A story of absent mindedness and a child’s shortfall that is still part of his nature as an aging adult.

Leah visits with a super multi-tasking friend who discovers that she is not achieving as much as she thought. They come to the conclusion that each single thing done well produces a far better series of multiple things. In fact single tasking is the ‘new’ multitasking.

Dina Raveh explains that 1325 is an acronym for the UN Security Council Resolution dealing with the empowerment of women, their protection in areas of conflict, and the need to engage them in peace making. She also reports on a recent panel discussion at the American Colony Hotel Bookshop which marked the 10th anniversary of 1325.

Here’s some advice on how to start researching your family tree. The author was guided by Prof. Daniel Wagner of the Weizmann Institute of Science who in a talk to the ESRA Rishon leZion branch took the audience through the various research options available.

The horrors of animal slaughter, demonstrating against it and turning to vegetarianism.

Imminent Prof Asher Susser addressed his audience on Israel’s creation thanks to or despite the British mandate in crystal clear terms, enrapturing his large audience.

The author discusses Israeli weddings and asks if there is any way to break the vicious circle of grandiose extravagance. He was recently not invited to two weddings, and could not have been happier.

Would you leave your native country with a family of eight to come to Israel because home birthing was still allowed? Follow just such a family from Ireland as they end up in Gush Etzion to give birth to their seventh child.