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Tamar Friedman Wilson

Jun 28, 2018, 10:58 AM

Are food prices really going down in Israel?

Illustrative: A man shops at a Rami Levy supermarket. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

With imports and local subsidies, Minister of Finance Kahlon aims to leave more in your pockets than chump change

Allison Barksdale

Jun 25, 2018, 7:09 AM

Innovative Israeli farming program benefits Africans

Many people throughout the world may not believe there is much hope for making a living for high school drop-outs. Indeed, they may be destined to a life of poverty and struggle. However, this is not always the case...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Jun 20, 2018, 3:57 AM

The little ugly Zionism

Once upon a time, there was a very ugly lady. It's not nice to say but she really looked not so hot. No one liked her in any way whatsoever. At least, that's how it seemed. One day, however, it...

Jun 13, 2018, 3:44 PM

How crowded is too crowded for Israel?

Hikers near the Sea of Galilee, Israel's largest freshwater lake (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

The challenge of population growth needs a new solution: sustainability

Jun 11, 2018, 10:33 PM

US-North Korea Summit: Good for Israel, or Great for Israel?

A groundbreaking and historic diplomatic summit between the United States of America and the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea in Singapore has the potential to reverse the course of a conflict that has existed between the two nations...

Sandipan Dasgupta

Jun 11, 2018, 6:23 AM

Burgeoning footprint of Israeli agricultural technologies in India

Illustrative: An undated image of a farmer in the western Negev town of Kadesh Barnea inspecting a crop of cherry tomatoes. (Gili Yaari / Flash 90)

Close to fifty-eight percent of India's population is directly engaged in agriculture as its primary source of employment

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

May 23, 2018, 8:36 AM

I lowered my carbon footprint and I waste very little. What about you?

Not only do many of these things save our planet, they also save big-time in your wallet. What is more important: to live in a race for the greatest level of wealth and fun and then die early on a...

May 17, 2018, 7:44 AM

Hamas and Morality

I think of myself as a moral person. I believe, deep in my heart, that I want what is best for people, and I hurt when I see pain and injustice. That is why I struggle so much with...

May 6, 2018, 2:33 PM

Farewell to drip irrigation and cherry tomatoes

Uri Alon grows 15 kinds of cherry tomatoes of all different colors and tastes in his pick-your-own greenhouses. (photo credit: Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)

Such signature Israeli innovations will become fewer and further between due to shortsighted funding cuts

Sharona Margolin Halickman

May 3, 2018, 11:10 PM

Social Action originated in the Torah

In Parshat Behar, we see that activism dates back to the days of the Torah. During the Shmita (Sabbatical) year we are taught to have compassion for those who have less as ideally all of the fields should be...

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