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Dec 2, 2024, 10:53 PM

David Ben-Gurion takes us back to the future

David Ben-Gurion in the Negev desert. Photo courtesy of Americans for Ben-Gurion University (A4BGU).

What will allow for a “full recovery” from these atrocities, while providing hope and optimism for the future of Israel and the Jewish people? It may sound cliché to suggest that the solution involves stepping into a time machine,...

Aug 14, 2024, 12:42 AM

Scholarship and Commitment

Last week I began my new position as director of the Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel and Zionism at Ben-Gurion University. Entering a new position of this kind entails a kind of dissonance between a sense...

Jul 12, 2024, 8:12 PM

Remembering the Boykos and the Ben-Gurion Dream

On the day of his yahrzeit, Israel pays tribute to David Ben-Gurion and his dreams and historic accomplishments. He dreamed of a homeland for the Jewish people and brought it to life. Where others saw a desert, he saw...

Jun 19, 2024, 10:10 PM

Moed Bet and Conflagration: Parshat Behaalotcha

THE ORIGIN OF MOED BET AND ITS RAMIFICATIONS In September,1968, my husband and I moved to Jerusalem from Alonei Yitzchak. A casual meeting with someone I had studied English Literature in 1965 resulted in a job offer at the Mechina...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

May 27, 2024, 7:36 AM

Dust storms in Israel in a glass of water

A protest against ongoing bad science reporting Once, I read, with much pleasure, Haaretz in English's scientific section. Then, most of the paper went behind a pay wall, probably to ensure it is only read by people who would have...

Oct 31, 2023, 11:54 PM

In the Midst of Deception

Discovering Deception

The complexity of the conflict surrounding the Jewish state extends far beyond the physical battleground. In the current context, words themselves have become potent weapons, their meanings often twisted and distorted to serve specific agendas, making it difficult to...

Apr 13, 2023, 7:13 PM

Israel at 75: Rally Around What’s Right and Celebrate the Remarkable

Many supporters of Israel in the U.S. and around the world are asking themselves: How should we celebrate the modern state’s milestone 75th anniversary, especially this year in a time of historic controversy? The truth is that at a moment...

Oct 2, 2022, 11:37 AM

Sacrifice, Repentance and Memory

TRANSITIONS: FUNERALS, BIRTHDAYS AND WEDDINGS What do we think about during the Ten Days of Repentance? What does it mean to return שובה to God? During these liminal days between Rosh Hashana, I experienced the death and funerals of four...

Nicole Naomi Meged

Sep 1, 2022, 8:00 AM

Dear Ben-Gurion University, echo my grandparents’ morality and sense of duty

In 1978, my grandparents Jacob and Malka Cohen were honored by the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, as Founding Members of the institution, known at that time as "Winnipeg Associates". Nothing has ever made more sense to me, than my...

Nicole Naomi Meged

Aug 24, 2022, 12:39 PM

Aliyah: How I lost access to my education in the country that I made my home

It’s October 18, 2019, at 5:10 a.m. I’ve committed to the 5 a.m. club’s morning routine and have just sat down with my non-negotiable morning coffee in my cozy Be’er Sheva apartment, in the center of the Bet neighborhood....

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