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Yom Ha’atzmaut and the Israel We Refuse to Teach

Yom Ha’atzmaut and the Israel We Refuse to Teach

Loving Israel Without Lying About It: Diaspora Jewish schools celebrate the dream of Israel. They rarely teach about the expensive slums, unpaid...

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Bonnie K. Goodman

Israel Needs Teachers. My Memoir Shows How It Treats Them

My Jerusalem Life, Interrupted and the human cost of educational instability By Bonnie K. Goodman, BA, MLIS In Israel, the education system does not...

06.04.2026 40

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Bonnie K. Goodman

Missing Pesach in Jerusalem

In Israel, Jewish life felt public, welcoming, and alive; in Montreal, it has felt guarded, costly, and closed. There is a difference between being...

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Bonnie K. Goodman

Sirens across an Ocean: An Israeli at War from Afar

I made aliyah in July 2024, in the middle of war. There was no gentle entry into Israeli life, no gradual acclimation to normalcy. Within months, I...

02.03.2026 70

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Bonnie K. Goodman

Discrimination and Power Struggles in Israeli Education

03.02.2026 50

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Bonnie K. Goodman

Who Will Sustain the Jewish Humanities?

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Bonnie K. Goodman

Economic Inequality in Israel the Unspoken Problem

23.01.2026 40

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Bonnie K. Goodman

Taylor Swift, Israel, and the Politics of Presence

18.12.2025 100

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Bonnie K. Goodman

Why Australia’s Antisemitism Feels Like a Warning

16.12.2025 70

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Bonnie K. Goodman

Hanukkah in Jerusalem: Light without Apology

14.12.2025 70

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Bonnie K. Goodman