August 6, 2021 The Sofia: The new Tiberias luxury hotel with a Zionist background By Barbara Sofer Sofia is the name of the new classy hotel in Tiberias, and there’s a story behind it. Owners Raul and Sophie Sarogo plan to make Sofia the first in a chain of Israeli five-star boutique hotels that will […]
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July 30, 2021 Why one religious woman chose to be a surrogate By Barbara Sofer Sara Cohen explained her plans like this to her children, ages 11, nine and six: “If our neighbors were making a cake, got it all ready and then discovered that the oven didn’t work, and they asked us to use
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July 16, 2021 Lest we forget the coronavirus pandemic year By Barbara Sofer Last Tisha Be’av, July 29, 2020, Hinda Hekelman was too sick to fast. She was coughing and weak from the ravages of COVID-19. “My husband, Chaim, and I don’t know where we were infected, but we think it was in the neighborhood
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July 2, 2021 After coronavirus, theater returns music to the lives of Israelis By Barbara Sofer When the variants of the coronavirus are no longer newsworthy, will we remember the variations of the coronavirus rules? Will we recall the feeling the first time we invited our families back for dinner, the first time we saw
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