Israel’s minister of national security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, who oversees the country’s prisons and national police force, recently posted a video on Instagram showing the construction of a gallows facility intended to execute Palestinian terrorists, including those found guilty of war…
Well into a forever ceasefire of sorts in the Persian Gulf, Israel finds itself in a strangely familiar place. Militarily confident. Economically resilient. Politically fractured. Wondering if the rest of the world – or much of it – has lost…
Ariel Beery identifies himself as part of a small minority of Israelis who still believe a negotiated two-state solution, with an independent Israel and a Palestinian state living in coexistence, is an achievable reality. While he acknowledges he is an…
The Ben-Gurion University student team of BeeShop receives the top prize from Dana Gavish, left, and Gadi Bahat, right. (photo from BGU) Palpably exuberant crowds, both in person in Be’er Sheva and virtually, assembled on June 24 to watch and…
Haredi demonstrators protesting the arrest of draft-dodgers block traffic in Bnei Brak on June 17. (photo by Eitan Elhadez-Barak/TPS-IL) When I celebrated my bar mitzvah in Toronto in 1968 by reading parshat Shelach Lecha about the 12 spies Moses sent…
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As a tour guide in Israel, Renee Halpert “thrive[s] on engaging with people, the constant learning, and exploring the country.” (photo from Renee Halpert) In the late 1970s, Renee Swartz was a teenager living in West Vancouver. Even though she…
Itai Anghel, one of Israel’s most recognizable documentary reporters, was with his wife and toddler son in New York City, celebrating his Emmy nomination for Last Stop Before Kyiv, in which Anghel and cameraman Eddie Gerald reported from Ukraine during…
Reut Mealem, left, and Shahaf Ella Salach are coordinators and mentors for Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s Eco-Sisters program. (photo from BGU) Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s Eco-Sisters allows graduate students to mentor first-year female students or students considering studying…
Prof. Brian Berkowitz, Sam Zuckerberg Professorial Chair in Hydrology, at his lab at the Weizmann Institute of Science. (photo from Weizmann Institute) Prof. Brian Berkowitz of the Weizmann Institute of Science recently visited Vancouver and Calgary for meetings with members…
Hebrew University researchers have discovered that non-psychoactive cannabis compounds reduce liver fat and improve metabolic health in obese mice. (image from HU) A study led by Prof. Joseph (Yossi) Tam, Dr. Liad Hinden, PhD student Radka Kočvarová and Tam’s team…
