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Dimona:  Creating a Green Oasis

Communal development, environmental consciousness, social support systems and ensuing pride: all these in the small Negev town of Dimona, where people realized that each and every one of them can make a difference - in this case, for their own good. [Full article...]
By: Kobi Ben-Simhon
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Israel > Israeli Society
Israel > Places of Israel


THE land for the Jews?:  Enough with Despair

The national mood is something very real in Israel. In this article the author touches upon the realism of the difficulties of life in Israel versus the meaning of life; all of which find expression in the national mood and the Zionist platform that shape Israeli society. [Full article...]
By: Yair Sheleg
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Israel > Israeli Society
Zionism


The Kibbutz in transformation:  Socialism’s Last Stand

With the news that Kibbutz Degania Aleph, the symbol of the Kibbutz settlement in Israel will be going through the privatization process that has taken hold of the kibbutz movement and its accompanying ideology, this article is more relevant than ever in understanding the transformation of a formerly proud entity. [Full article...]
By: Joshua  Muravchik
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Israel > Places of Israel


The additional commandment:  Thou Shalt Not be a Freier

"'Don't be a freier' is practically the 11th commandment of the Israeli," wrote Haaretz's Benny Ziffer in 2006. How has such a great fear of being a freier developed in Israel, of all places? ... [Full article...]
By: Shahar Ilan
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Israel > Israeli Society


On Aliyah:  Taking the Leap: Becoming Israeli

Establishing a new life in Israel is fraught with jubilation as well as challenges. In this poignant series of correspondences to friends and family, Jo Mandel reflects about her first three months in Israel. [Full article...]
By: Jo Mandel
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Voices of the Young


A timeless kibbutz experience:  Kibbutz Baram - An Apple of a Time

Kibbutz: a socialist endeavor for settlement, an international movement of friendship or both? This article tackles these issues through first-hand experience. [Full article...]
By: Simon Trainor
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Israel > Places of Israel


Feature Organization:  Saving Children's Lives, Spreading Tolerance

A young American who served as volunteer in Israel, shares with us his memorable learning experience at the "Save a Child's Heart" organization, where a group of cardiologists, pediatric heart surgeons and nurses donate their time in order to save as many children's lives as possible. With the slogan of “a child is a child”, they operate on any child in need regardless of religion, race, sex, or background creating the wonderful side effect of spreading tolerance and acceptance of each other's cultures. [Full article...]
By:  Hagshama Department
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Israel
Israel > Advocacy
Jews Around the World
Social Action Organizations
Voices of the Young


Jerusalem's Family Planning Educational and Counseling center:  Shilo

SHILO was established as a non-profit organization in 1976 by a group of family doctors, social workers, and nurses, aims to encourage responsible sexual behavior, thereby reducing the risk of unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, and to provide assistance to women and couples facing unplanned pregnancy, including legal abortion. [Full article...]
By:  Shilo
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Deja Vu or could it never happen again?:  Incitement against Sharon

The following article intends to look at the recent rise of incitement against the disengagement plan and more specifically against Ariel Sharon against the backdrop of the Yitzchak Rabin assassination and incitement campaign of 1995. [Full article...]
By: Dovi Myers
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Israel > Politics
Peace Process


Israeli Orientation to Rules, Time and Authority:  UNDERSTANDING CULTURE PART THREE

This is the third article in the series on Israeli culture. I touches upon issues differences in the understanding of concepts such as time, authority and rules. [Full article...]
By: Katrina Jacobs
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Israeli Communication Style and Boundaries:  UNDERSTANDING CULTURE PART TWO

“Israelis simply do not have the same concept of ‘minding one’s own business’ as other nations have. In Israel, everything and everybody is everyone else’s business. If Israelis keep their bedroom windows closed while being intimate, it is for fear of being shouted at with neighbourly advice. The Xenophobe’s® Guide to The Israelis (i) [Full article...]
By: Katrina Jacobs
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Glorious Past, Uncertain Future:  Youth Movements in Israel

Whereas the diaspora movements were built on hopes and dreams, the members who actually moved to Eretz Israel set about actively trying to bring those hopes to fruition. [Full article...]
By: Carl Schrag
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Education
Youth and Hagshama Movements / Organizations
Zionism > Zionism and the Diaspora


Faces of Aliyah:  Devra Stark

The third in a series of articles on olim, features Devra Stark, a North American immigrant who reflects on religious life in Israel, marriage to another oleh and how it all comes together in Jerusalem. [Full article...]
By: Ari Miller
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Amid Chaos, Life Goes On:  Israel from the Inside

The writers of this article attended the 'Do the Write Thing' conference in Jerusalem in November. Here, they share their impressions on the conflicted region. [Full article...]
By: Laura Mehl Jennifer Bauser
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Israel Programs
Media and the Press
Peace Process > Terrorism


Faces of Aliyah:  Rachel Frankel

The second in a series of articles on olim features Rachel Frankel, a North American immigrant, who reflects on living in Jerusalem, studying in University and various other aspects of life in her new home. [Full article...]
By: Ari Miller
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Olim in Israel:  Dreamers in a Promised Land

I begin with a confession. Whenever I return from hutz l'aretz, a rather large domain of endless sky, all the great seas, and practically all the beaches and the total land mass on earth, I recite Psalm 126: Shir hama'alot: b'shuv HaShem et shivat Tzion, hayinu k'kholmin , ("When the Lord brought back those who returned to Zion we were as dreamers"). [Full article...]
By: Michael Rosenak
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Israeli Football:  The Three F's

My response to the question "What do you miss most about England?" always contains the three F’s – Family, Friends and Football [soccer]. My assumption is that most of you regard the first two as self-explanatory, and therefore I’m going to dwell on the latter. [Full article...]
By: Anton Marks
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Israel


Faces of Aliyah:  A South African Joins the Israel Defence Forces

The first in a series of articles on olim features Ariel Baum, a South African immigrant, who continues the family tradition of serving in the IDF while learning about various aspects of life in his new home. [Full article...]
By: Ari Miller
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Youth and Hagshama Movements / Organizations


Aliyah Seven Years On:  Scratching the Seven Year Itch

Things are never quite how you expect them to be. That goes for aliya too. No doubt people have different expectations, and I can only speak for myself, but after seven years of being here how does the reality compare to the dream? [Full article...]
By: Deborah  Meghnagi
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Attacking Iraq Again:  Gas Masks Out Of the Closet?

For more than ten years, they've been tucked away in the back closet of every Israeli household. The last time we took them out was about five years ago, when we dusted off those ugly brown oblong boxes in response to some minor standoff with Saddam Hussein. But in recent weeks, radio, TV and newspaper public service ads have been exhorting us to bring our old gas masks in for replacement. [Full article...]
By: Judy Lash Balint
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Protektzia, that is. :  Don’t worry, you’ve got it!

If you are at all familiar with Israeli culture – and you probably are if you’re considering living here – then you will have heard of protektzia. [Full article...]
By: Deborah  Meghnagi
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My Jewish Identity:  All I'd Meant To Do

Sue Tourkin-Komet finds herself reflecting on her Jewish experiences as a youth, sparked by an encounter in a Medical Center in Jerusalem. [Full article...]
By: Sue Tourkin-Komet
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A Sense of Belonging:  Stomping Home

A trip to Caesarea for a performance of the UK dance sensation ‘Stomp' made British-born Deborah Meghnagi feel she belongs in Israel. [Full article...]
By: Deborah  Meghnagi
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Memoirs of a Bi-Patriot:  What time is it?

Elazar Larry Freifeld looks at the aliyah process from a personal perspective - and what we find is an emotional, and often amusing roller-coaster ride, following the trials and tribulations of his family's immigration and absorption into Israel. [Full article...]
By: Elazar Larry Freifeld
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Beit Mishpat Letviot Ktanot:  Small Claims Court

Having a monetary dispute with a local merchant, your plumber or the guy who plowed into your car? Taking them to Small Claims Court may be the solution. [Full article...]
By: Eli Birnbaum
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