City Of Angels: Nevut’s Lifeline Of Support To Our Precious Lone Soldiers
The subject of “lone soldiers” has come to light during the current war in Gaza. A “lone soldier” is a soldier in the IDF who has no family in...
Increasing Our Joy
By Sivan Rahav Meir
People in Israel were smiling as they walked down the street on Monday morning, and no one had to ask them why.
Fernando Marmen and Luis Har,...
Local Influencer Only U.S Civilian to be Embedded With IDF in Southern Gaza
By: Josh Hasten
How many U.S civilians can say they spent time in Khan Younis, located in southern Gaza during Israel’s current “Swords of Iron” military operation against Hamas? There...
Private Funding For Israeli Tech Is Expected To Reach Nearly $10 Billion, According To...
According to an annual report highlighting activity in Israel’s technology sector released by Startup Nation Central, a non-profit connecting global solution seekers with Israel’s innovators, the Israeli tech sector...
A Day Of Chizuk
Like most gap-year talmidim, I am regularly asked by family and friends how I am holding up during the war. I am physically safe in the Old City of...
Post-Traumatic Growth
By Sivan Rahav-Meir
Have you heard about PTG (post-traumatic growth)?
We hear a lot about PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) but not much about post-traumatic growth—that is, a positive response to traumatic...
Seinfeld Visits Be’eri During Solidarity Visit to Israel
(December 20, 2023 / JNS)
American Jewish comedian Jerry Seinfeld on Tuesday toured Kibbutz Be’eri, one of the Gaza border communities whose residents were murdered during Hamas’s Oct. 7 onslaught on...
Being Positive?
Last Thursday night, as we were preparing for Shabbat, I mentioned to Goldie that I was looking forward to eventually writing about something other than loss, sadness, and frustration...
Rebuilding Trust In The IDF
By Hagay Ringel
In the immediate aftermath of the war in Gaza, the IDF’s priority will be to rebuild trust among Israeli citizens, with a particular focus on the communities...
Supporting Modern-Day Maccabim
This past Sunday was no more or less normal than any other day of the past few weeks. But it was certainly emblematic of what our lives have been...