You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus
—Mark Twain

ISRAEL, REVISITED by Avraham Azrieli

ISRAEL, REVISITED by Avraham Azrieli (Originally published in the Jewish News of Greater Phoenix, July 2013) A recent visit to Israel rekindled my affection for our Jewish State, while fueling my dread of its demise. Despite ominous warnings from our kids’ nanny and the State Department, we left for Israel with our three youngsters to attend my niece’s Orthodox wedding, which was unlike any nuptial celebration we have seen before. The groom’s friends, in white shirts, slacks and sandals, handguns stuffed in their belts, danced tirelessly to modern interpretations of old Hassidic tunes. Faces red, long dresses sodden with sweat, the bride’s girlfriends danced behind a see-through partition until their ankles showed. The groom himself had hired a tutor to help him rehearse the complicated steps of an old Sicilian piece, which he preformed without tripping before his betrothed. The parents’ friends, hair graying under knitted yarmulkes and colorful...
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Talking to the neighbors: Israel in the Mideast

A 2006 New York Times / International Herald Tribune opinion piece by Avraham Azrieli. Read full article on The New York...
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Improving Arbitration Under the U.S.-Israel Free Trade Agreement

A 1993 Law Review article by Avraham Azrieli: Improving Arbitration Under the U.S.-Israel Free Trade Agreement: A Framework for a Middle-East Free Trade Zone Get full article from St. John’s Law...
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Dispute Resolution under Chapter 18 of the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement

A 1990 Law Review article by Avraham Azrieli (based on a Graduate Paper during LLM studies at Columbia Law School in New York City): Dispute Resolution under Chapter 18 of the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement – American Review of International Arbitration – Vol. 1, No. 3, 1990 Available at Juris...
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