Guest Post by Michelle, MA Educational Psychology; MBA It is easy to describe a typical Israeli “Ars”; their appearance and behavior screams so loud, the sound can practically choke you. For more...
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Project Interchange: The Rhythm of Israel
Enjoy this video created by Project Interchange whose general mission is about “connecting leaders worldwide to Israel.” And these are leaders writ large, everything from political...
Jews and Obama: AJC Survey Shows Majority Support Slipping
A majority of Jews continue to support US President Obama, but the numbers have declined 17% since the last election, while community support for a more forceful stance on Iran has increased. This...
A Celebration Needed More Than Ever: The Force Behind LA’s Celebrate Israel Festival
Los Angeles is home to more Israelis than many Israeli cities. And yet, last year the Israeli Festival was cancelled after falling on financial ruin, and a lack of general community support. It...
Yom Hazikaron – ×™×•× ×”×–×™×›×¨×•×Ÿ Remembrance Day, Jerusalem 2012
Last night marked the begining of Israel’s Memorial Day, in which the nation commemorates all those who fell defending the country as well as the civilian victims of terrorism. There were a...
A Failure to Communicate
By Hannah Brown The most commonly used euphemism for autism in Hebrew is “bayat tikshoret” – communication problem. As the mother of an autistic teenage boy living in Israel, I like this term...
Holocaust Memorial Day 2012
Today at 10 am Israel time, sirens sounded across Israel, and pedestrian and vehicular traffic came to a standstill in memory of the victims of the Holocaust and in honor of those that resisted the...
Tiyul B’Aretz: Study Abroad Where Israel Is Your Classroom
Tiyul B’Aretz is a new way of engaging Israel outside the current institutional avenues. If only this program was around when I was in college! Tiyul B’Aretz is run by Tamar Field-Gersh...