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Sagi Melamed

Sagi Melamed lives with his family in the community of Hoshaya in the Galilee… [More]

April 17, 2013
2:47 pm

Betwixt and Between

The age of 65 used to be considered the beginning of the end, the milestone where the end of the road can be glimpsed. But today 65 is the......

March 5, 2013
1:57 pm

The Peace Brand

Wikipedia defines “brand” as: … Initially, branding was adopted to differentiate one person's cattle from another's by means of a distinctive symbol burned into the animal's skin with a hot......

February 17, 2013
10:57 am

Gam having your cake ve-gam eating it too

A few weeks ago, Israel held general elections. Although uncertainty still reigns regarding the makeup and character of the next government of Israel, fresh winds are already blowing and......

December 17, 2012
8:23 am

The look in their eyes

Buried among the many year-end events of 2012, one historical milestone was somewhat overlooked: the “silver anniversary” of the outbreak of the first intifada. I was there, in the......

September 10, 2012
2:51 pm

Money or Ideas?

“Do you want me to pay you with money or with ideas?” asked Professor Roger Fisher. “I have a baby at home and have to pay $20,000 a......

September 2, 2012
12:37 pm

A Diet Plan for Online Junkies

Up until a century or so ago, nutritional survival and getting enough food to eat was one of the main concerns of humanity. Yet in recent generations, for large......

July 31, 2012
12:56 pm

Whose interests are they serving?

As I made the turn from Menachem Begin Way onto Lincoln Street in the center of Tel Aviv, I saw a traffic cop waiting for me. She signaled......

July 3, 2012
9:37 am

On the Knife

According to a summery Arab saying, “Fi ayam al-batikh, mafish tabikh” – “In watermelon season, no-one cooks.” On my way home one evening from a meeting, I decided to......

June 15, 2012
6:53 am

Behind the Booth

Ra'anana Industrial Park exemplifies several typically Israeli contradictions. On the one hand, it is home to some of the world’s top technology companies, leaders in their fields, housed in......

May 28, 2012
4:42 pm

Being Chosen Carries Obligations

“The Customer Service Manager isn’t in the office this morning. Call back this afternoon,” said the brusque woman on the other end of the line, at the central branch......

May 8, 2012
9:29 am

Holocaust? Remind Me, Please…

“Holocaust? Could you please remind me…” said Madeline with an embarrassed smile. “It’s been such a long time since I took history in school, I don’t remember what ‘the......

April 30, 2012
11:14 am

What Connects Us?

I was recently invited to talk to Hamidrasha's Nifgashim B'Shvil Israel, a group that is hiking the Israel National Trail as a meaningful way to commemorate the 73 IDF......

April 17, 2012
2:47 pm

Modesty

The late Pinchas Sapir (née Kozlowski) was the brother of my late grandmother, Rachel Kozlowski, and when I was very young he would sometimes come to our kibbutz, Ramat......

March 22, 2012
3:51 pm

A king

Eighteen years have passed since the signing of the peace agreement between Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. It was 1994, the year my firstborn son came......