The 2,000-mile border between Mexico and the United States is nothing compared to the short distances of about 100 miles between the major cities in Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority.

Borders, distances and how we cross them have taken on new significance lately with the latest outbreak of...

Scanning through the weekend news looking for ideas, a New York Times story caught my eye. Beyond all the expected political rhetoric, Palestinian kids from the West Bank town of Jenin had played a concert for Holocaust survivors in Holon, outside of Tel Aviv. My heart jumped with happiness.

Last time I ordered flowers for my mom it backfired. Although promised by Canada Flowers to arrive on the special day, they arrived a day late. Flowers are not so environmentally friendly any way.

If your mom has seen too many flowers in her lifetime...

They couldn't have come at a more dangerous time. Six university newspaper editors from America visited Israel for the first time last December, and the already planned trip happened to coincide with the first week of the recent Gaza Conflict.

In a reality style documentary, the young Americans had...

Fridge watching, fridge voyeurism or whatever you want to call it, is a movement, where people take snapshots of the food inside their fridges for the world to see. It can be a very intimate encounter, revealing so much about a person, and their habits....

Unlike America's President Obama, Israel has no great political "hero" type lined up at the ballot box to save us from a nuclear Iran, Hamas terrorists in Gaza, mounting threats from the Syrians, and the Hezbollah in Lebanon. (And a looming financial crisis too). What Prime Minister on Israel's election...

Technology isn't just for geeks. For those of us lovers and users of the supremely contagious micro-blogging phenomenon known as Twitter, we know technology and social media tools are a great way to promote green issues, education and charity.

Now's your chance to Twitter...

My friend Karen Chernick, a Brandeis University alum, speaks about how her alma mater betrays the very principles on which it was founded.

Last week I interviewed Peter Lerner an IDF spokesperson working at the Kerem Shalom border crossing. This is the largest checkpoint/border crossing between Israel and Gaza, and it is where humanitarian aid is being transferred.

According to Lerner, no donation has been turned away, referring to the units...

I met Andrew Dubbins, the Assistant Editor of Georgetown University's student newspaper, The Hoya, when he was in Israel last week. Here with the Washington-based organization Project Interchange, this young college newspaper editor was visiting Israel with 5 other college newspaper editors from across the US on a...

There are 6 sets of parents in America right now who might be wishing that their kids weren't college newspaper editors. I'd met the group of 6 young editors in Tel Aviv earlier this week, in Israel on a one-week tour -- a special seminar hosted by the Washington-based...

"I heard the bombs are dropping again."

Yes, Dad. They are. Israel's been quiet for a long time, I told him from my house in Jaffa. I was testing the new line I had installed, and called Canada to see if it worked. My mom, as usual, was screaming...

On Saturday night, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released aerial photos of the Hamas facilities targeted by Israel Air Force fighter pilots on Saturday's Operation Cast Lead. The red outline indicates the Hamas facilities targeted.

Earlier today, President Shimon Peres made this announcement which I posted (click here). According...

As a member of the press, I get Government Press Office updates on crucial talks and events happening in Israel. This morning, President Shimon Peres delivered this special statement to the press, on Operation Cast Lead (Israel's attack on Hamas terrorists' infrastructure in Gaza), and the ongoing Palestinian rocket fire...

"Greening" your life isn't just about choices you make at the supermarket. You don't have to become a hippy. It's about how your government makes decisions that can influence your health, and the health of your city. It's a way of life, that starts with critical thinking:...

There used to be a well in the Bedouin village of Lakia, where women would meet to gossip, share wisdom and collect water. They had things to do, they had their old ways of life as women and their families lived off the land, sometimes part...

The financial crisis is hurting Americans, but months before the hit fuel costs were already gouging into people's pockets. Some were forced to carpool to work, others took the bus or train. While creative forms of public transportation help deal with times of fiscal uncertainty, the long-term...

It was already morning in Israel yesterday when the news of the US elections came in. Our outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was quick to offer a generic welcome to Senator Obama, hours later Tsipi Livni, our Foreign Minister offered hers. I got their email alerts from the Government Press...

America's bee colonies are collapsing. It's a big mystery, with much at stake. Green websites like TreeHugger have been on the case since the phenomenon was brought to the media's attention in 2006.

For some background see:

Where Did the Bees Go?
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It's not every day, that I see a story like this one -- the city of Petach Tikva, near Tel Aviv, has found a novel way to catch dog owners who are not stooping to scoop their dog poop. Dr. Tika Bar-On, a veterinarian who I spoke...