Archive for November, 2010

As a fan of The Simpsons I wanted to write about the episode of The Simpsons in Israel.

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Personal commitment project is a project that the Israeli Ministry of Education had developed to raise the involvement of teenagers in Israel in their communities and various groups in society by volunteering.

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Rummikub

Daniel L ORT Ma'ale Adumim On November - 28 - 2010

Israelis have invented many board and box games – I’d like to talk about the most famous one: Rummikub.

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Clean Israel

Or B ORT Dafna On November - 28 - 2010

Last week we had a special day in Kiryat Bialik. All the schools in my city assembled for one goal – to clean our environment. Our city council gave us T-shirts that said: clean up the world.

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Yitzhak Rabin

Idan T ORT Holon On November - 28 - 2010

15 years ago, Israel’s former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by an Israeli citizen who disagreed with his policy regarding the peace agreement between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

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So Where Should You Live?

Tali F ORT Dafna On November - 28 - 2010

The UN published its human development index ranking the states according to the standards of living in them.

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The Land Of Honey

Yael G ORT Netanyahu On November - 24 - 2010

In Israel you can find beehives almost everywhere: in fields, near the roads, next to farms and orchards. But when did all this begin? How did the honey industry evolve in the country? And what kinds of products are sold today?

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Ramzor

Shahaf A ORT Afek On November - 24 - 2010

Adir Miler’s TV program Ramzor (Traffic Light) is a very funny show and it had become successful not only in Israel but abroad as well.

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Tour de Sonol

Almog Y ORT Afek On November - 24 - 2010

On November 6, 2010 the 33rd Tour de Sonol bike race took place around the Sea of Galilee in memory of Yosi Dor.

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Musical Tel Aviv

Shai V ORT Habonim On November - 24 - 2010

I recently read that Tel Aviv was named the 3rd best city in the world!

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A big part in the studies of the Holocaust in the Israeli education system is the trip to Poland. Every year thousands of Israeli teenagers from schools, youth movements and other groups (ages 16-18) go on a journey to Poland and see the concentration camps, the remains of the Warsaw Ghetto and Holocaust monuments and memorial sites.

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