Making a difference: the Bedouin women taking part in the training program hope to open the first businesses in Qasr as-Sirr. The new Bedouin village of Qasr as-Sirr still only has a population of about 9,000 people, and it doesn’t …

Israeli college students fortify troubled towns by moving in
In return for free tuition and low rent, members of Ayalim student villages volunteer their time to transform Negev and Galilee communities.
Druze family unites Jews and Muslims with the gift of life
A Druze family meets the Jewish and Muslim recipients of their teenage son’s organs at the Rabin Medical Center. Since the donation, Druze religious leaders have called on their communities to sign organ donor cards.It has practically never happened in …
Weaving a new life for the Bedouin women of Lakia
Searching for empowerment: Bedouin women from the Association for the Improvement of Women’s Status meet with visitors from the US.In the heart of the Negev desert, an NGO founded by Bedouin women for Bedouin women, is giving new purpose to …
Three faiths find common cause in Israel
Participants of the Three Faiths Forum on their visit to Israel. This was the first ever trip to Israel organized by a predominantly Muslim group from the UK.Pious Christians and Jews make regular pilgrimages to Israel, despite the safety concerns, …
Make a wish in Arabic or Hebrew
Giving Israel’s children a gift of laughter and joy. Their stories touch our hearts; they make us cry. For some of the terminally ill young kids who are granted a once-in-a-lifetime wish from the Make a Wish Foundation, it might …
Israeli heiress says goodbye to wasted water with Miya
A personal responsibility – billionaire Shari Arison believes she has an obligation to help the world increase drinking water supplies.The richest woman in the Middle East has found a way to merge business and do-gooding for the planet, setting an …
Israeli and Indonesian emergency services to cooperate
Israel’s Magen David Adom will share emergency medical services know-how with the Indonesian health system. (From left: Dr. Sudibyo Markus, Prof. Aryono Pusponegoro, Dr. Noam Ifrach)Israeli know-how in emergency medical services is perhaps one of the country’s least-known exports. Magen …
An orange Israeli icon turns green
Mehadrin’s new carbon label clearly states how much global warming-causing carbon dioxide emissions were generated in the growing and shipment of its oranges.Some of the most delicious oranges eaten around the world are produced in Israel. A famous grower of …
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Acre finds new heart with coexistence projects [VIDEO]
The Old City of Acre (Akko), from above. Community leaders have founded a number of promising coexistence projects in the city in an effort to bring the mixed population of Jews and Arabs together.
Israeli astronomers cast new light on dark matter
Tel Aviv University researchers observed an alignment of 14 galaxies (from the lower-right to top-left), of which 13 were creating new stars (highlighted reddish points).No one knows how the universe is structured but physicists and astronomers alike believe that the …



