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Sightings, sounds, and self-knowledge: Ten reasons to go out next week

Art, music, and dance come alive this week in Israel, from AI-driven installations to opera, jazz, and contemporary dance.

Blindness by choice, Israeli opera.
Smartphone.

How not to care online: Survival guide for staying human

Janusz Korczak motivated the children in his care by giving them jolly cards.

Ghetto Fighters’ House: World's first Holocaust museum keeping memory, message alive

Exodus from Egypt (Edward Poynter)

Parashat Bo: Jeremiah’s timeless promise to Israel


The body is a song at every age: Israeli Rina Schenfeld at 87

At 87, Israeli Rina Schenfeld continues to discover new forms, proving that an artist’s instrument, with time, does not depreciate and continues to resonate.

‘JEPHTHAH’S DAUGHTER,’ Batsheva Dance Company, 1965.

65 is the new 40: It’s not about age, it’s about experience - opinion

My computer advised me that I, being a 'third ager,' am at the age to be savored and enjoyed.

The boys warn me to stay off roller coasters with 80-meter drops.

Paul, Beth White: Grateful volunteers from New York to Israel

The Whites have made new friends and gotten closer with casual friends, through working side by side as volunteers. And they don’t anticipate slowing down.

Dr. Paul White, 71 Beth White, 68

Bonnie and Meir Chasan: Senior citizens giving back through volunteering

Even before retiring – he when COVID hit, she about a year ago – volunteering was always part of the mix for this youthful and active couple. 

Bonnie and Meir Chasan.

The third age: Between 'middle-aged' and 'old' - opinion

Around ages 65 to 80, when the child-rearing years are over, often coinciding with a move to part-time employment or retirement, one theoretically enters the "golden years" of newfound freedom.

Do you make the most of your leisure time?

Anglo olim step up to the blackboard to teach English to Israelis

Innovative training program prepares English-speaking newcomers to close Israel’s English gap – one classroom at a time.

Students in the Herzog Teacher Training program.

Margaret Thatcher biography: All about the UK prime minister in one centenary volume - book review

There is no doubt that Thatcher admired Jews for their community spirit, entrepreneurial skills, scholarly prowess, and general contribution to British society.

 Gerald Ford welcomes Great Britain’s Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher at the Oval Office in 1975.

Mastering the short story: Twelve vignettes capture America’s Jewish world - book review

'You’ve Told Me Before,' proves, if proof were needed after her first wonderful foray into this specialized literary field, that Jennifer Anne Moses is a master of the short story genre.

Touro Synagogue, built in 1759, in Newport, Rhode Island, is the oldest synagogue building in the United States.

In the Kitchen with Henny: A new chapter in the kitchen

Here are a few simple tips that can make everyday cooking at this stage of life feel easier and more enjoyable.

Broccoli soup

The woman behind Melabev: Leah Abramowitz, powerhouse Israeli who transformed eldercare

The Magazine recently met with Leah Abramowitz at her home to talk about her life since retiring from Melabev in 2008.

LEAH ABRAMOWITZ – born Lotte Froelich in Germany in 1935 – was recognized as a 2008 Yakir Yerushalayim.