Steven Klein
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Palestine’s Baseball Team Wins Silver Medal in West Asia Cup
Pakistan, the highest ranked country in the tournament, proves too much of a challenge, with an 11-3 win in the gold-medal game → Read More
Israeli-Palestinian Poll Shows Support for Two-state Solution at All-time Low
‘Support for a nondemocratic regime has overtaken a two-state solution for the first time,’ says pollster Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin, while Dr. Khalil Shikaki says the joint survey shows ‘it’s becoming a tougher challenge for leaders to find public support for peace’ → Read More
How a Group of Bereaved Israelis and Palestinians Made a Trauma Psychologist Hopeful
Esther Takac’s new documentary ‘The Narrow Bridge’ shows how searing pain can prove an unlikely tool for reconciliation. In a conversation with Haaretz, she looks back on the bumpy five-year journey to bring it to the screen → Read More
How Israel Became Intoxicated by Military Force
40 years ago this week, Israel forced Yasser Arafat and his PLO fighters out of Beirut into exile in Tunisia, and Menachem Begin predicted '40 years of peace': Why Israel got it so wrong – and still makes the same critical mistake → Read More
How Israel Became Intoxicated by Military Force
Forty years ago this week, on August 16, 1982, Israel forced Yasser Arafat and his PLO fighters out of Beirut into exile in Tunisia. The government that had launched the first Lebanon war two months earlier believed that expelling the PLO would make the terror organization and its leader forever irrelevant. → Read More
When the Vatican Stood in the Way of the British Mandate
In 1922, Pope Pius XI insisted that religious places of worship in Palestine be ‘kept entirely under Christian control.’ What happened next still impacts the Holy Land today → Read More
Israel should keep threatening to bomb Iran – for the sake of peace
If there's still a chance for the Vienna nuclear negotiations, then both Iran, by speeding up weapons-grade enrichment, and Israel, talking up its readiness for a military strike, are actually helping make such a deal happen → Read More
Israeli lacrosse squad returns to field, seeking out a new normal despite coronavirus
'Keeping your distance seems like a simple concept, but if the beginning goes well, you start getting into the flow of practice and suddenly find yourself on top of a teammate' → Read More
Matthew Weiner, Tom Perrotta Among Virtual Guests at Jerusalem Writers Festival
Plus, 14-year-old Meital Sternthal uses her quarantine time to make masks for charity and the Freddie Krivine Initiative celebrates 20 years of serving up tennis → Read More
Matthew Weiner, Tom Perrotta Among Virtual Guests at Jerusalem Writers Festival
Plus, 14-year-old Meital Sternthal uses her quarantine time to make masks for charity and the Freddie Krivine Initiative celebrates 20 years of serving up tennis → Read More
Baseball Major Leaguers Tapped for Online Training of Israeli Players
Coronavirus restrictions push the Israel Association of Baseball to move to virtual training to keep kids 'within some kind of baseball connection' → Read More
David Blatt and Six Other Immigrants Honored for Contributions to Israel
Plus, a Memorial Day to remember for South African immigrants in Ra'anana and Center Stage holds its inaugural international five-minute play festival online → Read More
Despite Israel’s Easing of Coronavirus Rules, Future Still Ominous for Amateur Leagues
When the restrictions were eased for sports, basketball and soccer were specifically banned. American football clearly wouldn’t be cleared before basketball and soccer → Read More
Holocaust survivor Max Eisen draws hundreds to Remembrance Day talk
Plus, Momentum launches global campaign to pray for health care workers and environmentalists debate whether COVID-19 will have any impact on how people respond to the climate change crisis → Read More
American Football League in Israel Hopes to Regroup, Crown Season Champs by Summer
The adult league had just completed its regular season when all play was suspended due to coronavirus regulations → Read More
New support groups help new immigrants during the coronavirus crisis
Plus, Nefesh B'Nefesh provides online activities for English speakers stuck at home and Jerusalem English Theater has transformed its website to reflect the current situation → Read More
Team Members Keep Players Connected Despite Suspension
League organizers have responded to coronavirus restrictions by putting together a program called Challenge the Coronavirus → Read More
American-Israeli folk duo Larry and Mindy gives live online gig
Plus, Israel’s English-language professional theater Center Stage screens 5-minute play on Zoom, and youth counselling NGO Crossroads finds its reach widened by coronavirus pandemic → Read More
Former Major League All-star Kinsler Hopes to Make Best of Coronavirus Break
Now that the Olympics are postponed, the newest member of Israel's baseball team says, 'I can start slower and take my time' → Read More
Coronavirus care kits for cancer survivors
Plus, live streams to keep you connected to the community and donating masks to medical staff in need → Read More