despite the movement’s nonpartisan nature, we stillchoose to adopt political positions in accordance with our vision and the values that sustainit” (Darkenu, About the Israeli Society). Whenever the climax of any
Por: Yoav Lang Sección: Sionismo/Israel A propósito de los 70 años de la liberación de Auschwitz, conmemoramos [todavíapara la mayoría de mis amigos en Facebook] hoy una vez más el Día Internacional deHolocausto. Personalmente, no encuentro mejor manera de demostrar que cuandogritamos ¡Nunca jamás! lo hacemos realmente en serio, que poder escribir sobreIsrael: refugio y
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Por: David Manor ( Nitzanim, 22/03/2015 ) Sección: Sionismo El martes pasado Israel eligió un Nuevo Parlamento. 4,253.336 ciudadanos, el 72.3 % de los inscriptos en el Padrón Electoral , hicieron efectivo el derecho al voto.De este número, casi 50000 votos fueron declarados nulos de acuerdo a la ley. Otros 136000 votos legales fueron dados
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Por: Paul Rozenberg Sección: Sionismo/ Israel A 3 semanas de las elecciones para la Kneset en Israel, a las que podemos llamar también elecciones generales de Israel he decidido compartir con todos ustedes los resultados finales de las mismas. No, no tengo una bola mágica en la que puedo leer cuantos sitios tendrá en la
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