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Hagai El-Ad
Feb 24, 2025, 1:45 PM
Desert Reflections: Life, Loss, and the Israel Trail
The Israel Trail makes its way north, from the foot of Mt Tzafahot on the Eilat shore, to the heart of the Negev. Here, the vast desert fills the horizon, and the heart expands. Kilometers fly by as one...
Shira Pasternak Be'eri
Feb 20, 2025, 12:27 PM
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500 days of loss and longing
A visit to the ad hoc memorials near Gaza amidst an ongoing crisis – the burnt out cars and ceramic flowers commemorate an unfinished tragedy
Adrian Stein
Feb 15, 2025, 1:50 PM
Greater Israel—Jewish Genius and Technological Accelerationism (Part 1)
Part 1 of 3 This blog is devoted to projects, proposals and related themes that pertain to the Greater Israel project, which we alternatively dub Zionism 2.0, or Zionism Potentia. Zionism 2.0 sees Israel at the beginning of its historical...
Tuvia Book
Jan 22, 2025, 10:47 PM
The Incoming Israel Tourism Tsunami. This year in Jerusalem!
It is finally happening! After plague and war, the Israel tourism train is getting back on track! I can remove my Kevlar battle helmet, which I have been wearing these past fifteen months in my reserve IDF combat medical...
Doug Seserman
Dec 2, 2024, 10:53 PM
David Ben-Gurion takes us back to the future
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,...
Geoffrey Clarfield
Oct 1, 2024, 11:43 AM
I was an Israeli film star (for 45 minutes too long)
I had done everything one could have done in Israel during the late 1970s to get away from the hustle and bustle of Israel’s big cities, where most of its citizens live. And so my wife Mira and I and...
Motti Verses
Sep 15, 2024, 6:22 PM
Kedma – 4 years of Nabataeans revival
The Nabataeans, an enigmatic ancient tribe mentioned numerous times in the bible in various forms, controlled trade routes along most of the middle east Incense Road. This fascinating way stretched from southern Arabia through their capital Petra to the...
Dan Savery Raz
Sep 9, 2024, 6:46 AM
The art of travel writing in Israel (Part I)
A look back on over 15 years of writing and promoting Israel as a travel destination. While waiting for my family’s luggage at Thessaloniki airport last month, I picked up a magazine called Incredible Greece. Printed on glossy paper, it...
Ben Einsidler
Aug 5, 2024, 9:43 PM
The Desert Transformation – Matot-Masei 5784
Eight years ago this week -- almost to the day -- I found myself in Israel, co-staffing a 10 day Birthright Israel trip with a bus full of eager twentysomethings. We spent a week and a half galloping around...
Ralph Buntyn
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...
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