The world’s first vegan congress
Over 700 participants convened at Tel Aviv’s Duhl Center for the inaugural congress of the vegan movement.
Moslem prayer room at Ariel University
Ariel University, located over the “green line” in Samaria has introduced a Muslim prayer room for its 600 Arab students - around one fifth of all students at the University.
IDF treats 20 Palestinian Arabs after bus crash
Israel Defense Force medics treated 20 Palestinian Arabs wounded when their mini-bus crashed into a car. Captain Karin Yamin said, “… saving lives is a priority. Whether the patients are Israeli, Palestinian, Christian or Druze, we take care of them all in the same way.”
Go tell the world
Moslem physician, author and women's rights activist Dr. Qanta Ahmed visited the Technion and praised Israel’s academic freedom, plus its freedoms of expression and religion as unique in the Middle East. And the way to silence the BDS movement is to publicize Israel’s success.
Surprised by Israeli aid for Syria?
A Syrian medical worker speaking at a conference in Miami Beach said, “The last people I expected to help was the Israelis. We got the image that they are our enemies.” The usually less-than-friendly-to-Israel Christian Science Monitor was equally impressed in a recent article. Meanwhile, Israeli volunteers at IsraAid are working with a Jordanian NGO to treat traumatized Syrian refugees.
California receives Israeli “water of life”
(Thanks to Uri) Paul Miller writes that California is in dire economic straits, experiencing a drought of near-Biblical proportions. That is why it has turned to the People of the Book to help hydrate its economy.
Syrians treated in Israel
This week’s program on Tel Aviv radio TLV1’s “Out of the Comfort Zone” features some of the staff that are treating injured Syrians at the Western Galilee hospital in Nahariya.
Making nature accessible
Students from the Bet Chinuch School and the Ben Yehuda School for special education participated in LOTEM's Natural Integration program that brings children from a regular education class together with children from a special education class for joint activities in nature.
The best country for women in the Middle East
The latest World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap survey ranked Israel the best country in the Middle East for women's rights and freedoms. Israel also received the “Reducing the Gender Gap” prize in 2013 from the European Parliament for championing women's rights.
Women-only lighting of Independence Day torches
The traditional torch-lighting ceremony for Israel’s Independence Day will be conducted solely by 14 women who represent a unique mosaic of Israeli society. They include Hindiya Suliman from Bu'eine Nujeidat, who works to empower Israeli Arab women.