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Israel’s austerity budget advances in Knesset

Jewish Journal June 18, 2013

Israel’s Knesset approved the first reading of the 2013-14 state budget, which has been touted as closing socio-economic gaps in the country.

Israeli markets cheer centrists’ election gains

Jewish Journal January 23, 2013

Israeli markets rose on Wednesday on investor hopes that the outcome of the previous day\’s election means Benjamin Netanyahu will remain prime minister and ultra-Orthodox parties have no role in government.

Budget crunch forcing schools to cut, become creative

Jewish Journal September 8, 2009

Rabbi Samuel Levine has a problem — and it’s echoing throughout the Jewish day school world.

Israel Real Estate Sales to Foreign Buyers on the Rise

Greer Fay Cashman January 19, 2006

Americans seeking to buy in Jerusalem prefer the neighborhoods of Talbiyeh, Rehavia, Katamon, Baka and Sha\’arei Hessed, and are willing to pay up to $1million for apartments of less than 100 square meters, Hershkowitz said. Recently they have discovered Nahlaot, he added, and many people are now buying their holiday homes in this more colorful part of Jerusalem.

Post-Bar Mitzvah Stress Disorder

Judy Gruen January 12, 2006

Post-Bar Mitzvah Stress Disorder (PBMSD) usually follows a case of Pre-Bar Mitzvah Stress Disorder. This is characterized by speed-dialing your caterer several times daily until you actually hear him chewing antacids while you speak; zipping around so frantically from errand to errand that you have no time to eat anything other than large brownies in the car (perversely, this still causes weight gain), and bursting into tears with no warning because your little boy is no longer a little boy but a newly minted teen who has the audacity to catapult into puberty before your very eyes.