Life in israel

'Upside-Down Love': An Israeli-Palestinian memoir of marriage across borders

Israeli-American lawyer Sari Bashi recounts in her memoir a relationship shaped by restriction and distance, where love unfolds within the limits of the law

Sari Bashi is an Israeli-American human rights lawyer, author, and activist specializing in international humanitarian law and Israeli policy.
SHEKEL participants with counselor during a siren, in a bomb shelter at the Jerusalem center.

Through a mother's eyes: The wartime struggle of Israelis with special needs - comment

Soldiers stand in front a memorial to fallen soldiers in Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl Cemetery a few days ahead of Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Remembrance Day.

Even in ceasefire, Israelis are still living with the war - from the editor

An Israeli emergency responder inspects the impact of an Iranian missile strike at an apartment in Ramat Gan, March.

Behind the 'secret sauce' of Israeli resilience Americans cannot grasp - comment


Big city transit

One way to view the quality of transit in cities is from the perspective of the customer – the rider.

Public transit use rate 2013,14

Just imagine

I image that Pablo Picasso was right: “Everything you can imagine is real.”

Kuwaiti exiles read a local newspaper announcing the start of the Gulf War in Dubai on January 17, 1991

Rekindling the romance in a love-lost marriage

The Jerusalem Post

A lifetime of deception

What happens when you lie about who you are to circumvent being unfairly sidelined?

A business interview

Dreams and flowers

"Life is very hard here in Israel, and there’s always a struggle to survive.”

Kathi Gavrieli

The Human Spirit: Training to deal with the really bad stuff

"We’re getting daily calls about rape, sodomy and incest...This has to stop. I call on parents to demand safe schools for their children. They deserve our protection."

Abuse (Illustrative Photo)

In plain language: Gone, but not forgotten

If you remember something or someone, it or he/she still has life; they still count for something. When they are completely gone from our memory, they are lost forever.

From the Depths uncovers the Zabinski's story

Life in Diversity

The Jerusalem Post

CBS: In 35 years, Israeli life expectancy has risen by nine years

Ramat Gan has highest longevity among cities

Illustrative photo of elderly couple

Looking over your shoulder

Coping strategies for yourself and your family, Part II.

Soldiers guard pedestrians on Jaffa Road