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Jun 2, 2026, 3:16 PM

From Tourists to Inhabitants: The Negev’s New-Old Wine Story

Last month something quietly remarkable happened: the Negev was officially recognized as a protected Geographical Indication — effectively an appellation — for wine. It is the kind of development that passes unnoticed amid war, politics, grief and the endless stream...

May 20, 2026, 3:46 PM

Standing at Sinai, Building in the Negev

Following my previous piece, “From Exodus to Leviticus: Community Building in the Negev”, I find myself continuing to reflect on a question that sits at the heart of the Yachad journey: before building a physical settlement, how do we...

May 5, 2026, 6:56 PM

From Community to Capital: Building Resilient Zionism Over Time

In my previous reflections, I began to describe something I didn’t set out to define—a way of thinking about what I was seeing in and around the Yachad community. Yachad is an initiative focused on establishing a diverse, values-driven...

Mar 19, 2026, 9:48 PM

From Exodus to Leviticus: Community Building in the Negev

This week, we enter the Sefer Yayikra (Book of Leviticus) — and with it, one of the Torah’s most striking transitions. The dramatic narrative energy of Sefer Shemot (Book of Exodus) gives way to something quieter and more demanding. The...

Michelle Stravitz

Mar 12, 2026, 4:33 AM

Hiking Israel: The Journey of the Queens of the Trail

I just returned from Eretz Yisrael and Year 9 of an annual women’s hike on Shvil Yisrael. (And yes, that also means I was in Israel during the Iran missile attacks, but thankfully I was able to make it...

Sharona Margolin Halickman

Feb 23, 2026, 5:11 AM

How does acacia wood do chesed?

At the end of Parshat Tetzave, we learn about the Incense Altar (Mizbeach Miktar Ketoret) also known as the Golden Altar (Mizbeach HaZahav) and the Inner Altar (Mizbeach HaPnimi). We read about the Incense Altar in Shmot 30:1: You shall make...

Jan 27, 2026, 10:14 AM

Repairing Israel And The World: One Body At A Time

Long ago, a king owned a beautiful diamond. One day, his deeply cherished gem crashed to the ground and suffered a deep crack. He searched desperately throughout his kingdom for someone who could restore the gem. A beggar stepped...

Theodore Sheskin

Jan 16, 2026, 11:39 AM

Choose Negev for Settlers Removed from West Bank

If Israel, exhausted by war, is ever to replace the fragile ceasefire in Gaza with a lasting peace with the Palestinians, then Israel must accept the urgency of negotiating a two-state solution, and begin preparations to achieve one. This...

Jan 14, 2026, 8:25 AM

Morality with Power

A few weeks ago, my wife and I went on a pilgrimage to the Negev. The journey took us through Beer Sheva and onward to Sde Boker, the home and burial place of David Ben-Gurion. I use the word pilgrimage...

Jan 10, 2026, 4:38 PM

The Confrontation with Impunity – and Identities

Legal stamp for impunity of human rights offenders.
(genaicreative.art generated by Harriet Gimpel)

Working for a binational organization in Israel with two offices, one in Israel and one in the Palestinian West Bank is a setup for confrontation. I know. I've done it. When I began such an episode in August 2023,...

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