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The Pioneering Women of Zionism
An 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.
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Making a Difference in Nepal
In 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.
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Digging Beneath the Surface: An Archeologist’s View of the Temple Mount and its Environs
Eilat 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.
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The Six-Day War 50 Years Later: The Pride, the Pain
The 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.
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Caesarstone: From Kibbutz Dining Hall to Ultra-Modern Milan
Haute 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.
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Israel Building the World’s Tallest Solar Tower
When 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.
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The Promised Land of Medical Marijuana
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 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
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Getting Your Hands Dirty in Israel
Taking 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.

Independence Day in Israel is a time for family celebrations and barbeques, honoring past sacrifices and festive parades. But most of all, it’s an opportunity

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Israeli Life: Looking for Resolution

What can be gleaned from the recent Israeli elections? Insights into the country’s social fragmentation and attitudes toward women—and that, in Israel, one expects the

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Feature: Dead Reckoning

Its salty waters have made appearances throughout recorded history, and today, the Dead Sea region is vital to Israel’s tourism industry. But is the lowest

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Israeli Life: Waiting for a Constitution

Israel is one of the few modern states without a fundamental charter delineating the structure of its government. But enacting one poses its own risks.

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Profile: Alon Tal

Israel’s leading environmentalist remains as busy as ever, founding one ecological group after another in his singleminded pursuit to save the country’s natural treasures. Alon

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Feature: Home Away From Home

Ismail Ahmed is one of the lucky ones. He works 13 hours a day, 7 days a week, in his shop in Tel Aviv. Many

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Feature: Out of Africa: A One-Armed Embrace

Darfur has become a symbol of burned villages, rape and murder, but the region of western Sudan that gives its name to genocide in Africa

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Interview: Yossi Klein Halevi

by Charley J. Levine

An acclaimed author, journalist and lecturer, Yossi Klein Halevi, 55, moved to Israel from New York 26 years ago. He serves as a senior fellow