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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.

Over 60 women throughout the city have joined a program to invite tourists into their homes, educating their guests about how different groups of Jerusalemites live.

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A Tattoo, the Indelible Holy City Memento

by Ilan Ben Zion

Wassim Razzouk belongs to a centuries-old family tradition of tattooing Christian pilgrims to Jerusalem. His Old City shop sits just inside Jaffa Gate.

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Feminist Updates for Jerusalem Street Signs

by Renee Ghert-Zand

“Street names and signs are all part of the creation of egalitarian public space, and of creating inspirational models for our young people,” one activist said.

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Israeli-made Caesarstone Gets Super Foodie

by Ilan Ben Zion

Caesarstone countertops leap out of the kitchen and onto the pages of this high-end, Italian produced conceptual cookbook.

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World’s Tallest Solar Tower Rising in the Negev

by Esther Hecht

When the entire Ashalim B solar power plant in the Negev Desert is completed, it will supply enough renewable electric power for 120,000 households.

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Shapiro Family Says “Shalom” After Six Years

by Allison Kaplan Sommer

U.S. Ambassador Dan Shapiro and his wife, Julie Fisher, made a point of traveling extensively throughout Israel, visiting Muslim, Christian and ultra-Orthodox communities.