Forming friendship at chronic care facility
The word Reuth means friendship. This summer, eight young American women selected to intern at Reuth Medical Centre in Tel Aviv and formed unforgettable relationships with the patients.
Glen joins up
There are now 700,001 members of Christians United for Israel. A long speech, but please skip to the 30-minute point to hear an important highlight that will astound many sceptics.
81 congressmen to visit Israel
About 20 percent of the US House of Representatives will visit Israel over the next three weeks during Congress’s summer recess. So who’s minding the store?
Don’t waste our water
Dozens of high school students departed on a seven-day trip with the Society for the Protection of Nature around Lake Kinneret to encourage water conservation.
And it’s working!
Israelis used 7.5 percent less water during the first half of 2011, when compared to the same period last year, data released by the Mekorot national water company showed.
Don’t drop your lulav
On the festival of Sukkot it’s almost a miracle to be able to carry all 4 species, your prayer book and prayer shawl. A new gadget invented by Israel’s Kanfot Hadar will make this a lot easier.
“I don’t need $2 million”
A 90 year-old lottery winner is giving his seven million shekels winnings to his grandchildren.
Thousands flock to Ariel
Potential students poured into Ariel University to explore new courses at the fastest-growing academic institution in Israel.
‘How Goodly Art Thou Protest Tents of Jacob’
Religious Zionists are distributing to ‘tent city” protesters a new version of the traditional “Blessing of the Home” with a prayer for unity.
An Israeli love story
Shulamit Shamir, who passed away earlier this month, was adored by her husband ex-Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir (now aged 95). They met at a British internment camp and married in 1944.