What’s the Hype with Maccabia this Summer?

May 2, 2011

Sports!  Art!  Drama!  Travel!  Culture!  Perhaps because it’s in Israel this year or perhaps because it combines both the games and art competitions, but all people can talk about is going to celebrate Maccabia in Israel this summer.  You may have even noticed that the Maccabi ArtsFest was featured in a Super Bowl ad earlier [...]

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Meeting with Ukranian Immigrant

April 27, 2011

When Nina agrees to meet me to discuss her experiences as a Ukrainian immigrant living in Israel, she says she is proud to share her story.  “I cam e here almost twenty years ago,” she tells me with a soft smile. “And every day I think about how happy I am to be here, and [...]

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Meeting with French Immigrant

April 19, 2011

As anti-Semitism has grown over the last few years in France, so has the number of French immigrants in Israel.  In 2005, Israel experienced the largest influx of French Jews in 33 years, and the phenomenon continues.  To better understand the dynamics of modern Judaism in France, as well as the immigration experience of French [...]

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Seven Days in the Negev Desert

April 18, 2011

What if you were told you had to spend an entire week in a desert?  If you’re like a lot of people, your first reaction may be— why?  After all, how many rocks and sand dunes can one person see?  But those are the thoughts of someone who’s not spent time in a beautiful desert [...]

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Meeting with Argentinian Immigrant

April 14, 2011

Meeting with me in a Tel Aviv café on a sunny morning, Gabriel, who will soon mark his ninth anniversary in Israel, speaks nostalgically about his native Argentina, but seems to have no second thoughts about his decision to become one of the thousands of Argentine immigrants who have found their way to the Israeli [...]

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