Ops & Blogs | The Times of Israel » Mayanot Israel http://blogs.timesofisrael.com The Marketplace of Ideas Mon, 20 May 2013 18:32:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 DL Israel #19: Searching for Perspective with David Horovitz http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/searching-for-perspective-with-david-horovitz/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/searching-for-perspective-with-david-horovitz/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 17:32:47 +0000 Mayanot Israel http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=95172 Lessons learned from a lecture with David Horovitz, founder, Times of Israel The first thing I grab when I wake up is my iPhone. Not only because it’s been blaring loudly, after one two many snooze button attempts, but also because I’ve gotten so used to my morning routine: wake up, check email, read my [...]

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]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/dl-israel-17/feed/ 2 DL Israel #16: A Thought on the Diaspora Dilemma http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/dl-israel-16-a-thought-on-the-diaspora-dilemma/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/dl-israel-16-a-thought-on-the-diaspora-dilemma/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:08:16 +0000 Mayanot Israel http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=93826 Through a large part of the trip, we had a number of IDF soldiers join us on our trip. In our discussion group we had two different soldiers, with two different perspectives. The first believes that in order for a Jew to continue to be Jewish both on a personal level and on a global [...]

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]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/dl-israel-12-a-hurting-heart-on-birthright/feed/ 0 DL Israel #11: Scattered By History, United By Birthright http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/dl-israel-10-scattered-by-history-united-by-birthright/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/dl-israel-10-scattered-by-history-united-by-birthright/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:23:21 +0000 Mayanot Israel http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=92970 Not even on the High Holidays have I been surrounded by so many of my fellow Jews. At the Taglit-Birthright Israel Mega-Event, thousands of young Jews from around the world joined together to celebrate the gift of Birthright. There were Taglit-Birthright Israel hats, t-shirts and even face painting (I got a blue Star of David [...]

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]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/dl-israel-10-scattered-by-history-united-by-birthright/feed/ 0 DL Israel #10: What Taglit-Birthright Israel-Mayanot Taught Me http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/dl-israel-10-what-taglit-birthright-israel-mayanot-taught-me/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/dl-israel-10-what-taglit-birthright-israel-mayanot-taught-me/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:11:42 +0000 Mayanot Israel http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=92628 How could you describe five amazing, life-changing days in just one blog post? Well, it seems impossible. First of all, I gotta tell you that I’ve been waiting to accompany a Taglit-Birthright Israel group since January 2012. Every time it got delayed, until it was finally decided, after a whole year of waiting, I would [...]

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]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/dl-israel-10-what-taglit-birthright-israel-mayanot-taught-me/feed/ 0 DL Israel #9: When A Countdown Can Mean Life Or Death http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/dl-israel-9-when-a-countdown-can-mean-life-or-death/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/dl-israel-9-when-a-countdown-can-mean-life-or-death/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:25:27 +0000 Mayanot Israel http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=92588 What can you do in fifteen seconds? Read a paragraph? Have a conversation? Eat a meal? In my hometown of Sderot fifteen seconds can be a matter of life and death. Sderot is very close to the Gaza Strip. It has become a place of fear and separation but it was not always this way. [...]

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]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/dl-israel-9-when-a-countdown-can-mean-life-or-death/feed/ 0 DL Israel #8: The Israeli Palestinian http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/dl-israel-8-the-israeli-palistinian/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/dl-israel-8-the-israeli-palistinian/#comments Sun, 06 Jan 2013 11:42:05 +0000 Mayanot Israel http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=92008 On the fifth day of our trip through Israel, we were introduced to Khaled Abu Toameh, a prominent Israeli Palestinian journalist. Born in the West Bank but living in Israel, Mr. Abu Toameh is the Palestinian Affairs producer for NBC as well as the West Bank and Gaza correspondent for the Jerusalem Post. Although he [...]

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