Month: September 2007

By: Paula R. SternBarnard/Columbia graduate, Class of 1982 Columbia President Lee Bollinger and his counterpart at Barnard, Judith Shapiro, are not interested in freedom of […]

to those who wait. Another aspect of Israel is an incredible sense of justice. In the US, we were always taught very proper concept of […]

In recent weeks, Israelis have continued to travel over the world, helping others. After a horrible plane crash in Thailand, Israelis were among the first […]

How do you give your child bad news when he’s far away and you can’t see him, hold him? When you can’t know that he’s […]

“The tenth of the seventh month shall be the Day of Atonement for you. It is a holy holiday when you must fast and bring […]

Israelis have a national obsession with the weather and the water…it’s a topic that dominates our news throughout the year. The weather comes into play […]

This article was recently posted to http://www.peacewithrealism.org/headline/electric.htm Reprinted with permission: Collective Hypocrisy: Justifying Gaza’s Rocket Warby Carlos September 20, 2007 – There has been much […]

Today in Israel, a sad statistic was released: Since the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip in the middle of June, an average of 15 […]

Much of what Israelis accomplish on this world is left unknown…but then too, so is much of what we do outside our small planet. Here’s […]