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Dina Kraft

Dina Kraft

Israel Invests in Clean Tech as energy Crunch Looms

Industry observers say more aggressive government policies, such as underwriting renewable energy initiatives and granting more land for power plants, are needed to bolster the development of alternative energy.

Israelis are not in a partying mood

Israel is turning 60, but few here in the Jewish State seem in the mood to crack open the champagne.

Israelis are still gloomy about the country\’s perceived failures in the 2006 war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, and every day brings fresh reminders that no solution has been found for the growing problem of cross-border rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.

Fending off the end of aliyah

Founded with the express purpose of \”ingathering of the exiles\” — but with no more large groups of Jews to save — Israel is facing the end of the era of mass aliyah.

Ashkelon is the new front line in the war with Gaza

Practically overnight, life in this quiet coastal city has changed dramatically. Thirteen rockets landed in Ashkelon over the course of four days, and with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) having launched a ground invasion into Gaza over the weekend, shaken residents here suddenly find themselves in a war zone.

As U.S. dollar plummets, Israelis rediscover the shekel

No longer the subject of derision or victim of hyperinflation, the shekel is now among the strongest currencies in the world. For the first time in years, businesses and real estate agencies that once dealt only in dollars are now instead setting their rates to the shekel.

Fund assists Israeli cancer researchers

Howard Cedar is among hundreds of Israeli scientists whose research has been supported by the Israel Cancer Research Fund (ICRF), a charitable organization funded predominately by North American Jews that aims to keep Israeli researchers in the country performing cutting-edge research instead of losing them in a \”brain drain\” to institutions abroad with more money and resources.

‘Meadow Soprano’ explores her Jewish spirit in Israel

Jamie Sigler, who played the daughter of Mafia kingpin Tony Soprano on the acclaimed HBO show \”The Sopranos,\” grew up in a Jewish home in Jericho, N.Y., going to Hebrew school and having a bat mitzvah. But it was only during her recent visit to Israel that she said she felt a true spiritual and emotional connection to her roots.

Israelis keep a close eye on U.S. elections

With a mix of concern for their future and amusement at the marching bands and baby-kissing style of U.S. electoral politics, Israelis are tuning in to see who might be the next U.S. president.

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