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Project BOOST: Changing the Lives of Youth-at-Risk, One at a Time

yitzchak abuhatzeiraMeet Yitzchak Abuchatzeira. Yitzchak works for the Department of Youth at Risk (Kidum LeNoar) in Jerusalem with young adults from the Bratzlaver community. The ones that find their way to him are not in school, often living in the streets, and without parental guidance.

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How Israeli intelligence agencies have been neutralizing financial sources of terrorism

Harpoon copyReviewed by BERNIE BELLAN
Elsewhere on this website I referred to a book that I had just finished reading, and which I said that I would review.  Although it has a much longer title than simply Harpoon (Harpoon Inside the Covert War Against Terrorism’s Money Masters) I will refer to it in this review as Harpoon.

Read more: How Israeli intelligence agencies have been neutralizing financial sources of terrorism

JNF Bike Mission to Israel October 2017: an outstanding vacation!

Karla BerbrayerBy KARLA BERBRAYER
This past fall, my husband Alan and I were planning a trip to Israel to visit our daughter, who is studying in Tel Aviv. We have been to Israel many times; we lived in Israel for a year with our four children – so we were looking for another way to view the country.

Read more: JNF Bike Mission to Israel October 2017: an outstanding vacation!

Next meeting of Rady JCC book club: The story of the Egyptian spy who turned out to be Israel’s greatest agent

Ashraf Marwan2The Angel - The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel
Reviewed by BERNIE BELLAN
I hadn’t heard of Ashraf Marwan before I read this book. If you haven’t heard of him either, there’s good reason for that: He was undoubtedly the most important spy Israel has ever had, but for years neither Israeli authorities – who were aware of his identity, nor Egyptian authorities, who were also undoubtedly aware of what Marwan had done, wanted to reveal anything about him.

Read more: Next meeting of Rady JCC book club: The story of the Egyptian spy who turned out to be Israel’s...

Israel’s Magen David Adom world’s most efficient ambulance service

Daniel AmzallagBy MYRON LOVE
Daniel Amzallag always had a fascination with all things medical, but his path was laid out for him when Magen David Adom came to his high school in Kfar Saba to do a presentation.

Read more: Israel’s Magen David Adom world’s most efficient ambulance service

Israeli security virtually air tight, says Israel national police spokesperson

Micky RosenfeldBy MYRON LOVE Despite living under constant threat of terrorist attack, Israel remains one of the safest countries in the world in which to live or visit. It is precisely because of that constant threat that hangs over the country that Israel has developed a security blanket that is at the same time, unobtrusive, yet virtually impregnable, and light years ahead of any other democratic country in the world.

Read more: Israeli security virtually air tight, says Israel national police spokesperson

New book describes how Israel retains its military edge over its neighbours

The Weapon Wizards edited 1Reviewed by JOSEPH LEVEN
The Weapons Wizards tells the story of how Israel rose from having no weapons production capacity at all at the time of its founding in 1948 to becoming one of the world’s great weapons producers in our day.

Read more: New book describes how Israel retains its military edge over its neighbours

Naomi and Gerald Brounstein: A life of charity, practicing law and farming!

BrounsteinsBy KINZEY POSEN

Every May, Gerald Brounstein leaves his law practice in Israel, gets on a flight to Canada and makes his way to Kamsack, Saskatchewan where he fires up his tractor, to seed the fields.

Read more: Naomi and Gerald Brounstein: A life of charity, practicing law and farming!

Why more Israelis are moving to the US (and Winnipeg)

israelis leavingBy BEN SALES

NEW YORK (JTA) -- Six years ago, the Israeli government released a series of controversial ads to show its expatriates that they would never feel at home in the United States.

Read more: Why more Israelis are moving to the US (and Winnipeg)

Winnipegger Zev Faintuch talks about his experiences as a “lone soldier” in the IDF

Zev FaintuchBY MYRON LOVE
The IDF (Israel Defense Force) is the first and last line of defense for the people of Israel. As Zev Faintuch noted, quoting a Holocaust survivor, “without a strong army, there would be no Israel”.

Read more: Winnipegger Zev Faintuch talks about his experiences as a “lone soldier” in the IDF

7 incredible new things the world can thank Israel for

faudaBy ANDREW TOBIN
TEL AVIV (JTA) – To build a Jewish state in the Middle East, Israelis had to be innovators.

Read more: 7 incredible new things the world can thank Israel for

Lead investigator for Manitoba Securities Commission finds himself at centre of worldwide effort to shut down massive Israeli scam

Jason RoyBy BERNIE BELLAN
There has been a rash of stories of late exposing one of the biggest scams operating anywhere in the world:  the selling of binary options.

Read more: Lead investigator for Manitoba Securities Commission finds himself at centre of worldwide effort...

10 failed State Department plans for Mideast peace

10 failed plansBy RAFAEL MEDOFF/JNS.org WASHINGTON – A former State Department official’s new plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace is the latest in a long series of Foggy Bottom proposals for a Mideast solution that went nowhere.

Read more: 10 failed State Department plans for Mideast peace

Why the Palestinian question won’t disappear

abbasUNBy BEN COHEN/JNS.org

It's been clear for a long time that there is little difference between the character of terrorist attacks in Israel and those in the West more broadly. Trucks ram into crowds—as they did in Nice, Berlin and Jerusalem.

Read more: Why the Palestinian question won’t disappear

Russian – Israeli immigration to Winnipeg: Why and How

Eka Mednikov By EKA MEDNIKOV (English translatiion of Hebrew article)
Myself being a Russian – Israel immigrant and  resident of Winnipeg for almost nine years, I believe that I can understand the reason for the high number of immigrants from Israel to Winnipeg.

Read more: Russian – Israeli immigration to Winnipeg: Why and How

Why planting more trees in Israel is a bad idea right now

treeplantingmachineBy JAY SHOFET
JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Over the past few weeks, more than 1,700 brush fires across Israel have destroyed homes, vehicles and countless irreplaceable personal possessions.

Read more: Why planting more trees in Israel is a bad idea right now

What I'll remember most about Shimon Peres is his sense of humour

Shimon PeresBy BERNIE BELLAN In 2014 my wife Meachelle and I had the privilege of attending a Jewish media summit in Jerusalem. The highlight of that summit was seeing both then-President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on stage the same day, albeit at different times.

Read more: What I'll remember most about Shimon Peres is his sense of humour

Israel and the world mourn 'founding father' Shimon Peres

Shimon PeresBy ALINA DAIN SHARON/Israel Hayom/JNS.org  The state of Israel, as well as dignitaries and Jewish groups around the world, came together on Sept. 30 for the funeral service of former Israeli President Shimon Peres, who passed away on Sept. 28 two weeks after suffering a massive stroke. He was 93 years old.

Read more: Israel and the world mourn 'founding father' Shimon Peres

Two Bronze medals for Israel in judo

Olympics(JTA) – Yarden Gerbi became the first Israeli to medal at the Rio Olympics, bringing home a bronze in the women’s 63-kg judo competition.

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Israel’s had success against ‘lone wolf’ terrorists – here’s how

Shlomo Brom edited 1By ANDREW TOBIN
JERUSALEM (JTA) – “Lone wolf” terrorism in Europe is making headlines around the world. But in Israel, the phenomenon of angry or troubled individuals taking up arms is old news.

Read more: Israel’s had success against ‘lone wolf’ terrorists – here’s how

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