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Jul 30, 2026, 4:41 PM

Being Vulnerable: Cancer, Chemo and a Kinder Worldview

Have you ever been truly vulnerable? Have you ever been fully reliant on others, or fought through pain and doubt to take control of your mobility and independence? Until recently, I had no concept of what this meant. But as you...

Kelsey Maurine Brickl

Jul 24, 2026, 11:50 PM

Supporting Soldiers Shouldn’t Sideline Disabled Civilians

H.R. 9328 has coasted through Congress so far as one of the easiest votes placed before it during one of the most tumultuous periods in modern US history. That may be excellent news for active-duty military personnel and their...

Jul 19, 2026, 5:45 PM

Help Us Hear, O Israel

HEARING

By Marvin Packer, MD—Addressing the high prevalence of age-related hearing loss, the communal and personal failure to remedy it, and the critical consequences for brain health. The Glass Wall Imagine you are sitting in a lecture: The speaker’s voice is clear at...

Jul 4, 2026, 10:25 PM

How a Daring Rescue Inspired a ‘Social Entebbe’

On the night of July 3, 1976, I stepped off a Hercules aircraft onto the tarmac of Entebbe Airport. We landed in darkness, four thousand kilometers from home, knowing that the success of the entire operation depended on every...

Jul 1, 2026, 8:00 AM

Fifty Years Later, the Spirit of Entebbe lives on

Yoni Netanyahu z"l. Illustration©️Tuvia Book, 2026

Fifty years ago, on America's bicentenary, elite Israeli commandos, led by thirty-year-old Lieutenant Colonel Yonatan Netanyahu, rescued over one hundred hostages from Entebbe, over 2000 miles from Israel, in a daring operation that stunned the world. The only military...

Sharona Margolin Halickman

Jun 23, 2026, 10:05 AM

The Origins of Rosh Tzurim and Gvaot

Bilam’s first bracha (Bamidbar 23:7-10) declares: “From Aram, Balak, King of Moav brought me, out of the mountains of the east saying, ‘Come curse Yaakov for me. Go denounce Yisrael.’ How can I curse whom God has not cursed? How...

Silas Anastacio

Jun 22, 2026, 11:58 PM

Chaverim Group Moves Hearts at Rikuday

Last Sunday, the stage of Rikuday — CIP’s dance festival celebrating a decade of existence — was filled with emotion and representation. Among the many performances, the Chaverim Group captivated the audience with an act that went far beyond...

Jun 21, 2026, 3:00 PM

At the UN, Silence Was Not an Option

I went to the United Nations knowing it would not be a comfortable week. In light of the UN’s recent decision to blacklist Israel, some might ask why an Israeli organization would choose to show up there at all. For me,...

Jun 15, 2026, 4:20 AM

Read the Room: A Letter to Israel’s Educational Leaders on Disability Inclusion

Courtesy of the Author

Recently, a dispute erupted in Israel between the Teachers’ Union, parents’ organizations, and the Education Ministry over the future of disability inclusion in schools. The Teachers’ Union has argued that severe staffing shortages and a lack of support personnel...

Jun 10, 2026, 4:09 AM

Inches to Metric: Creating Mercaz Lavi – PTSD Center

Our team. Photo Beth Kopin

Our buddy Elie Spivack (co- founder of Mercaz Lavi) came to us four years ago. He was a distinguished combat engineer suffering from PTSD, (post traumatic stress disorder). We did not know it at the time. All we knew...

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