Presents from the Holy Land have resonance for both the recipient and for Israel, whose economy could use a little boost from American consumers.
Today, Nir Barkat, high-tech entrepreneur and dynamic Jerusalem councilman, is trying to breathe economic life into the city by using the academic and intellectual sectors to jump-start the capital\’s economy.
Medical oncologist Dr. Daniel Lieber reached a breaking point two years ago. Israel\’s poor economic state had him so concerned that he began moonlighting as a volunteer for State of Israel Bonds Development Corporation for Israel (DCI), primarily trying to induce doctors to invest their pension money.
It is astonishing that in America, many Jews are not heartened by President Bush\’s "road map" toward Middle East peace, officially made public last week.
The marketing campaign was launched earlier this month in a collaboration by the Southern California Israel Chamber of Commerce, The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, the Government of Israel Economic Mission and the Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute.
In the wake of the tragic death of Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon on the Space Shuttle Columbia, there was Ariel Sharon, the prime minister and prime healer, providing solace on national television.
I once had a history teacher who was ambivalent about dates. Before a test, an anxious student would invariably ask whether we\’d need to remember what year an event happened.
In fact, much of this week\’s aid talk may be political playacting intended to give a boost to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in his reelection bid, not to produce real shekels in the Israeli treasury.
Shlomo Eplboim sees green in the arid landscape that is Israel.
So confident is he of the Holy Land\’s future that the 30-year-old financial adviser has helped launch a new mutual fund that will invest solely in Israeli high-tech, health care, biotech and other companies.
The new Toys for Chanukah campaign comes hot on the heels of IESF\’s Rosh Hashana Honey campaign — when you, dear readers, sent honey for a sweet new year to Israeli victims of terror, IDF soldiers and friends and family in Israel.
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