How wonderful it was to celebrate Hannukah, the festival of lights, by opening our new home to friends and partners from far and wide to mark the building’s official opening. The special ceremony celebrating the building’s dedication was a milestone in the years-long project of making a permanent home for the Akko’s Educators’ Kibbutz. We were honored by the Mayor of Akko Mr. Shimon Lankri, Akko Chief Rabbi Yosef Yashar, Imam Sheikh Samir A'asi, Sefton Bergson of UJIA’s Israe

When my daughter taught me about Passover Last week, my six-year-old daughter (Yuval) asked me how Moses managed to lead the Israelites out of Egypt all by himself. I told her that Moses wasn’t alone. No Israelite, not even Moses, could have broken out of Egypt and journeyed through the desert to the Promised Land alone. The exodus from Egypt can be seen as the first Jewish social startup. The ability to transform the dream of freedom into reality required a great deal of pow