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Sep 20, 2023, 6:03 PM

Got a bomb shelter?

Not a question we hear much in the USA. But it's life or death in Israel. Crucially, Operation Lifeshield is on it. April 2023: 1000s of rockets are raining down on Israel. Ping! Via WhatsApp my 100-year-old Aunt Erna lets me...

Sharon Becker Jacobson

Sep 13, 2023, 12:45 AM

Rethinking Forgiveness

There is a story told about the Hafetz Chaim. As a young man, he set out to change the world. He soon realized it was too daunting a task, so he rationalized that he would be satisfied if he...

Sep 12, 2023, 9:45 AM

If a picture’s worth a thousand words…

L and I at the initial Jeremy's Circle event in 2008. Today he is an officer-in-training in the IDF.

As part of a website redesign project, I just uploaded photo albums for nearly all of Jeremy’s Circle’s events over the past 15 years. I worked my way through the photos starting from our earliest days at Jeremy's Circle, the...

Sep 12, 2023, 5:02 AM

A new vision of the NZ Israel bilateral relationship

New Zealand and Israel flag together realtions textile cloth fabric texture

I gave the speech below at the New Zealand Israel Innovation Hub annual luncheon on the 7th of September. The luncheon in Auckland, was attended by politicians, business leaders and the country's top innovators and is a key event...

Nancy Strichman

Sep 9, 2023, 8:33 PM

Welcoming mini-revolutions, one by one

We often forget that so much real change happens on the micro level – that we are in fact surrounded by mini-revolutions, many of which we don’t notice at the time. Of course, being a trailblazer is not for...

Philip Bendheim

Sep 5, 2023, 4:52 PM

Why Caring for Family Caregivers is Essential & Lifesaving

Just after her husband passed away, Nechama, who had cared for him around the clock, visited the doctor to address her own health. She hadn’t been to a doctor for years, as she was too busy focusing on her...

Aug 11, 2023, 5:47 AM

Securing Our Jewish Legacy: The Power of Legacy Giving and Jewish Future Pledge

As the war in Ukraine grinds on, there are many lessons that will be studied by historians and policymakers. But for the Jewish community there are two that tower above all others: First, quick action saves lives and, second, quick action is only...

Jun 27, 2023, 12:34 AM

ICAN Issues Travel Advisory for NATO Summit 2023

The Israeli-American Civic Action Network (ICAN), a leading U.S.-based non-governmental organization, is launching a culturally sensitive website and issuing a travel advisory for attendees of the NATO Summit 2023 in Vilnius, Lithuania. The advisory aims to provide attendees with...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

May 30, 2023, 7:00 PM

Should Israeli organizations be able to receive foreign aid?

Let's answer with arguments, not emotions When the government has armored vehicles, it's OK. When protesters have armored vehicles, it's not OK. When the State receives foreign money (Israel from the US), it's OK. What's with activists getting foreign money? Can that be...

May 27, 2023, 11:40 PM

Germany’s Back-Channel Anti-Israelism

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (R) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak during a joint press conference following talks at the Chancellery in Berlin on March 16, 2023. (Tobias Schwarz/AFP)

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (R) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak during a joint press conference following talks at the Chancellery in Berlin on March 16, 2023. (Tobias Schwarz/AFP) Recently Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu visited Chancellor Scholz in Germany where...

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