For years, writer Yossi Klein Halevi considered himself a peace skeptic. But changes in the region, along with recent experiences with friends like Bar Galin and Rawan Odeh, have challenged that skepticism.
- Israeli SceneChoosing a Different Path Toward Peace
Changes in the Middle East, and the work of friends like Bar Galin and Rawan Odeh, hint at new attitudes about Israel.
Israeli SceneThe Pioneering Women of ZionismAn updated anthology of classic Zionist texts acknowledges the influence of women like Golda Meir and Naomi Shemer as well as Hadassah’s early leaders.
An updated anthology of classic Zionist texts acknowledges the influence of women like Golda Meir and Naomi Shemer as well as Hadassah leaders.
Israeli Scene Wider WorldMaking a Difference in NepalIn Tevel B’Tzedek, Israeli Micha Odenheimer has created a Jewish Peace Corps that brings Jewish aid and ideals to Nepal, one of the world’s most impoverished nations.
Volunteers from Tevel B’Tzedek enhance Nepalis’ skills as farmers, educators and community leaders.
Israeli SceneDigging Beneath the Surface: An Archeologist’s View of the Temple Mount and its EnvironsEilat Mazar, scion of a family of esteemed Israeli archaeologists, unearths connections to the past in Jerusalem’s Old City.
Eilat Mazar, scion of a family of esteemed Israeli archaeologists, unearths connections to the past in Jerusalem’s Old City.
Israeli SceneThe Six-Day War 50 Years Later: The Pride, the PainThe events of 1967 united Jews around the world in an emotional trajectory—from existential fear to relief and, finally, to jubilation when Israel reunified Jerusalem. But it also bequeathed to us wrenching dilemmas that persist to this day.
The events of 1967 united Jews around the world in an emotional trajectory. But it also bequeathed to us wrenching dilemmas that persist to this day.
Israeli SceneCaesarstone: From Kibbutz Dining Hall to Ultra-Modern MilanHaute cuisine has become a national pastime in Israel, and Caesarstone embraces this trend with its first conceptual cookbook, A Material Menu: Designs for the Culinary Aesthetic.
Haute cuisine has become a national pastime in Israel, and Caesarstone embraces this trend with its first conceptual cookbook.
Israeli SceneIsrael Building the World’s Tallest Solar TowerWhen the entire Ashalim B power plant in the Negev Desert is completed at the end of this year, the 750-feet-high tower will supply enough renewable electric power for 120,000 households.
When the entire Ashalim B power plant in the Negev is completed at the end of this year, it will supply enough renewable power for 120,000 households.
Israeli SceneThe Promised Land of Medical MarijuanaWith eight farms authorized to cultivate marijuana and pending legislation to ease access to the drug, Israel’s cannabis industry is one of the most advanced in the world.
With eight farms authorized to cultivate marijuana and pending legislation to ease access to the drug, Israel’s cannabis industry is one of the most advanced in
Israeli SceneGetting Your Hands Dirty in IsraelTaking part in volunteer digs from Ein Gedi near the Dead Sea to sites in the north has become a popular attraction for tourists, students and retirees.
Volunteer digs from Ein Gedi near the Dead Sea to sites in the north have become popular attractions for tourists, students and retirees.
Profile: Pascale BercovitchA gray winter morning in a suburb of Paris. A teenage girl is rushing to catch the train to school. As the door of theLetter from Jerusalem: Friends Without BenefitsJustice Minister Tzipi Livni and Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon didn’t sound like they could be serving in the same government. Addressing an end-of-the-year business conference,Profile: Shari ArisonShari Arison is the wealthiest woman in the Middle East. The American-born Israeli businesswoman and philanthropist with a net worth of $4.2 billion was rankedLittle Big LandI came up from Jerusalem because every so often the need to wander somewhere in the wilds grows urgent. In the past, I would makeFamily Matters: Back to SchoolIt is a sunny autumn morning and here I am, at 8:45, having sacrificed my leisurely coffee and toast breakfast, hurrying to catch my grandchildren’sInterview: Yuli EdelsteinSeptember 9 Yuli (Yoel) Edelstein, speaker of the Knesset, is still boyish looking at 55. Born in 1958 in Ukraine, then part of the formerCommentary: The Pursuit of Optimismby Tal BeckerRepeated surveys suggest that Israelis are among the happiest and most optimistic people in the Western world. One such study conducted by Gallup ranked IsraelAwe & Memory: The Yom Kippur War Forty Years LaterOn October 6, 1973, Egyptian and Syrian forces attacked Israel, starting the cruelest war in the Jewish state’s history. Three weeks later, Israel had turnedFooter Menu Column 1
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