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Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Jul 16, 2018, 11:34 PM

G-d’s earthquakes? Fault the faulty, not the fault line

Many people are quick to credit Nature with birth but G^d with death. When an earthquake in China killed scores of schoolchildren, many questioned G^d's Goodness, and few blamed it on callousness of architects and builders who for sheer profit...

Nov 17, 2017, 12:23 PM

Ever met a kid with no wish list? I have

A bat mitzvah trip to Nepal opened my eyes to how much one can do without

Apr 25, 2017, 6:03 PM

My unforgettable IDF mission in Nepal, 2015

In 2015, on the weekend after Israel Independence Day, I was at home. I was reading the news about a disastrous earthquake that hit Nepal. At the time, I was a company commander in the Ram Battalion of the...

Apr 25, 2017, 3:34 PM

In Nepal: From rubble to resilience

Hard-earned Israeli trauma expertise has empowered women to rebuild communities devastated by the 2015 earthquake

Jul 17, 2016, 7:31 PM

Israeli Humanitarian Aid Saves Lives

Abraham's Tent The Jewish sages teach us that Abraham’s tent was open in all four directions because he wanted to be prepared to lend assistance to anyone who happened to pass by. Abraham, as the Bible tells us, also tried...

Jun 26, 2016, 10:06 AM

With Each Breath We Take: A Medical Reminiscence

Like birthdays, wedding anniversaries, and holidays, we all have our own private assortment of dates that stay with us over the years. Public and private tragedies and triumphs fade over time to just marks on the calendar. But then...

Apr 25, 2016, 12:10 AM

An earthquake of life-changing magnitude

Blogger Iddo Gefen is one of the young Israelis taking a month-long break from their treks through Asia to help rebuild Nepalese communities devastated one year ago.

Petra Marquardt-Bigman

Mar 8, 2016, 10:43 AM

Rula Jebreal and the desperate Anti-Israel Lobby

It must be real tough to work for the anti-Israel Lobby: as the results of a recently published Gallup poll show, bipartisan American support for Israel “remains at historically high levels” – which means that the anti-Israel Lobby is...

Jan 22, 2016, 7:34 PM

The Other Inconvenient Truth

We live in an age of environmental degradation and climate change. More than 70% of Americans supported the statement the country “should do whatever it takes to protect the environment,” yet again we see that when idealism meets reality...

Jan 17, 2016, 4:17 PM

CannaPrenuer - it’s not all about the dollars

Swaths of cannabis near the village of Ketama in the Village of Bni Hmed in the Ketama Abdelghaya valley, northern Morocco, on September 14, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar)

A new breed of entrepreneur is using cannabis to make money - and fight a good fight

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