Diana Barshaw Rich, at The Blogs

Apr 5, 2024, 5:35 PM

Turn Darkness into Light: Help restore the agriculture of Kibbutz Be’eri

Picture of the cover of the cook book. Picture taken by "Foody" used with permission.

Israeli Food Network “Foody” Announces the Launch of Worldwide Sales of “Cooking Together,” a Cookbook Celebrating Israel’s Western Negev Agriculture in collaboration with Kibbutz Be’eri Tel Aviv— March 28th, 2024 — The Foody Group, a leading culinary ecosystem of Israeli...

Mar 19, 2024, 12:57 AM

We must finish this war: An open letter to Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg

Politicians around the world, media personalities, and UN officials have been warning and even threatening Israel not to proceed with the war and particularly not to engage in Rafah – the last strong hold of Hamas on the border...

Feb 11, 2024, 5:06 PM

Behold our Enemy

Planning for the future. Willing to sacrifice for something outside of yourself. Being prepared to die for a cause. Perseverance under difficult physical and mental circumstances. Courage to fight a stronger enemy. Patience, Discipline and Determination. Passion. Not giving up. Most people would consider the above list...

Jun 20, 2023, 12:10 PM

The Dome of the Rock

Isaiah 56: 6-7 Also the foreigners that join themselves to the Lord to minister unto him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, … Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them...

Jan 30, 2022, 4:14 PM

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To do justly

I recently took a tour of Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, though I was sure I couldn't learn anything new from the guide's spiel. I left there a changed woman

Feb 3, 2021, 2:52 PM

Give us Liberty

Israel is heading into another election and it seems once again we’ll have a political stalemate and be unable to form a stable government. Same old, same old. I suggest a shift in strategies that might realign the parties and...

Aug 19, 2020, 10:59 AM

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Beauty, thankfulness, comfort and study: The power of prayer

I have found prayer in my silent accounting of everything I have to be thankful for, but I’m convinced that if I could believe in God, I’d pray better

Jun 24, 2020, 8:21 AM

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I’m a racist, or the perversion of language

Overhead view of an anti-police brutality Black Lives Matter protest rally on Third Avenue on June 2, 2020, in New York City. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

If these days it's racist to think a white person has as much right as a black person to quote Martin Luther King Jr., then that's a label I'll wear with pride

May 19, 2020, 3:40 PM

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Age of consent

The gross underestimation of older people and their ability to determine their own fates was strong in Israel long before COVID-19

May 12, 2020, 11:32 AM

Risk and Joy

“Simple liars, damned liars, and experts.” Anonymous quote found in the journal Nature in 1895 I was blessed with parents who placed high value on raising me with freedom, and they were able to find ways to give it to me. ...

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I've lived in Israel for thirty plus years, I was a marine biologist and raised two sons here, but I didn't know the country. Then my husband and I, with our dog Taffy, hiked the 1000 kilometer Israel National Trail and a new path opened up in front of us and we discovered Israel. Now I am a Registered Israeli Tour Guide and it is the adventure of a life time to show others what I've found.

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