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{image_1}Considering its tiny size, the land of Israel is amazing in its diversity. God made the Land beautiful—a “land of hills and valleys,” choosing it as a dwelling place for Himself and His people. And it must give Him pleasure, for Deuteronomy 11:12 says that “…the eyes of the Lord your God are always on it.”
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{image_1}“Attitudes towards the Jews during the Holocaust mostly ranged from indifference to hostility. The mainstream watched as their former neighbors were rounded up and killed; some collaborated with the perpetrators; many benefited from the expropriation of the Jews property.
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{image_1}There is an old saying, “With friends like that, who needs enemies?!” If it ever applied to anyone, it certainly does to Israel. Throughout the short history of this tiny nation, wars have been fought with precious few allies, international pressure handled with minimal partners, and an almost constant onslaught of terror endured with very few supporters. The international community has frequently refused to acknowledge Israel’s right to conduct its affairs in like manner to other sovereign nations, and often countries that seemed like friends one day, turned out to be foes the next. And it all began in 1947.
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{image_1}Torah is one of the pillars of Judaism: “The world stands on three things: on Torah, worship, and loving deeds of kindness” (Pirke Avot: Ethics of the Fathers 1:2). Studying Torah should be a pleasure and sweetens one's life. To emphasize this sweetness, Jewish children may begin their study of Hebrew with letters that have been written in honey. As they learn the letters and enjoy the honey, it is an object lesson to teach them that the study of Torah is sweet, which we read in Psalm 119:103: “How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!”
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{image_1}Jerusalem’s historic railway station, which had fallen into a sad state of disrepair, has found a new calling as HaTakhana Rishona (Hebrew for “The First Station”), a colorful outdoor venue filled with food stalls, family entertainment, and an exhibition of historic photographs on display inside the old station house.
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{image_1}Scripture is rife with verses that graphically and beautifully describe the Father’s love for His people, flowing out of a heart of passion and guaranteed by eternal faithfulness. One of my favorites is Isaiah 49:16, “See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are continually before me.” Since the sentence begins with the Hebrew word hine, or “listen up” as we might say in English, we can know that the ensuing message is particularly important. However, what follows is as mysterious as it is poetic. So, as lovely as these words are at first blush, we might want to ask what they really mean.
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{image_1}Our immune systems are equipped with “natural killer” (NK) cells that recognize and eliminate influenza-virus-infected cells in order to keep the virus from spreading. If NK cells always worked perfectly, nobody would get sick with the flu. Obviously, something can go wrong because many people do get flu. Israeli doctoral student Yotam Bar-On tackled this mystery, and his findings could lead to a whole new way of treating this sometimes deadly viral infection.
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{image_1}Ask an operations manager how to better manage energy consumption in the office through HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems) and lighting and you will probably draw a blank, says Nati Freiberg, the CEO of Israeli energy management company Beemtech.
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{image_1}Dialing, texting, and setting the smartphone alarm clock are daily operations that most people perform very easily. The world of the visually impaired is completely different since they are unable to use touch screen phones and so most of these operations are unavailable to them.
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{image_1}Quickly, name the current leader of Egypt. If you can’t, it might be because this crisis-wracked country has had at least four since the end of 2009. This summer, millions protested for the removal of the country’s first Islamist president, Mohammad Morsi, just one year after he was elected. Then other crowds protested calling for his return, leading to a violent confrontation with the army. The legendary Egyptians have gone from a dictator, to an interim military government, to an elected president, and back to the military again. That’s four decades of history in most countries, all in four years. But the ongoing Egyptian political crisis isn’t just a tragic news story or random political fact. It’s a reality that is directly hurting Israel’s security and your wallet. And it’s doing even more damage than that.
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