Tag: Blog

Globetrotters bounce into Israel

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAQ8qy_878A[/youtube] If there are two things that are universal, it’s humor and basketball. So the Harlem Globetrotters have all angles covered. The venerable touring jugglers/ball

Apping the Omer

From the second day of Passover until the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, observant Jews perform a ritual called “counting the Omer.” Between those two dates,

When I’m 64

As the transition from the somber mood of Remembrance Day makes way for the celebration of Independence Day, there’s a plethora of inspiring video clips

Made in Israel

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-C3UYq-UxA[/youtube] It’s getting to be that time of year again – where the national holidays come fast and furious. Holocaust Remembrance Day just passed and

City non-planning

I posted back in November about some neighborhood excitement over the planned recycling area in the Hursha, a neighborhood playground and garden. At the time,

Keeping the Dead Sea Alive

The Dead Sea is anything but dead. But it is ailing. Human exploitation has taken its toll on the area over the last 40 years.

ISRAEL21c goes to college

ISRAEL21c is recommended reading in Prof. Steve Malter’s Washington University course, “Business, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Israel.” He’s taught the course for the past three years at the St. Louis, Missouri, university’s Olin Business School. And it includes a required trip to Israel to visit the places the undergrads learn about.

Parent apps

They’re not just new parents, nor are they merely a couple, one of whom is a physicist/amateur computer programmer and the other a Arabic literature