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• Chelm on the med

  Israel – The 5th annual Chelm Awards – for 2013!

  Incredible but true Chelm-like stories hidden in the Hebrew press reveal an ‘underreported Israel’ – warm, spontaneous, surprising and a bit meshuggeneh...

• Good News from Israel

  Israel – Jan. 5th 2014 Good News Weekly

       The highlights include:  An Israeli has invented a mobile app to help autistic children communicate.  Israel’s Shaare Zedek hospital delivered a record 20,000...

• Blogs

  Religion and the Common Good

    This video is well worth the time to listen to. It is enlightening and inspiring! On 14 November 2013, Rabbi Lord...

• Steve

  Exclusive: Photos Tel Aviv Demo by African Refugees

     Today Thousands of African Refugees, many here illegally, demonstrated in Tel Aviv at Rabin Square. The general theme of the protest...

• Blogs

  The Far Horizon – Bo

    Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. To gain insight into the unique leadership lesson of this week’s parsha, I often ask an audience to...

• IDF

  8 Female Israeli Soldiers Who Shattered Barriers in 2013

  Women have proudly served in the IDF since the very beginning. Israel’s first Prime Minister, David Ben Gurion, wrote an impassioned letter to...

• Guest Contributors

  The Telegraph exposes “Breaking the Silence” (and the entire NGO funding ecosystem)

  When you get NGO money involved, all of a sudden the truth is less important than pleasing your sponsors. This is a...

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  In the Arms of my Loving Wife

    My daily practice of meditation and prayer creates a deep inner sense of the presence of Now.  This is a place...

• Blogs

  Why The New York Times Won the 2013 Dishonest Reporting Award

    When HonestReporting readers were asked to choose the “winner” of the 2013 Dishonest Reporting Award, the prevailing displeasure was best summed...

• Blogs

  Israel – 2013 The Top Stories – Headlines – Media Events – Videos

    Here are a few of  the most popular Stories and videos we shared with you on Israelseen for 2013. We also...

• Guest Contributors

  Operation Menashe: A lost tribe’s journey home to Zion

  by Michael Freund  It was after 3:00 a.m. on Thursday of last week, in the small airport outside Tashkent, Uzbekistan’s capital, and...

• Blogs

  Made in Israel – Water

    Because more than half of Israel is desert, the lack of clean water is a life-or-death issue. Gordon Robertson examines several...

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  Why is this occupation different from all other occupations?

    Top EU officials dealing with Israelis and Palestinians. From left to right: Hugues Mingarelli, Christian Berger, Catherine Ashton and Filippo Grandi (photo...

• Art

  Meet Israeli Artist Shulamit Near

       This week we feature Israeli artist Shulamit Near. Born in Kibbutz Beit HaEmek in the Western Galilee. Until recently Shulamit...

• Blogs

  Made in Israel – Clean and Green

       Gordon Robertson looks at a few of the creative “environment-saving” ideas that Israelis have either invented or improved upon. Fourth in...

• Good News from Israel

  Israel’s Week of Good News – Dec. 29th 2013 – Inclusive and Global

     The highlights include:   An Israeli biotech has developed five antibodies to fight cancer. Four amazing Israeli treatments for diabetes, including a...

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  Stunning Video! Israel…Is…BEAUTIFUL!!!

    Enjoy this stunning video of Israel.      

• Weekly Torah Reading

  The Messianic Consciousness in Jewish Prophecy (XXXIII) Isaiah

     Illustration by Yoseph Savan based on The Zohar . by Ariel Ben Avraham. The Messianic Consciousness is an integrating, comprising, encompassing...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Overcoming Setbacks – Vaera

  At first, Moses’ mission seemed to be successful. He had feared that the people would not believe in him, but God had...

• Blogs

  Made in Israel – Agriculture

        Gordon Robertson looks at Israel’s remarkable agricultural innovation, with special focus on the role of the kibbutz in Israel’s agricultural...