Date: TBD Religious extremism in Israel. Why is it my problem? In Israel, the religion is the state and vice versa. What happens in the religious community affects the country. Growing religious extremism, most often seen in the erasure and marginalization of women, but also in the vilification of the IDF and the state, is [...]
Date: TBD How to promote inquiry and discovery in science and technology — with our kids and ourselves By most accounts, science, technology, math and engineering currently have a great impact on our lives and will have an even greater impact on the lives of our children and grandchildren. How might young people develop enduring [...]
Date: TBD How An Israeli Midwife Promotes Safe Birth for the Ugandan Jews - The Shifrah and Puah Maternity Center of the Abayudaya When Ilana Shemesh retired from her passionate career as a nurse midwife in Israel, she volunteered in a birthing center in Uganda and then visited the remote Jewish community, the Abayudaya. After fundraising, she [...]
Date: TBD Topic: How news media lost their way, and why I left after a 50-year career “Why Are We Still Afraid?” is Mark Lavie’s second book. It draws on on 46 years of features articles he has written since making Aliyah in 1972, alongside his work as a radio and print correspondent for leading news [...]
For hundreds of years, street performers have charmed snakes with their waving flutes, putting on a show for people on the street. In India, fearsome cobras have been used to amuse passersby and the charmers are rewarded by people throwing coins in a hat. Ashkelon's Marina has its own busker, who uses pythons to delight [...]
A job is a job - just that. We need to work to live. We don't need to live to work. If you have the ability to work in an environment that gives you great joy, go for it. In this crazy COVID world, many companies have learned that it is not essential that all [...]
The Annual Ashkelon photography exhibition opened at the Marina this week. The Ashkelon that I Love, a juried exhibition, was open to both professional and amateur photographers. The show includes over 100 images, taken by 67 photographers and is on display in Ashkelon’s marina. The show was curated by Nir Jakubowicz and requested photographers [...]
Chen Uzana, a native of Ashkelon, was five years old when he got on a surfboard for the first time. Like so many people who live in Ashkelon, the sea is a second home, each drawn to their favorite spot in the miles of beaches the city has to offer. Chen grew up five [...]
Ashkelon Apartments for Sale There are three popular ways of finding Ashkelon apartments that are for sale: 1. Use the Ashkelon Business Directory, which lists English-speaking real estate agents. https://ashkelon123.com/ashkelon-directory/business-category/real-estate-agents/ Using a real estate agent can mean access to apartments that are not listed on the online sites or the signs people hang up [...]
Lacrosse is one of the oldest team sports still being played today. A form of lacrosse was played by First Nations and Native Americans as far back as 1100 CE. Canadian Jesuit missionaries wrote about it in the 1600s. Today's lacrosse follows similar ideas, but the rules have been changed to make it a [...]
