Purim, which falls on the 14th of Adar (Sunday, February 28) celebrates Queen Esther, who saved the Jews of
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Posted on 2.25.10 By Leah Garber
View From Jerusalem (2.16.10)
Posted on 2.16.10 By Leah Garber
On February 28, the Jewish world will celebrate Purim. Purim is associated with happiness, festivity, and drinking.
Floods in the Negev & Arava Amazing Scenes & Heavy Damage
Posted on 01/31/2010
From the Israeli Press
Posted on 01/28/2010 By By JPOST.COM STAFF
IDF team returns from Haiti
View From Jerusalem(1.16.10)
Posted on 16.1.10 By Leah Garber
We celebrate Tu B'Shevat, the 15th of Shevat on the Jewish calendar, on Shabbat, January 30, this year. Tu B'Shevat marks the beginning of a New Year for Trees
View From Jerusalem (12.16.09)
Posted on 12.16.09 By Leah Garber
Is Hanukkah, a holiday that commemorates the victory of the Israelites over the Greeks in a series of battles taking place around the year 165 BC, still relevant today, almost 2200 years later?
A View from Jerusalem (11.17.09)
Posted on 11.17.09 By Leah Garber
Ten percent of Israelis have disabilities, and the percentage is increasing. War-disabled soldiers make up 50,000 of this number. Due to our experience with seven wars, many more military operations, and too many terror attacks, Israel is experienced with dealing with people with disabilities .
View From Jerusalem 10.15.09
Posted on 10.15.09 By Leah Garber
"The whole of my remaining realizable estate shall be dealt with in the following way: the capital, invested in safe securities by my executors, shall constitute a fund, the interest on which shall be annually distributed in the form of prizes to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind".Alfred Nobel's will, November 27, 1895, Paris.
JCC Association Israel Seminars
Posted on 07.06.09 By Sara Sless
The Israel seminars provide an opportunity for intensive personal and professional Jewish learning experiences in Israel. The idea for the project came out of the COMJEE recommendations and since 1986, over 135 seminars have brought more than 3000 JCC professionals and board members to Israel.
Go Eco
Posted on 07.06.09
This website gives information about ways in which to volunteer in Israel in ecology and humanitarian projects Go Eco is an organization set up in 2005 by two young Israeli's who have traveled extensively and participated in international volunteer projects. GoEco has introduced the concept of volunteer tourism in Israel and created volunteers' projects locally for participating international volunteers
Gilad Shalit
Posted on 6.25.09 By Leah Garber
For three years, Gilad Shalit has been in the dark. That's 1095 days without sunshine, without hope, without smiles.
Thoughts on Education
Posted on 1/27/2009 By Gary Lipman
Somehow the days in Israel just seem longer than back home in Stamford…or maybe it just seems that way when traveling on a JCC Association Israel seminar. For many people, today was their first full day in Israel, and I don’t know how they made it through. From an early wake-up call at 7:00 a.m. until just now at 10:30 p.m., there hasn’t been a free moment. Of course, there also hasn’t been a 15-minute period when someone wasn’t shoving food into us.