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Christmas past and Christmas present
While shepherds watched their flocks by night, a significant birth happened 2009 years ago, with special effects including a comet and a celestial angel choir, according to Christian tradition. But today's shepherds wouldn't be able to be the first ...
Unsettling sight
Sign of the times (sighted by Alix this morning in Israel.) A moped driver wearing crocs and a wetsuit, zipping up the 443 from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv in the pouring rain. A settler, no doubt. Any Arab dressed like this wouldn't get far, even if h...
Ancient Leper\'s Shroud Unearthed near Old City dates from time of Jesus
A team of archaeologists and scientists say they have for the first time found pieces of a burial shroud from the time of Jesus in a tomb located in Jerusalem. The BBC's Bethany Bell reports.The researchers, from Hebrew University and institutions in...
Tel Aviv Good Times - is it escapism?
Tel Aviv is one of the world's unabashed gay capitals, according to Matthew Teller's report in the British Independent, which examines a shooting incident in a gay teen club last August. Teller questions whether hate crimes can be looked at outside ...
Oops. Mossad needs to drill, baby, drill
Espionage requires skullduggery, at least enough to avoid drawing the attention of casual passers-by. Certainly in Tel Aviv, urban pedestrians tend to be on the alert.The BBC reports about how a blundering trainee spook managed to close down the ent...
Ethiopian Israelis celebrate
Sigd Day pomp in Jerusalem draws Ethiopian leaders in full regalia to the Old City, to celebrate their day of fasting and prayer.Nearly all of the Ethiopian Beta Israel community, comprising more than 119,300 people, now live in Israel under its La...
