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This interview with Yasmine is on the heels of her new CD release.

Yasmine Ariel comes from a musical family, born in the United States to an Israeli mother and an American father. Her mother, known as T’shura was a powerful singer that had an international career spanning 20 years with a special talent for languages and a repertoire that included a love for traditional music as well as contemporary and original material. Yasmine spent the first half of her childhood traveling with her mother’s gypsy career, and discovered very early on that she too was a singer. She developed her musical abilities with classical vocal training, performances and musical theater. When she was 17 years old she moved to Israel, worked with a variety of musicians and studied at the Rimon Music School for a short time. At age 20 she returned to the United States, helped found the band Yantra, and recorded an album in which she was the lead singer and co-composer. In 2006 she returned to Israel, teamed up with musician/guitarist Rami Halperin, and began writing and performing new original material. In 2007 Yasmine and Rami were married and later that year they began working with musician/producer Nir Danan on her up-coming album “One First Time” and formed a live band. Yasmine’s eclectic musical background is very much reflected in the variety of styles incorporated into her own original material, which combines traditional Middle Eastern, American, and European folk elements, old-time jazz and Bossa nova, as well as electronic and contemporary grooves. Her lyrics, at times introspective, at time flirtatious and always honest are perfectly expressed by the warmth of her dynamic and sensitive voice.

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These photos were taken this past weekend near the Tel Aviv Marina.

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Enjoy this video of cool facts about Israel. We thought that it would be nice to introduce some positive energy into the Pope’s visit while all of the left and right politicians around the globe put their two cents into the mix.  We welcome him and hope that he will be a force of light in the world. We also hope he will enjoy his stay in Israel and see the miracle that has been created here in only 61 years of Statehood.

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By Dr. Rabbi Moshe Dror

I would like to use these blogs to explicate, probe, explore and play with these interfaces and interactions of Cyber and Or for the next century.
What might be the practical implications and applications of this?
The N-gen is the Net Generation population cohort who are now the children of the baby boom, aged 13-30 or so. Other designations are also Y-generation.
They are the generation that has come of age in the digital age-hence the designation “Net” for the Internet and the use of the ‘Cyber” designation.
I will deal both with some of the characteristics of who they are and relate to the Jewish aspect of these same people the Jewish n-gen population cohort.
Perhaps for the first time in all of human history-
Children are authorities on a central innovation.
If you read any of the ongoing descriptions of what is going on with the youth and the Jewish youth of the world- no matter who writes and no matter where you read the one common descriptor is such words as: crisis, tragedy, problems, emergency, disaster- etc., etc.
We wring our hands and ask “what did we do …”, or some variation of:
“What went wrong”?
I would like to suggest that it is exactly the OPPOSITE that is the case.
This is perhaps the most creative and innovative generation in a long time.
Obviously, each generation is unique and functions in its particular historical setting. This generation has a set of transformational technologies that is literally changing what it means to be human.
While there are many concerns about this generation, overall- they are an enormously positive force for significant optimistic change in our society.
That they are NOT like their parents –US (or ME and my generation) is their greatest blessing and gift to us.
My generation did what it did-basically it could no other.
To suggest that what we did is the best and that this has to be continued is to me simply absurd and of course –it will not happen.
One of the main reasons that this new N-gen IS different is because it is born into and has learned to use these new innovative and creative information technologies- all falling into the general jargon of : digital, cyber, IT, .
It is not just that they have a new toy to play with and that there is a new Tool to use. We have gone far beyond this.
The n-gen has gone beyond mere tool technology.
N-gen is quite literally changing the human brain and how we are using our human brain—and beyond.
It is to these applications that I would like to devote the next few Cyber Or sections.
FIRST-
Who Are the Jewish N-Gen.
There is a huge amount of data dealing with this group. Most of this is based on the data from the research on the American scene.
From what I can get and compiling much of it–
The picture that emerges is something like this:
(I also realize that I am choosing what I find that fits and reinforces my personal opinions-granted.)

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An open letter To: Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu; Foreign Minister A. Lieberman – Deputy Foreign Minister D. Ayalon

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Wonderful Pictures of Tel Aviv Beach By Dr. Bruce Ornstein.