All posts by: Ron Jacobsohn

In Hollywood it’s all about the Oscars and in Israel the organizers of the Geek Awards want to establish a new tradition in giving annual recognition to the Israeli hi-tech industry in sixteen different categories. So the big winners at the annual Geek Awards were kinda predictable if you haven’t lived under a rock. Waze took […]

Days following the passing of Ariel Sharon, the israeli Ministry of Education issued a special advisory study material for schools to teach them about the legacy of the late prime minister. The controversy erupted when members of the media got hold of the material and realized that some of the more problematic events in Sharon’s […]

The international conference held by the Israeli National Institute for Security Studies is celebrating its seventh edition as it focuses this year on the new approaches to the political challenges in the Middle East. Although the INSS is comprised predominantly of retired high ranked Israeli security officials, it was very noticeable at the conference that it […]

In a country where over ninety-six percent of the couples are married and over forty percent of the population believes they should have at least three children, you can be sure that a holiday like the Family Day is a big thing. So we went to find out what is an average Israeli family. What […]