Israel’s trailblazing kibbutzim continue to model democracy and mutual responsibility after 100 years of social experimentation.


In return for free tuition and low rent, members of Ayalim student villages volunteer their time to transform Negev and Galilee communities.

Israel’s trailblazing kibbutzim continue to model democracy and mutual responsibility after 100 years of social experimentation.

A week ago they were treating bomb victims in Jerusalem, now Israeli medical staff are in Japan setting up a vital IDF field hospital to treat tsunami and earthquake casualties. Last week, he was frantically treating victims of a terror …
An Israeli medical consortium is at the forefront of efforts to halt the progression of the HIV-AIDS epidemic in Africa. Photo by Amnon Gutman. Clients read about AIDS prevention in comic-book style while undergoing the 18-minute procedure under local anesthesia. …
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Israeli neonatologists provide the know-how for a cooperative effort to lower the mortality rate of newborns in Kumasi, Ghana’s second largest city. It’s Ghana’s second largest city – but Kumasi, with its population of 1.5 million people, has only one …
Advanced medical personnel, as well as emergency supplies of gloves, blankets, coats and portable toilets, are quickly being sent to tsunami-hit areas. The Israeli team will assess what needs to be done in the tsunami-devastated region, before sending for more …
“It is amazing to be here, in this place,” say the men, who were invited on a Pilgrimage of Thanks following their 68-day ordeal trapped underground. Miner Richard Godoy baptizing his baby son in the Jordan River. It was dubbed …
As Japan reels from a deadly earthquake and tsunami, Israel’s government and trained volunteers are already on the way to help victims. A small team of Israeli aid workers are on their way to Japan to see in what ways …
‘We are an octopus,’ jokes one Jaffa Institute employee. ‘Whenever our founder hears of a problem, he extends another hand.’ Children at the Jaffa Institute’s after school activity centers don’t have to go home to an empty house. They receive …
‘Yes to Birds’ gets thousands of Israeli Jewish and Arab schoolchildren outdoors to learn about feathered friends, the environment and ultimately each other
Dualis Social Venture Fund provides resources for ‘social businesses’ that aim to empower society’s underdogs through solid entrepreneurship. Photo by Dani Machlis, Ben-Gurion University. Manager of Ringelblum Café Noam Horovitz, left, with Allan (Chanoch) Barkat of Dualis at the Beersheva …
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