Ask Herzl is a website that will serve as a database for Israel programs and strategies. It will also connect students and professionals around the country who are working on similar initiatives and facing similar challenges to collaborate and share … Continue reading →

The Rabbis probably would have objected to a young religious Jewish man’s 30km Shabbat trek from Jerusalem to Ofra in order to propose to his girlfriend. Due to having to carry a bottle of water, a spare shirt plus, of … Continue reading →

In the middle of the Arava desert is Kibbutz Neot Semadar growing several varieties of native date palms and organic grapes that it transforms into sulphur-free wines. It also contains Pundak Neot Semadar – a charming all-organic restaurant with a … Continue reading →

84-year-old Judaic expert Menachem Cohen accomplished a 30-year task to correct all known textual errors in Jewish scripture. Cohen identified 1,500 inaccuracies in vowels and cantillation notation in the Old Testament’s prophets and writings. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4266007,00.html

The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) has discovered an industrial olive press from the 6th – 8th century CE. The site was found near Hod HaSharon, North of Tel Aviv. The olive press system had been carved into huge building slabs … Continue reading →

Ari Teman writes about his parents, who were ordinary suburbanites in New Jersey. They were boring and predictable – but then they made Aliya. http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-life-and-religion/108250/israel-made-my-parents-cool

Luiza Nahari has immigrated to Israel with her four youngest children. She arrives four years after her teacher husband was murdered by a radical Islamist in Raydah, Yemen. Luiza’s other five children made Aliya shortly after the death of their … Continue reading →