Word: israel
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Because of a recent reform of the voting system, religious parties did better in the last election than ever before, gaining 23 of 120 seats in the parliament. Now they are testing their power. Plus, the ranks of the religious are growing, in part because spirituality is flowering in Israel, and because the devout are so prolific...
...rabbinical monopoly on marriage and burial is increasingly controversial, especially in light of the mass immigration from the former Soviet Union. Immigrants who are not officially Jews, meaning their mothers are not Jewish or they have not been converted by an Orthodox rabbi, cannot get married in Israel. There are very few places where they can be buried. After one such teenager died in a recent terrorist attack, his corpse wandered the country looking for a final resting place. A man was dug up five years after his death when rabbinical authorities questioned his Jewish credentials...
...physical anthropologist working in Israel for the past 25 years, I have devoted much of my research to clearing ancient Jewish graves in Jerusalem. In this century alone, we have uncovered more than 1,000 ancient burial sites from the time of Jesus. As a result, there is a tremendous amount of information about these funerary practices. Jesus lived, died and was buried according to the Jewish practices of the time. The Shroud of Turin is in total nonconformity with all that is known about Jewish burial practices, making it a clear case of medieval forgery. It is simply...
...didn't see fit to include Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin as one of your key "Leaders & Revolutionaries" of the 20th century [TIME 100, April 13]. Rabin not only orchestrated the historic peace treaty between Israel and Jordan and the Oslo accords with the Palestinians but also brought about a general recognition in Israel of the price that has to be paid for peace. The result today is a general moderation among right-wing movements. ASSAF KEDEM Zichron Ya'acov, Israel...
...that, according to TIME Jerusalem correspondent Eric Silver, allowed Netanyahu to leave President Clinton all dressed up with nowhere to go Monday. Instead of hosting Netanyahu and Yasser Arafat at the White House, Clinton will be briefed by Madeleine Albright and Dennis Ross on their failure to get Israel to compromise...