Should Chanukah in Israel be more commercialized?
December 12, 2014
I have a confession to make. (Well, maybe “confession” isn’t exactly the best word to use.) Forgive me, Jewish mother, for I have sinned
Orit Arfa
Non-Jewish L.A. Zionist John Henry Patterson buried in Israel
December 9, 2014
Days after announcing the dissolution of his coalition, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu closed a circle in modern Israel’s history, and his own family’s history, when he fulfilled Lt. Col. John Henry Patterson’s final wish to be buried among his Jewish comrades in Israel – 67 years after Patterson’s burial in a Los Angeles cemetery.
Modeling volunteerism in Israel as an observant Zionist
November 20, 2014
This year, Jay Shultz won’t be making a Thanksgiving dinner for the hundreds of American olim (immigrants) he has managed to unite in Tel Aviv through his Am Yisrael Foundation.
Why the FAA banned flights to Israel
October 14, 2014
On Sept. 11, 1969, Israeli flying ace Giora Romm parachuted into the Nile Delta, badly wounded.
A new look in Israel for Shmita, the year of rest
September 24, 2014
More than 2,000 years ago, when ancient Israel was an agrarian society, the shmita year was a huge national happening.
JNF pays tribute to Sderot through song
January 16, 2013
Ethiopian-Israeli and Sderot resident Hagit Yaso sang only one song in English as she vied to win “A Star Is Born,” Israel’s version of “American Idol.”
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