Many children are exposed to traumatic events during the course of their childhood. In Israel with the escalation of conflict specially in the south, children may feel vulnerable and threatened in a...
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Eurovision: Israel Does Not Reach Finals
Although Israel’s Mei Finegold made it to the semi-finalists in the 2014 Eurovision song competition in Copenhagen, Israel’s entry was not one of the final 10 selections out of the 14...
Young Professionals in Policy (YP2) Hits the Scene
What’s the point of living in a small country if you can’t all get to know each other? Young Professionals in Policy, or “YP2†(pronounced ‘Y-P-squared’) is a growing...
China’s eyes on Israel
RISHON LEZION, Israel–The College of Management- Academic Studies (COMAS) recently launched the Chinese Media Center at its School of Media Studies. The Chinese Media Center at the College of...
Jewish SuperBowl Ads or The Case of the GoDaddy Mezuzah
If you are like me, you watch the televised NFL Superbowl game for the ads. In 2014, a 30 second spot sold for about $4 million. To many, the ads are more exciting than the game and halftime...
Canadian PM Harper visits the Knesset, hilarity ensues
Sometimes events are so amusing they overtake fiction, and so it went with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his visit to the Knesset. As we noted on this very site a couple of years ago...
Ariel Sharon 1928 – 2014
I have always had mixed feelings about Ariel Sharon. Never one to fall in with the Israeli tradition of the cult of personality, – think Moshe Dayan, Yitzhak Rabin or David Ben-Gurion – I never...
Today is WORLD FOOD Day! Did you know?
During World Food Month Look Toward Israel by Dr. Nitza Kardish As we commemorate World Food Month in October, there is much to be both sober and hopeful about. About 870 million people are...