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Writer: Daniella Cheslow

May 31, 2012
3:47 pm

Windsurfer Lee Korzits hopes fair winds continue in London. (photo credit: AP/Herbert Knosowski)

Windsurfer Korzits hopes to have wind at her back for London

Three-time world champion is one of Israel’s best hopes for gold in the upcoming summer games

By Daniella Cheslow

May 11, 2012
8:10 pm

The West Bank village of Battir, one of the last farming villages to use irrigation systems from Roman times. (photo credit: AP/Sebastian Scheiner)

West Bank separation barrier threatens Roman terraces

Village of Battir negotiating solution to prevent dismantling of 2000-year-old irrigation system

By Daniella Cheslow

March 26, 2012
11:03 am

Graphic artists Roni Edri, left, and his wife, Michal Tamir, at their graphic arts school in Tel Aviv. (photo credit: AP/Oded Balilty)

Amid war fears, some Israelis reach out to Iran

Though some Iranians are responding positively, it is unlikely that any good will being generated by civilians will sway governments

By Daniella Cheslow

March 6, 2012
9:17 am

Hebrew University President Menahem Ben Sasson meeting with Norwegian Sami from Lapland in traditional dress. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Norwegians hope to translate Hebrew revival into their own miracle

A delegation of Sami, indigenous reindeer herders from the far north of Europe, travel to Israel learn how to bring back a dying language

By Daniella Cheslow

March 1, 2012
9:49 am

An underground parking lot at the Habima national theater in Tel Aviv that can be used as a bomb shelter for 1600 people. (photo credit: AP)

At Habima Theater, all the parking lot’s a bomb shelter

Four-story parking lot converted into country’s most advanced public underground shelter with 2,000-person capacity

By Daniella Cheslow

February 27, 2012
10:21 am

Oscar-winning Iranian film "A Separation" draws crowds at Israeli theaters, like the Smadar cinema in Jerusalem. (photo credit: AP/Sebastian Scheiner)

Iranian Oscar-winning film a huge hit in Israel

Iranian film ‘A Separation’ defeated Israeli film ‘Footnote’ at the 84th Academy Awards

By Daniella Cheslow