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My summer at Hebrew University

Arab countries have much to gain from scientific collaboration with Israel. Ahmed Moustafa, PhD, is a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Molecular and Behavioral

300,000 views and still counting

The ISRAEL21c video on airport security device MagShoe has hit over 300,000 views on YouTube and the figures continue to rise. The story by reporter

Time and again, yes to peace

Israelis don’t want peace? Of course they do! What a great Rosh Hashanah present from Time magazine; a cover story telling whoever is willing to

Dancing to a different tune

Israel’s soldiers weren’t dirty dancing, they were just having fun. We all know IDF soldiers march to a different tune. And now, thanks to YouTube,

Safe landings

There’s no guidebook to help when your son gets out of the army. “What are you doing?” I recently barked at my oldest son, who

Make the boycott go up in Pixie dust

Latest cancellation from the Pixies doesn’t mean the music stops.   Israeli music fans are not going to let some misguided, undereducated musicians ruin their

What next in Haiti?

With the rains coming, Israeli aid workers in Haiti are trying to figure out their next move. The Petitionville refugee camp, stretched across what was,

Not the new kid on the block

The new ‘Masbirim’ campaign is acting like it invented the hasbara wheel.   The debate over whether Masbirim – Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs Minister

Engines for social change

Israel has over 26,000 non-profits devoted to helping the underprivileged. What these organizations need now is state support. The Purim mitzvah of sending mishlo’ah manot

Alexander Haig was my friend

Through thick and then, Alexander Haig never wavered in his friendship for Israel. Al Haig, who died Saturday, was a good friend to Israel –

Israel’s bird watchers

In Israel, even the Knesset has a bird observatory. You don’t have to be a political quack to realize that the Knesset is unique among