Encore: Summer in Israel: Divorce, Spies, Sign Language, Construction Grumbles

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Wife refuses divorce because of financial dispute threatened with prison sentence if won’t agree to divorce, in unusual rabbinical court case.

Inside Intel / Who was killed in Tehran last week?

Plus Ça Change, Plus C'est La Même Chose.....

A Stir Over Sign Language:  A recently discovered trove of documents from the 1950s reveals a nasty battle in Jerusalem over the Hebraization of street and neighborhood names. This campaign is still raging today.

The next article has a personal element -- we drive down this stretch every day to reach the Embassy....and have been annoyed by the non-working signal, which as of Aug 5 has not been fixed--this article was published July 18.

Tel Avivians complain promenade rehab snarling traffic, endangering pedestrians

Coming soon:  The Israeli Summer of Discontent...