
What do Marylin Monroe and Elvis Presley have in common with Golda Meir, Albert Einstein, and Franz Kafka?All have been subjects in the paintings of Andy Warhol, the avant- garde American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker, who was a leader of the Pop Art movement.Warhol’s “Ten Portra...
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A visit to the hospital is an experience in being poked and prodded in the most unpleasant ways. Some years ago, Israeli hospitals began to incorporate clowns into their patient-care staff. Not just any clowns, though – these hospital clowns were specially trained to cheer up patients, br...
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It was The Times that first reported the use of white phosphorus shells during Operation Cast Lead and now it is The Times that is telling the world that Israel has the ability and the morality to investigate itself and take necessary action, if required as “Israel is a nation both keen an...
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Photo: Israel Nature and Parks Authority History is full of hidden little gems. One of them is the story of the Persian Fallow Deer, a once-extinct species in Israel that in recent years has been reintroduced into nature with help of… Iran.In 1978, moments before the Islamic revolution, a ...
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Sometimes, winter can be at its best when you look at it from the comforts of your warm house. Seriously, what can be lovelier than relaxing by the window, sipping a good cognac and waiting for your stew to get ready? It’s true that it might take a while, but part of the fun is to enjoy the aroma...
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DER SPIEGELIn an article published in Der Speigel on January 25th, the intelligence community has discovered that Iran has conducted secret tests and leadership structures that proves Western concern regarding Iran’s nuclear ambitions.“According to the classified document, there is a ...
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Marking 65 years to the liberation of Auschwitz Concentration camp, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, joined leaders worldwide who gathered at the death camp, to commemorate the memory of the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis and to mark the International Holocaust Remembrance Day.PM Netany...
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Marking 65 years to the liberation of Auschwitz Concentration camp, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, joined leaders worldwide who gathered at the death camp, to commemorate the memory of the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis and to mark the International Holocaust Remembrance DayPM Netanya...
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Photo: Dr. Noam Lider For centuries in the battle between man and animals, the animals paid the price. But in the last few years, concern for nature and an increased consumption of organic food have led farmers across the world to adopt new means to keep animals at bay.Today, ecologists in Israel...
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Photo: IDF Spokesman After two weeks of life saving efforts, the Israeli team in Haiti is scheduled to return home. The decision came following the arrival of additional aid forces to Haiti, including the United States military and other, civilian aid, who are now providing regular medical servi...
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Photo: IDF spokesman After two weeks of life saving efforts, the Israeli team in Haiti is scheduled to return home. The decision came following the arrival of additional aid forces to Haiti, including the United States military and other, civilian aid, who are now providing regular medical servi...
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Grab some olive oil and roll up your sleeves! For the first time ever, the New York Times Knowledge Network is teaming up with the Israeli Consulate in New York to offer an exclusive one-week online seminar called: The New Israeli Cuisine.Join us from March 23-29, 2010 as we take a tour through t...
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Photo Wikimedia commons, Richard Mushet It took Sir Elton John 17 years to return to Israel–possibly because of the overexposure his last visit drew. During the June 1993 tour, Elton John was flocked by dozens of paparazzi photographers who made him pack his bags and leave the country only ...
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Consulate General of Israel in New York U.N spokesperson in Haiti commends Israeli team on a "magnificant job". See raw footage from the U.N visit to the Israeli hospital.
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An Israeli field hospital in Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince is working around the clock to bring specialized care to children injured in the earthquake that devastated the Western hemisphere's poorest country last week. MINUSTAH

It might be a bit too early for most to be coming down with Oscar fever, but a pair of filmmakers in Israel have plenty to look forward to this awards season. The Israeli film “Ajami” has made it to the short list in this year’s Oscar race for best Foreign Language Film. This me...
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Baby Israel is one of the first children of the Haiti aftermath, named after the country that helped his mother go through the critical stages of labor.But Israel is not the only patient that IDF doctors rescued from the rubble. To date, 383 patients have been admitted to the Israeli hospitalR...
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Consulate General of Israel in New York IDF field hospital photo stream is up on flickr and will be updated constantly.
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Consulate General of Israel in New York "One unit [in Haiti] has become legendary, the Israeli medical unit..." - Diane Sawyer, World News Tonight, ABC, 1/18/10
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Health professionals struggle with the dire conditions in Haiti.

As news of the earthquake in Haiti started to emerge, the Israeli government immediately began to make plans to send a delegation to aid in the relief efforts.“Our decision to immediately dispatch a large delegation of doctors, nurses, medics, rescue forces as well as drugs and medical equipment ...
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As news of the earthquake in Haiti started to emerge, the Israeli government immediately began to make plans to send a delegation to aid in the relief efforts.“Our decision to immediately dispatch a large delegation of doctors, nurses, medics, rescue forces as well as drugs and medical equi...
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Consulate General of Israel in New York the Israeli field hospital takes in patients from all over Haiti...
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Consulate General of Israel in New York Israel's field hospital in Haiti helps deliver a child in Haiti
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In the wake of the worst humanitarian disaster in years, post-quake Haiti could be one of the most hostile places on earth to give birth.

I just came back this week from a sunny and delicious vacation in Israel, the land of milk and honey. Seriously people, the food over there is unbelievable – fresh, colorful and tasty. I explored all kinds of different dishes in the culinary capital, Tel Aviv, and throughout the rest of the count...
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Two days after earthquake struck the island of Haiti, international aid has started pouring in. At this moment a preliminary team of Israeli Defense Force army engineers and Ministry of Foreign Affairs representatives has arrived at the island in order to coordinate the arrival of 250 medical per...
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Israeli delegation members preparing Jan. 14 for their departure to HaitiAs the events in Haiti unfold and the pictures make their way across the globe, it is impossible not to be profoundly moved. We are all deeply saddened by the loss of life and our hearts and prayers go out to the Haitian peo...
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When their parents asked them to be quiet, they kept on talking. When their teachers asked for silence, these two had something witty to say. Today, all their talking has finally paid off.Uri Merhav and Yoni Cohen-Idov were always known as big mouths, and last week they proved that they can talk ...
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Photo: Hermon Ski ResortThough winter in Israel lasts only a couple of weeks–which essentially mark the end and beginning of summer–for a short time, skiers in Israel can dust off their ski goggles and hit the slopes of Israel’s only ski resort, Mt. Hermon.However, climate chang...
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Equipped with ladles, spoons and pepper, Israel’s culinary attack against Lebanon comes in the form of a delicious blend of chickpeas and spices. Just months after Lebanon broke the Israeli record largest bowl of hummus, Arab-Israeli Juwdat Ibrahim doubled the Lebanese effort, creating 9,017 poun...
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Miri or Shiri? Teary or cheery?Placid old age or perhaps hara-kiri?A child or a pup? IVF or adopt?Move to Miami or pick up where you stopped?At Second Chance, whatever you do—You can have your cake and eat it too.By Etgar Keret, translated from Hebrew by Miriam Shlesinger, © 2009. First published...
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Sometimes, in countries so greatly ridden by poverty and despair, their plight becomes numbers. What rank are they in the development index? How many perished in the cyclone? Rather than being bogged down by the impossible, let’s not doubt the extraordinary things ordinary people can do to make a...
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