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Advancing Ben-Gurion’s Dream

Thirty years after David Ben-Gurion’s death, is Israel still fulfilling his vision? Thirty years have passed since David Ben-Gurion’s death. Is today’s Israel fulfilling his

Praying for our neighbors

Democracies do not make war with one another.For much of the last decade, the peoples of the Middle East looked to the future with great

A message of freedom and justice

Why Diaspora and Israeli Jews should care about Arab-Jewish coexistence.Why should Arab-Jewish coexistence within Israel be important for Diaspora and Israeli Jews? What’s at stake?

Teaching the IDF code of conduct

How to instill international law, Israeli law, and “the spirit of the IDF.” The IDF School of Military Law was established seven years ago by

Heart rescue from Iraq

The story of how Israel came to the aid of a newborn Iraqi baby with a defective heart riveted the world at the end of

Israel Needs PR Expertise

Public relations must rank higher on the list of national priorities.The now infamous poll that was published this month showed that a majority of Europeans

Good business sense

At the GA – merging Israeli hutzpa with American strategic planning. In these tough times, an infusion into the Israeli economy of 15 million tourist

Self-defense, Israeli style

‘Krav Maga’ is the name of the Israeli self-defense martial arts which has taken the country by a storm and is the training regimen of

Breaking the Ice

A group of Israelis and Palestinians aim to prove that the two communities can work together – by staging a joint expedition to Antarctica. The

Two extraordinary years

Creating a new kind of information service.We launched the beta version of this website two years ago on November 1, 2001 with, what I wrote

The schmooze factor

Making sure you get your priorities right in a new synagogue.It took years of planning, fundraising and construction, but last month, Kehillat Yedidya, our religious

Play ball

In October, thoughts turn to baseball – even in Israel.Americans may think that Israelis are busy in October with the onslaught of Jewish holidays, building

Out of the closet

How a film about homosexuals in the IDF improves Israel’s image”Five minutes into Yossi & Jagger, two Israeli soldiers out on patrol are kissing and