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Ilana Teitelbaum

How I Spent My Tuscan Vacation

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 10.28.2009 | Style

Read More: Organic Farming, Tourism, Castle, Italy, Hotel, Ilana Teitelbaum, Agritourism, Travel, Vacation, Tuscany, Chianti, Style News
Ilana Teitelbaum

As a child growing up in the urban sprawl of Queens, New York, I dreamed of castles; so I wonder, what do children in Tuscany dream about? I'm guessing it isn't Queens, New York.

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Discovering Greece: Thessaloniki is Cooler Than You

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 08.14.2009 | World

Read More: Tourist Attractions, Macedonia, Greek, Mount Olympus, Travel, Balkans, Archaeology, Loreena McKennitt, Athens, Culture, Tourism, Art, Northern Greece, Christianity, Travel Writing, Greece, Thessaloniki, Israel, Ilana Teitelbaum, World News
Ilana Teitelbaum

Thessaloniki is far from the classic tourist fantasy of Greece: there are no nearby islands, and Delphi and Athens are far away. But it is the country's cultural capital and the epitome of cool.

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Obama in Cairo: One View From Jerusalem

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 07.07.2009 | World

Read More: Gaza, Jerusalem, Gaza War, Middle East, Palestinian, Terrorism, Middle East Conflict, Cairo, Ilana Teitelbaum, Israel, Obama, Muslim, Obama Cairo Speech, Jerusalem-Israel, World News
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An American friend emailed me to ask "What's Israel's/your take on Obama's remarks in Cairo?" I had to smile, because if there is one thing that has...

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Lighting Up the Jerusalem Night with Bonfires

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 06.11.2009 | World

Read More: Jewish Holidays, Israel, Jerusalem, Judaism, Ilana Teitelbaum, World News
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Tonight marks the beginning of Lag B'Omer, a popular Jewish holiday with roots in mysticism and Kabbalah that involves the tradition of bonfires on the eve of the holiday,

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Passover Memories in Jerusalem

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 05.15.2009 | World

Read More: Prayer, Passover, Jerusalem, Judaism, Terrorism, Western Wall, Ilana Teitelbaum, Israel, Jerusalem-Israel, World News
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A holiday time seems to capture memories in a more powerful way than any other time of the year, and gives more significance to holidays as time goes on than they would otherwise have.

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In the Shadow of Gilad Shalit's Captivity

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 04.17.2009 | World

Read More: Jerusalem, Terrorism, Ilana Teitelbaum, Israel, Israel Defense Forces, Hamas, Idf, Gilad Shalit, Israel-Palestinian Conflict, World News
Ilana Teitelbaum

How can I go to bed at night knowing that kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit probably has no bed?

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Israel's Election Day: Not a Change We Can Believe In

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 03.10.2009 | World

Read More: Peace Process, Israel Elections, Middle East Peace Process, Ilana Teitelbaum, Israel, Tzipi Livni, Knesset, Palestinians, Israel Prime Minister, Binyahim Netanyahu, Ehud Barak, World News
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All three of Israel's candidates for Prime Minister belong to an era that should be receding behind us, not popping up in our ballot boxes again and again.

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Obama's Inauguration and the Israel-American Paradox

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 02.23.2009 | World

Read More: Bill Clinton, Suicide Bombers, Jerusalem, Bombs, Terrorism, Ilana Teitelbaum, Israel, Obama, President Obama Inauguration, America, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Foreign Affairs, Obama Administration, Obama George Mitchell, Obama Foreign Policy, Gaza, Obama Israel, George MItchell, Middle East, George Mitchell Israel, Northern Ireland Peace Process, 100 Days, Foreign Policy, Obama Middle East, World News
Ilana Teitelbaum

It doesn't make a difference if the U.S. president is "good for Israel". What would be "good for Israel," would be an entirely new government in Israel.

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Photos From Israel That You Won't See on the News

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 02.05.2009 | World

Read More: Photos, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel Defense Forces, Jerusalem, West Bank, Gaza, Terrorism, Suicide Bomber, Palestinians, Hamas, Israel, Idf, Ilana Teitelbaum, Israel News, Baqad Huffingtonpost, Pictures of Soldiers Helping People in the Middle East, Gazans Greet Israelis, Photos You Don't See in the News Israel, World News
Ilana Teitelbaum

Israel is not media savvy -- we have installed warning systems and bomb shelters. No casualties means no photos, which means that many incidents aren't even covered by the media.

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In the Shadow of Airstrikes in Jerusalem

Ilana Teitelbaum | Posted 01.28.2009 | World

Read More: Gaza, Bombs, Terrorism, Gaza Rockets, Sderot, Israel, Hamas, Israel-Palestinian Conflict, Jerusalem, Ilana Teitelbaum, World News
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With the coming war and intifada on my mind, I realize that thousands of rockets have been fired into Israel in recent years, yet because we in Jerusalem don't get hit by them, it has always seemed removed.

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