Israel has the highest percentage of U.S. citizens voting in the American elections compared to any other country in the world.There are over 7,100,000 American voters living outside the U.S. In 2000, only 537 votes in Florida elected George W. …
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Jerusalem program pioneers video as therapy
Jerusalem’s Ma’aleh film school has developed a unique course that trains therapists how to use video to rebuild lives.
Sub-Saharan Africa blooms with Israel’s cooperation
Prof. Dov Pasternak, from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Issaka Dandakoye of Niamey, Niger at the inauguration of a four-acre AMG vegetable farm. One wouldn’t necessarily imagine a Jewish Israeli professor and a Moslem African vegetable farmer striking up …
Israelis and Palestinians embroider a social tapestry
Bethlehem designer Hanna Al-ama displays the embroidered shirts which were the result of the Peace Women collaboration.At leading Tel Aviv fashion house Comme il Faut, the usual upscale customers are used to finding the trendiest designs in Israel. But last …
Israeli foundation honors American neurobiologists
Dr Robert W. Wurtzis is one of two American neurobiologists who were awarded the Dan David Prize this year.An Israeli-administered foundation has awarded two American and one Israeli scientists with a cash prize of $1 million for their research in …
Latin Americans take tourism ideas home from Israel
A resident displays the colorful headress in Nebaj, Guatemala. Using the methods he learned in Israel, Felipe Brito hopes to increase tourism to his town. After a three-week stay in Israel, Guatemalan Felipe Brito is returning to his home village …
American mayors return to the classroom in Israel
Billings, Montana Mayor Charles Billings and Cleveland, Ohio Mayor Jane L. Campbell learn about the facilities at Jerusalem’s Yad Sarah headquarters last week.Nine American mayors temporarily traded in their managerial duties last week to become students again.The mayors, who spent …
A good neighbor program for Jews and Arabs
Shuli Dichter, Sikkuy’s co-director, shows a map of the Wadi Ara area to a group of residents. The organization is attempting to create a shared regional industrial zone in the area.The relationship between the Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel …
Israel’s ‘Volunteers of Hope’ attempt to soften the checkpoints
The author talks to a woman at the Kalandia checkpoint – offering hope of a real and lasting peace.A grey, blustery sand storm rolls fiercely into Kalandia, a checkpoint bordering Jerusalem and Ramallah. The dust burns your eyes as you …
Schwarzenegger: Israeli companies to provide 800 new jobs for Californians
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger holds a ‘hamsa’ charm which he received as a gift on Saturday night in Tel Aviv. (Photo: AP)Making his first overseas trip in office to Israel, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called on dozens of Israeli corporate …
Israel spreads tourism expertise to developing South American countries
In the classroom – members of the South American delegation learn the ropes at the Weitz Center.Felipe Brito is a 27-year-old Guatemalan villager who is working to develop the tourism industry in Nebaj, a town about 230 miles from the …