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Saving an Entire World

In the Jewish world, Takele Mekonen is a living legend. Growing up in Ethiopia, Takele was very influenced by his grandfather who was chief rabbi. His grandfather taught him the Talmudic principle that saving one person is akin to saving an entire world. Daily they …

The Woman Who Won’t Give Up

In February 2019, Karen Pozaylov was competing in the preliminary qualifiers for the Israeli Equestrian Championship. For years she had …

Restoring Faith in Humanity

Hanging in Yad Vashem is a huge painting of a man taking an emaciated young boy by the hand and …

Rabbi Riskin and the Necessity of Taking Risks

There is not too much that can be said about Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Riskin which has not already been said. …

Mushrooms, Uranium and the Stocking Factory

While most of the world lethargically yawns over the Iranian enrichment of uranium, Israel is relentless in its pursuit to …

Keeping the IDF Kosher

Of all the iconic photographs taken since the 1948 founding of the State of Israel, by far one of the …

Arguing For the Sake of Truth

When David Weiss Halivni passed away in the summer of 2022, at the very least, the Master of the Universe …

Menachem Begin Made History

Until today, the most often-quoted and most popular Prime Minister to ever lead the State of Israel, is the late …

Repairing the world

Given the fact that the Israeli driving test is one of the most difficult in the First World, it is …

Writing from the heart

In 1938, without any persuasion from Germany, the government of Hungary adopted the notorious Nuremberg Laws which had severe implications …

Born to be wild

The first ever Israeli live TV talk-show was born in 1992. It attracted thousands of devoted viewers and became the …

A Remarkable Journey

35-year-old Hussein Aboubakr Mansour, has already led a whirlwind of a life. Born to a Muslim banking family in Cairo, …

The Christian who printed back to front

The invention of the printing press in the 15th century changed the world forever. Its inventor was the German bookmaker, …

The Passing of an Angel

Tamar Eshel was a woman whose life was ultimately extraordinary as her death. Her influence on the survival of the …

People of the Book

Right on the corner of King George and Ben Yehuda Street in Jerusalem, is Pomeranz, the most frequented English book …

Unstoppable

“Winners never quit and quitters never win,” is the motto that Shaul Ladany lives by. Gritty and determined, the 84-year-old …

The extraordinary ordinary man

In a southern neighbourhood of Jerusalem, just a stone’s throw from the so-called Green Line, is Airplane Hill. It’s nothing …

The power of horses

Fenced off by rows of citrus trees twenty miles from Tel Aviv is a horse ranch, unlike many other ranches …

Written in history

Israel is a country bereft of celebrities where star-struck masses wait in line just to get a selfie. This is …

The power of connection

Way back in the days of the Russian Empire, various kings and queens restricted the Jewish people to an area …