13TH GRADE: Peace, hope and refugees — just another day in a gap year
Elana Eden, BP Emeritus
May 23, 2010
I’m writing right now from the center of Israel—not Jerusalem, the spiritual heartland, but the true center, Be’er Sheva, four hours in from both the north and the south. A short bus ride away is Rahat, the largest of Israel’s few recognized Bedouin villages, where ground floors quarter... (more...)
Most African refugees in limbo in Israel
Elana Eden, BP Emeritus
May 23, 2010
The UN estimates that 90 percent of those who cross Israel’s border are refugees, fleeing from genocide and other conflict zones like Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia. Last year, Israel recognized two individuals as refugees. Most African refugees are absorbed by neighboring African countries—the... (more...)
The Little Soldier
Elana Eden, Editor-in-Chief
June 15, 2009
“How wonderful it is that no one need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world!” –Anne Frank, 1942 Last year, I read about a Sudanese folk tale which teaches that God created man with something in him that allows him to commit evil. This thing is intangible,... (more...)