The largest protests that Israel has ever seen took place this summer. How will “the seed of change” started by the people in the tent cities continue? Is it the start of a real change in Israel’s social policies?

What was the significance of Og’s iron bed that is described in Deuteronomy? Geologist Michael Jaron gives us an interesting interpretation.

An incidental occurrence of a waitress sharing in a family’s Shabbat Kiddush evokes warm deep feelings of gratitude at being part of universal family when one lives in Israel.

Two episodes in the life of the author: firstly, filming and photographing when in Israel as a Machalnik volunteer and then searching for a movie produced at the time and finding links to that past.

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Interviews with two young women, a graduate and a scholar, are participating in the tent city social protest. They are impressive for their motivation in joining the crowds striving to have their legitimate grievances and problems heard and addressed.

Since 1996 Arab women in the western Galilee have been working at the Sindyanna project. Established by Israeli and Arab activists, the organization commercially produces olive oil from their own organic plantations. Their visitors’ center also sells soaps, honey, syrups and baskets that they weave. Their produce is also sold abroad through World Fair Trade Association.

Created and manned by volunteer soldiers of the IDF, this website invites questions related to the Israeli-Arab conflict, the IDF, or any related soldier matters, from anyone in the world. The questions are all answered by the volunteers and the website is proving most successful in encouraging open discussion.