TIAA-CREF Divests from Caterpillar
By Julia Glauberman
In recent weeks, TIAA-CREF, a leading financial services organization that manages nearly $500 billion in assets, has announced that it will remove Caterpillar,...
The Shalit Conundrum . . . Or Opportunity
By Leigh Nusbaum
When Gilad Shalit was kidnapped more than five years ago, I was almost 17 years old and en route to Israel for the...
Arab Spring, Flotilla Summer
By Adina Rosenthal
‘Tis the season. Flotilla season, that is. Summertime marks a new tradition of groups gathering in boats and sailing to the Gaza Strip,...
The IDF's Rightward Movement?
by Lily Hoffman Simon
The Israeli Defense Force is often viewed as a reflection of Israeli ideologies, and of the Jewish state in general. This conception...
Breaking the Silence
By Symi Rom-Rymer
Three thin little black books have been creating a firestorm of controversy in Israel recently. No, they have nothing to do sex scandals. ...
Hezbollah, Israel Complete Emotional Swap
The touchy swap between Hezbollah and Israel of prisoners and the remains of soldiers captured in 2006 was completed today with the assistance of the...