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The Grumpy Roadsters, a group of New York City bike riders doing their Alyn hospital fundraising ride for 2020 in the Berkshires of Massachusetts this year, rather than in Israel (Courtesy Alyn)
October 30, 2020, 8:40 am
Alyn riders keep wheels close to home as rehab hospital renovates for COVID-19
This year’s Wheels of Love fundraising ride takes place worldwide rather than in Israel, still helping kids’ rehab center raise funds
By Jessica Steinberg
Noam Yomtovyan (second from right) and some of his fellow Special DJs performing for assisted living facilities and coronavirus hotels in Jerusalem on October 7, 2020 (Courtesy Tzamid)
October 12, 2020, 10:44 am
Jerusalem’s traveling troupe of lockdown DJs turns the tables on disability
The Special DJs take spins around the capital to entertain the elderly and COVID-19 patients who can’t venture out
By Jessica Steinberg
The cover of 'The Legend of Rabbi Ben Levi,' Avi Katz's illustrated work about the Ribal based on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1863 poem (Courtesy Avi Katz)
September 30, 2020, 5:03 pm
A missing rabbi, an empty tomb and a caper with the Angel of Death, now for kids
The mysterious tale of 3rd century rabbi Yehoshua Ben Levi is recounted in a new book from illustrator Avi Katz, with help from an American poet and a rogue dig in the Galilee
By Jessica Steinberg
Jerusalemite Moshe Silver blows the shofar, or ram's horn, traditionally sounded on the Jewish new year of Rosh Hashanah, while wearing a prayer shawl emblazoned with the Hebrew phrase meaning, 'Love thy neighbor as thyself.' (Courtesy Reza Green)
September 17, 2020, 2:20 pm
This Rosh Hashanah, the shofars are blowing in the wind
A veteran ram’s hornist and a team of programmers are seeking blowing opportunities for New Year’s 5781
By Jessica Steinberg
Ben Peter, the third generation owner of The Photo House in Tel Aviv (Courtesy Ben Peter)
September 5, 2020, 6:48 am
Huge pre-state photo collection gets new life with third-generation owner
Ben Peter took over the family business, The Photo House in Tel Aviv, with a sense of responsibility and a dream
By Jessica Steinberg
Teapacks singer Kobi Oz composed the music for the new prayer written in 2020 for soldiers being drafted into the IDF (Courtesy Tzohar)
August 23, 2020, 9:37 pm
A father sent his son to the army — and came up with a new ritual
American immigrants Scott and Jennifer Tobin pondered their son’s draft day, and joined with Tzohar to create a new prayer, performed by Kobi Oz
By Jessica Steinberg
Hannaton kibbutz members Haviva Ner-David (left), Anat Harrel, and Steve Gray with archaeologists at the Roman-era mikveh discovered in the Jezreel Valley in July 2020. (courtesy, Jessica Steinberg)
July 23, 2020, 1:37 pm
Discovery of ancient ritual bath spurs nearby kibbutz to try to save it
Kibbutz Hannaton is spearheading a fundraising effort to move a Roman-era mikveh to its land, where it would join the pluralistic ritual bath
By Jessica Steinberg
A digitized photo of what Barmon, a cooperative bar set up in a refitted bus, will look like if it opens as hoped in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood of Jerusalem in August 2020 (Courtesy Shomi Bar-Cohen)
July 16, 2020, 5:49 am
If you build a (cooperative) bar in a bus, the neighbors will come
A communal effort in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Armon Hanatziv raises money to refit a bus as a local hangout
By Jessica Steinberg
Ari Vroman trained and competed in a Tel Aviv Ironman of his own making, in the wake of the coronavirus (Courtesy Ari Vroman)
July 8, 2020, 9:46 am
A triathlete runs, bikes and swims a 226-km race. He comes in first, and last
Ironman competitor Ari Varon completes a solo course to challenge himself during the pandemic
By Jessica Steinberg
Andrei Gurbanov, a chess player from Haifa who won second place in the May 2020 World Chess Championship for disabled players held online due to the coronavirus (Courtesy Lior Aizenberg)
June 26, 2020, 2:45 pm
Coronavirus creates online opportunity for disabled chess players
Games go online during the pandemic, making it easier to hold global competitions and play with just about anyone
By Jessica Steinberg
Australian Nippers, a beach safety program that is being launched in Israel in July 2020 (Courtesy Israel Life Saving Federation)
June 25, 2020, 5:42 am
Meet the Nippers: Aussie immigrants bring beach and sea safety to Israel
The Hakim brothers aim to teach kids to understand the water, prevent drownings, with the Australian Nippers program, piloting this summer
By Jessica Steinberg
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