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Asaf Shimoni
Asaf Shimoni
An aliyah fair in France. (photo credit: Jewish Agency)
May 28, 2017, 12:56 pm
The strongest shoulders should determine Israel’s media and aliyah policy
Though many thousands of Jews work to improve Israel’s image, our homeland remains the most unpopular country on the planet
By Asaf Shimoni
Illustrative view of Tel Aviv at night, August 29, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
March 1, 2017, 11:21 am
Israel’s high tech sector will enter warp speed once it bridges the generation gap
Innovative companies need not fear employees who are older simply because they are less malleable or likely to be more experienced than their 'bosses'
By Asaf Shimoni
Illustrative: A Filipina caretaker with an elderly Israeli woman on the Tel Aviv boardwalk (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
February 12, 2017, 11:08 am
Why rabbinical courts should oversee government funding in the Start-Up Nation
Holocaust surivor Tova Pollack spent the last days of her life begging to be relieved from excruciating pain, but was denied morphine because of government rules relating to the war on drugs
By Asaf Shimoni
A worker tends to cannabis plants at a growing facility for the Tikun Olam company near the northern Israeli city of Safed (Abir Sultan/Flash 90)
January 15, 2017, 10:04 am
The ‘Light-Up Nation’ as world leader in medical marijuana technologies
The Economist recently reported that the ‘Light-Up Nation’ is poised to become the global leader in medical marijuana technologies, with 36 companies doing medical research on the health benefits of cannabis
By Asaf Shimoni
Illustration. New immigrants arrive to Ben Gurion airport in Israel. (Gideon Markowicz/FLASH90)
December 15, 2016, 10:45 am
Aliyah H (Hi tech): New Zionist communities based on innovative technologies and tikkun olam
By giving a realistic impression of life in Israel and explaining that those who make aliyah come here to fulfill their expectations instead of assuming that their challenges will be met, the Jewish state would again become an attractive option
By Asaf Shimoni
As far as the eye can see: the Tel Aviv view from the Azrieli observatory (photo: Courtesy)
November 21, 2016, 3:54 pm
The Startup Nation would do much better thinking outside the box on age
Israeli government policies and regulations –- as well as many startups –- tend to follow international norms regarding age, even if they are ridiculous and at odds with Jewish culture
By Asaf Shimoni
Illustrative photo of an elderly couple taking a walk in the Jerusalem Forest. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 27, 2016, 3:47 pm
Tapping world Jewry’s vast senior potential
It is a well known phenomena that many Jews remain active in their senior years and respect for age has always been embedded in Jewish tradition; the most respected leading rabbis are often in their nineties and a few are centenarians
By Asaf Shimoni
A homeless man in Jerusalem. Under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel has emerged as one of the developed world’s most economically unequal countries. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 10, 2016, 4:01 pm
The Start-Up Nation, self-complacency and yesh banu ma’asim
In the 1970s, Israel decided to demonstrate that a form of cut-throat capitalism was the only viable economic model; this mindless dogmatism has gone so far that hundreds of thousands of Israelis do not have enough to eat, and the number of people asking for charity has skyrocketed
By Asaf Shimoni
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