Former British Columbian Gill Rosenberg spent nine months fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. (photo from Gill Rosenberg) Gill Rosenberg returned to Israel a month ago, after spending nine months fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria…
Salome Henry, second from the right, in Jerusalem on her Ambassadors to Poland trip with, left to right, Deborah Stein, Ashley Solomon and Zahava Rothschild. (photo from Salome Henry) The Anne Samson Jerusalem Journey (TJJ) is trying to increase Jewish…
U.S. radio host Dr. Joy Browne discusses the post-traumatic physical and psychological challenges of terrorism at OneFamily. (photo from OneFamily) American syndicated radio host and clinical psychologist Dr. Joy Browne had a meeting with victims of terrorism at the headquarters…
Daniel Ogorek and Morgan Davis rescue Rabbi Emeritus Joseph Radinsky in a canoe. (photo from UOS) The historic flooding that hit the Houston area late last month dealt an especially hard blow to the city’s Jewish community. The United Orthodox…
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates-designed RADARSAT-2 features state-of-the-art synthetic aperture radar technology and supports all the existing RADARSAT-1 beam modes, while offering many new capabilities, including the ability to acquire images to the left and right of the satellite. In partnership…
A July 2014 Planet Labs satellite image of a reservoir in California’s Lake County that supplies water to nearby Yolo County. In a non-drought year, according to Planet Labs, the visible water would cover roughly twice the area as it…
In the traditionally conservative Palestinian society of the densely populated Gaza Strip, women do not have many opportunities for entrepreneurship. Women usually marry young and raise large families. Yet, a small number of women in Gaza are opening their…
Tim Uppal, minister of state for multiculturalism, at the Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism. (photo from cic.gc.ca) Canada’s position as a world leader in the global fight against antisemitism was reinforced last week at an international forum that saw experts…
In July 2014, ISIS destroyed the Tomb of Jonah, the biblical prophet revered in Judaism and Islam, which was in the Iraqi city of Mosul. (photo from news-centre.uwinnipeg.ca) The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is disconnecting the present…
Jewish Icelanders preparing and celebrating Pesach with Chabad last month. (photos from Rabbi Berel Pewzner via Karen Ginsberg) During a trip to Iceland in 2010, I had the pleasure of talking with a small number of Jews who called Iceland…
