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A Playground For Children With Disabilities – Israel

steve@israelseen.com (Steve Ornstein) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:25:09 +0000

By Erik Sahlin, NoCamels. The “Friendship Park” in Ra’anana, Israel, is not just any park. The playground, established within the Ra’anana City Park, was built in a way that allows both disabled and non-disabled children to enjoy all facilities. The park and all its equipment was adapted for children and adults with special needs. [...]

What is the Greatest Political Scam of Modern Times

steve@israelseen.com (Steve Ornstein) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:13:34 +0000

By David Solway Bio The usual understanding of Israel as an aggressive, colonial, apartheid state robbing the Palestinians of their heritage is quite possibly the greatest political scam of modern times. This originally appeared in Frontpagemag.com as Palestinians and the Greatest Political Scam of Modern Times It is the outcome of a mixture of [...]

A Path to Loving Awareness – 6 Night Jewish Meditation Retreat – Israel

steve@israelseen.com (Steve Ornstein) — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:33:01 +0000

We at Or HaLev are excited about our upcoming Jewish mindfulness meditation retreat, “A Path to Loving Awareness,” a unique opportunity in Israel for immersive practice (6 night retreat) of a path that can change your life (and has changed mine). Or HaLev was founded last year by Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels, one of the pioneering [...]

Israeli Soldiers Speak Out

steve@israelseen.com (Steve Ornstein) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:01:41 +0000

Lior is a second year Law student at IDC Herzeliya. He tells of a time he was manning a long-distance nightvision camera watching over a no-man’s area when two people were spotted there. Though they were obviously targets determined by both ground and air surveillance, the decision to engage was repeatedly negative. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sq4dzvhEt9Q Inon [...]

Exclusive – Dov Ben-Zion’s Apostasy: A Fable

steve@israelseen.com (Steve Ornstein) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:20:17 +0000

By Marvin Schwartz. A dream is one-sixtieth part prophecy. Talmud Bavli, Berachot 57b Prologue: A week before the incident. Dov Ben-Zion was in a crowded, small, store of sforim (holy books). While leaning against a loose shelf reading, one of the books dislodged and seemingly launched itself off the top bookshelf and hit Dov on [...]