The aging population and exorbitant housing prices are pushing many young families out of rural communities in Galilee, as leaders struggle to find effective solutions to address the issue
The concert, which will be performed in Haifa, Kibbutz Harduf, Zichron Ya’acov and Tel Aviv, alludes to the biblical verse 'Love thy neighbor as thyself.'
When Princeton University announced last fall that it was not ready to let students return to campus, Jacob Miller, 20, decided it was time for a different type of learning experience. He took a leave of absence from Princeton, determined to be living in Israel by January 2021.
As a Jewish kid from Paradise Valley, he had visited the country often. But this time he wanted to experience it more like an Israeli and less like a tourist. Signing on with Masa Israel Journey, an immersive and long-term educational program for people ages 18-30, would allow him that privilege.
Throughout the pandemic, Masa never closed its operations. The organization prides itself on offering young people an âauthentic, unmediated and challenging journey into Israeli society, culture, politics and history,â according to its website. Since being founded in 2004 by the government of Israel and The Jewish Agency, it has brought 160,000 people to Israel from more than 60 countries. It assists parti
Conscientious objectors Shahar Peretz (left) and Daniel Peldi at an anti-annexation protest in the city of Rosh Ha ayin June 2020. (Oren Ziv)
Sixty Israeli teenagers published an open letter addressed to top Israeli officials on Tuesday morning, in which they declared their refusal to serve in the army in protest of its policies of occupation and apartheid.
The so-called “Shministim Letter” (an initiative with the Hebrew nickname given to high school seniors) decries Israel’s military control of Palestinians in the occupied territories, referring to the regime in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem as an “apartheid” system entailing “two different systems of law; one for for Palestinians and another for Jews.”