By: Yuval Nemirovsky It is not a secret that we live in a world where civil wars, persecution and genocide are a sad part of our reality. Freedom or liberty is a “luxury” that not many nations have. Freedom is not just about NO slavery. It is about opportunities, about health, about economic stability, about […]
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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: 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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