Dov Yirmiya is still at it after 17 years of giving music lessons to Bedouin children in Israel’s Galilee region.The 1994 Subaru compact scurries up the narrow, curving road that leads to the Bedouin town of Kamana el-Sharkiyya. “Town” may …
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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.
MASHAV to the rescue
Doctors from Israel traveled to Peru to pitch in at hospital emergency rooms after a fireworks explosion killed and injured hundreds.On Dec. 31, 2001, fireworks explosions ripped through Lima, Peru. The explosions and ensuing fire killed hundreds and seriously injured …
Executives aim to better Israeli schools
The Israel Venture Network has raised nearly $1 million in private funding and is planning more fundraising to benefit schools.Israeli and American high-tech executives, promising to “employ a business-like environment to create change,” have begun a network of 100 executives …
The other Barak speaks out
Aharon Barak, center, president of the Supreme Court of Israel, received an honorary degree from the University of Hartford, Oct. 14, 2001.A Talmudic teaching regarding judges says, “You think that I am granting you power? It is slavery that I …
Volunteers saving children’s hearts
The 75 volunteers of Save A Child’s Heart have treated more than 700 needy children from Third World countries. (Photo credit: SACH)The children come from Ethiopia, the Palestinian Authority, China, the Congo, Nigeria, and the former Soviet Union, as well …
Bicycle treks promote the environment
Jewish cyclists in the United States are backing a variety of environmental causes as they ride.For someone who didn’t ride a bike until the age of 31, Nigel Savage is trying hard to make up for lost time. The English-born …
Israeli companies take security road shows to U.S.
Israel’s reputation of being an old hand at coping with terror threats could produce dividends.Israel’s economic delegation in New York and the Israel Export Institute are initiating a road show in the United States for Israeli companies dealing in security …
Farm researchers seeking new crops
Israeli agriculture needs crops that can thrive in a desert environment with low levels of irrigation.Dr. Yosef Mizrahi, of Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev is a plant physiologist, not an economist. Yet Mizrahi feels that understanding the realties of …
West Bank town is computer-friendly
Ariel is connected with high-speed broadband communications lines and provides all residents with computer training.If reason prevails over politics, the city of Ariel, whose name means “light of God” in the Bible, may soon be an important Israeli tourist destination.Located …
Ethiopians finding identities in Israel
Volunteers are helping Ethiopian families in Israel obtain better service from the educational system and cope with new customs.The trials and tribulations of Israel’s Ethiopian Jewish community could serve as an example for other countries faced with the absorption of …