Like all natural disasters, earthquakes know no boundaries and that’s the reason one Israeli seismologist, Dr. Hillel Wust-Bloch has masterminded a new earthquake mapping research partnership between Jordanian, Palestinian and Israeli scientists. Wust-Bloch, from the Department of Geophysics and Planetary …
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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.
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Turning landmines into punchlines [VIDEO]
Joking aside: Comedians Yisrael Campbell, Ray Hanania, Aaron Freeman, Charley Warady, at the ZOA House Theater in Tel Aviv. Photo courtesy of www.ipcomedytour.comIt took less time for Moses to receive the Ten Commandments than it did for four Jewish and …
Israeli energy initiative makes climate change a social cause
Environmental entrepreneur, Eyal Biger, the founder of Israel’s Good Energy Initiative.For every car that drives, every plane that flies and every appliance that gets plugged into the wall, a price is paid by the environment. The burning of fossil fuels …
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Israeli and Palestinian chefs devise a recipe for peace [VIDEO]
Can food bring peace? That’s what 25 top Jewish, Christian and Palestinian chefs in Israel hope to do. Founded in 2001, the non-profit Chefs for Peace organization aims to use fine food to bridge the divide. In 1994, Jerusalem chef …
Peacemaking takes heart with Israeli-French organization
Jordanian baby Naji G. was critically ill when doctors from A Heart for Peace whisked her to Israel for life-saving treatment.Naji G. was born in Amman, Jordan in 2004, with severe heart defects and meningitis. Critically ill, the baby was …
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Tel Aviv students come face-to-face with the Third World
Israeli students visit Tanzania in an effort to improve the lives of Minjingu’s children. Photo: Itai PerryIn October, 12 students from Tel Aviv University’s Student Union traveled to Minjingu, a village in Tanzania, Africa. Armed with some 500 kilograms of …
Israel’s post-tsunami work in Sri Lanka bears fruit
“When the stage of the immediate disaster relief is over, the media, the celebrities and even most of the donors are gone,” Dr. Yehudah Paz, chairman of the Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Development (NISPD), said last week. …
Israel and US partner in alternative energy research
AJC’s Danny Grossman: Our vision of the world is where the oil bargaining chip would have a lesser value.US President George W. Bush signed into law this week a bill that will grant millions of dollars in funds for joint …
UN follows Israel’s lead in agricultural development
Among MASHAV initiatives have been the establishment of demonstration farms in Senegal and Kazakhstan.Israel’s role in the United Nations (UN) may be about to change for the better after news that the UN General Assembly gave preliminary passage this week …