In my relatively short life, I’ve come across many stories about the Holocaust. I heard some of them from people and others I read in books. The hardest story for me to hear is the story of my grandfather, who died a year ago. This is the first time I’m writing about him since then.
My Bar Mitzvah Ceremony
ORT Tivon On April - 13 - 2012
In the Jewish tradition, when a boy turns 13 he is considered an adult and is eligible to read from the bible during the prayer in the synagogue.
To Iran from Israel with Love
ORT Rabin, Gan Yavne On April - 3 - 2012
In the past two weeks, Iran received unusual online messages from Israel.
No, they weren’t a new kind of cyber warfare – they were messages of love!
A Mother’s Point of View
ORT Rabin, Gan Yavne On March - 28 - 2012
My name is Ehud. I am in the 9th grade and I am Israeli. I have 3 brothers and they’re all in the army (the IDF). I know how it is to be a brother to three soldiers, but I wondered what it is like to be a mother to three soldiers. So I asked my mother, Orit, about it.
IDF Soldier Saves Palestinian Girl
ORT Rabin, Gan Yavne On February - 21 - 2012
Jana – a 5 year-old girl from Ramallah – almost died after she was hit by a 5 kilogram stone that was thrown at her by a Palestinian terrorist. Fortunately, an IDF soldier, Erez Kahal, saved her life. In his civil life, Erez works as a surgeon at Shiba hospital.
9 Years After Ramon’s Death
ORT Netanyahu On February - 2 - 2012
Ilan Ramon was an Israeli hero. He was a brave pilot in the Israeli Air Force and had fought for Israel. In his life, Ramon always preferred the public interest over his own and brought great honor to Israel and to the world.
The Pink Game
ORT Dafna On January - 1 - 2012
Ramat Hasharon is a women basketball team that plays in the first league in Israel.
Is Jerusalem a Part of Israel?
ORT Dafna On December - 18 - 2011
Well, that depends on how you look at it. On the one hand, Israel says that Jerusalem is its capital city. On the other hand, the Palestinians say that Jerusalem should be a part of the future Palestine. And only the USA says… well, both.
My Israeli Hero
ORT Guttman On December - 18 - 2011
My hero is my great grandfather, Philip Brett, who served in the Jewish Legion during the First World War in Palestine.
A True Israeli Hero
ORT Rabin, Gan Yavne On December - 18 - 2011
Sixteen years ago, an Israeli soldier named Oriel Peretz, was killed in a battle in Lebanon when he was 22 years old.
Seven years ago his father died from a heart attack.
Never Stop Believing in Life
ORT Yad Leibovich On December - 17 - 2011
My Israeli hero is my grandmother Miriam, my father’s mother.
