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May 19, 2023 A Zionist message from the rainforest – opinion By Barbara Sofer Look carefully and you’ll see the black numbers 88 on each of the white hind wings of the Diaethria anna butterfly, also known as Anna’s eighty-eight. The coati, a member of the raccoon family, digs for food in the thick underbrush. […]

April 7, 2023 Stop – don’t throw out your jeans! Here’s why By Barbara Sofer Nearly everyone on the airplane from Israel to Milan is wearing jeans. Not a surprise. Over two billion pairs of jeans are sold worldwide every year, with the demand always rising. Jeans have come a long way since May 20,

March 30, 2023 Women need to be heard in the ‘man’s world’ of tech – opinion By Barbara Sofer I’m still musing over last month’s 2023 OurCrowd Global Investor Summit.First, the abundant good news. The summit is back in full force after the years of the pandemic. On February 15, it filled the Jerusalem International

March 24, 2023 Crohn’s disease: An unexpected bridge between Israelis – opinion By Barbara Sofer At first, the haredi parents were hesitant. Their daughters go to schools of girls only, and there would be boys at the meeting. Their sons go to yeshivot, and there will be girls in jeans. But then they overcame their

March 5, 2023 This spa hotel in Hadera has it all By Barbara Sofer From Gadera to Hadera is an often–used description of Israel’s cosmopolitan center but how many of us are regular visitors to either of those cities? I was delighted to receive an invitation to the Resort Hotel Hadera, which is now under

February 26, 2023 This hotel in Tel Aviv brings the old and the new together By Barbara Sofer ‘Tel Aviv” comes from the name of Theodore Herzl’s Altneuland, literally “old-new land.” The Assemblage Boutique Hotel in the heart of Tel Aviv resonates inside and out with that city’s theme. The hotel stands inconspicuously at 48

February 24, 2023 Why was Israel eager to help save lives in Turkey? – opinion By Barbara Sofer Dr. Itai Basel reaches for his cellphone to show me photos. Not of his own three beautiful children or the very sick children he takes care of in the intensive care unit in Hadassah Mount Scopus. These

February 10, 2023 A return to Club J: A winter in the French Alps with Israelis – opinion By Barbara Sofer The African and Eurasian tectonic plates collided some 35 million years ago to form the 12,000-kilometer-long mountain range called the Alps. Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch reputedly said, “When I shall stand before God, the

January 27, 2023 Horseshoe antisemitism: Jew hatred on the far Right, Left – opinion By Barbara Sofer “Horseshoe antisemitism” is a new term for me. I’m trying to catch up on the escalating crisis of antisemitism in the land of my birth, the USA. I have the rare opportunity of hearing two contemporary experts on

January 13, 2023 2023 is a New Year for Birthright Israel – opinion By Barbara Sofer I’m starting off 2023 on the right foot. At 7:30 a.m. on January 1, I’m waiting to meet a cousin named Jordan, like the river, in the dining room of a Jerusalem hotel. She’s the granddaughter of a dear