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JNS –The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has decided to invest some 100 million shekels ($25.4 million) in developing a cellular phone-based alert system for Israeli civilians that will help guide Israeli citizens to safe areas during a missile …
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Israel Hayom STAFF
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4/9/15
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JERUSALEM (JTA) – Israeli actress Gal Gadot has been selected as the new face of Gucci Fragrances.
Gadot, who plays Wonder Woman in the upcoming DC Entertainment/Warner Bros film “Batman v Superman,” made the announcement on her Facebook …
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3/26/15
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JTA – Much of what Alan Teitleman teaches in his political science classes at South Piedmont Community College in North Carolina is theoretical. But on March 17, Teitleman will undertake a political act that is anything but.
Teitleman is …
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Hillel Kuttler
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3/12/15
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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL – The first thing I learned in Israel is that there is no such thing as lines. Any form of order or organization is simply frowned upon in a society, comprised of a people that has been pushed around enough throughout history to …
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SARAH MARASCO
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3/12/15
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RAANANA, Israel (JTA) – Chani Lerner-Mor’s political activism began on a street corner here in 1993.
The landmark Oslo Accords, ceding parts of the West Bank to Yassir Arafat’s Palestine Liberation Organization, had been signed recently. …
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Ben Sales
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2/26/15
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“Amazing” and “life-changing” is what many participants call a Birthright trip. But I didn’t realize that as a Birthright staff member, I too would have my own transformative experience. Seeing participants on my trip explore Israel for …
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ELANAH CHASSEN
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1/30/15
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JERUSALEM (JTA) – The Chinese government has agreed to send two giant pandas to a zoo in Israel.
The gift will be conferred on the Haifa Zoo if Chinese panda experts agree that the conditions there will be appropriate for the animals, …
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12/4/14
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EILAT, Israel (JTA) — Zili Grossman did public relations for “half the hotels” in Eilat, she says. She was the mayor’s press adviser. Her job took her to festivals, bowling alleys, theaters and miniature golf courses — the gamut of tourist …
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Ben Sales
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12/4/14
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JERUSALEM (JTA) – When the Maccabees climbed the stairs of the Temple in Jerusalem, they lit the menorah with the knowledge that there was only enough oil to last for one day. Only a miracle could turn oil into a renewable resource. And the future …
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Dasee Berkowitz
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12/4/14
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BALTIMORE (JTA) – Drew Koike knew a bit about Israel: its capital, location, climate and biblical roots. But it never dawned on the 14-year-old Washingtonian that hockey existed in the country.
That was until earlier this year, when the coach …
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Hillel Kuttler
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9/11/14
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