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Rav Itzchak Marmorstein gives a voice to Rav. Kook’s poetry through music and words. An amazing group of musicians provide the musical backdrop for Marmorstein’s wonderfully heart filled love of Rav Kook and his mystical secrets on life.



Rabbi Avraam Izchak HaCohen Kook (1865-1935) was one of the most influential and inspirational religious Jewish thinkers of the 20th century. Kook was a man who was humanistic in his philosophy. He preached for vegetarianism and was interested in the… Continue

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Author of Genesis and the Big Bang; in which he shares his discovery of harmony between modern science and the Bible. Dr. Gerald Schroeder Phd earned his doctorate in earth physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also authored The Science of God and The Hidden Face of God. Dr. Schroeder lives and teaches in Jerusalem



In this the last of the series… Continue

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Dr. Kagan introduces a number of insights regarding the nature and essence of the holiday of Shavuot where Jews eat dairy products, receive the Torah from Moses, celebrate the wheat harvest and read from the Book of Ruth. He takes us on a journey that few have undertaken until today.



Michael Kagan Ph.D. has been an innovator and entrepreneur for 18 years. He has Co-founded 6 high-tech companies,… Continue

An open letter To: Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu; Foreign Minister A. Lieberman – Deputy Foreign Minister D. Ayalon



By Yoram Getzler

Co-host Israelseen



Several times in the past month both PM Netanyahu and FM Lieberman have been quoted as calling for new ideas in recognition of the need for improved relations between Israel, the Palestinians, the Arab world and our continued positive relations with the United States



I… Continue

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Author of Genesis and the Big Bang; in which he shares his discovery of harmony between modern science and the Bible. Dr. Gerald Schroeder Phd earned his doctorate in earth physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also authored The Science of God and The Hidden Face of God.



Dr. Schroeder lives and teaches in Jerusalem In this is the first of three interviews, we range… Continue

How can I describe the feeling of standing on a street in silence with hundreds of “strangers” at attention listening to the 2 minutes of sirens blaring throughout the city. All cars and buses emptied as the pedestrians stand along side them contemplating those dreadful events.



I was overwhelmed by the solidarity of the moment. Then, like magic, as with the parting of the sea, it closes a chapter on the unimaginable hatred and everyone goes back to LIVING their lives as individuals… Continue

How can I describe the feeling of standing on a street in silence with hundreds of “strangers” at attention listening to the 2 minutes of sirens blaring throughout the city. All cars and buses emptied as the pedestrians stand along side them contemplating those dreadful events.



I was overwhelmed by the solidarity of the moment. Then, like magic, as with the parting of the sea, it closes a chapter on the unimaginable hatred and everyone goes back to LIVING their lives as individuals… Continue

A time for change and Joel Bainerman presents us with a system that creates 5 regions within Israel that are autonomous and directly responsible for the collection and distribution of tax revenues and political restructuring of the election process to make the political candidates directly responsible to their constituencies. Let’s listen. It is innovative and fascinating. Please go to israelseen for the podcast.





Joel Bainerman has been… Continue

By Moshe Dror



I would like to add some thoughts about the significance of light in our cyber culture. We will see why shortly.



The authors of a series of articles from the Forbes-ASAP series on Light remind us all that:

Light is so important in human culture that the entire history of science-poetry-philosophy-arts could be written around the ideas brought up by dealing with light?

Mentioning the ancient Egyptians who worshiped the sun; to the allegory of the… Continue

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Since this program was such a success last year we thought it worth presenting it once again for this Passover.



Contemporary Spiritual Commentary on the Meaning of Freedom and its Relationship to serving God







Through The Holistic Haggadah, Dr. Michael Kagan shares his teachings and approach to holistic Judaism that he has developed through experiential workshops and… Continue

It saddens me to inform all of our supporters that Dr. Eli Lasch, a close friend and contributor to israelseen, passed away April 1, 2009. He was scheduled to visit Israel in a few weeks for his 80th birthday celebration with family and friends.



I had known Eli for over 25 years and had seen him perform his work as a pediatrician first hand. In the 1980’s we lived in the northern city of Safed and Eli came to visit us. Our middle son Ori who at the time was just a child, was not… Continue

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Artist Edna Miron Wapner works in Jerusalem. Her use of Japanese traditional brush painting techniques expresses itself by its unique use in her Hebrew calligraphy projects.



A large example of which hangs in the sanctuary of Jerusalem’s Reform synagogue , Kihilat Kol HaNishama (see gallery).



Appropriately Edna has studied and exhibited in Japan as well as California and… Continue

For the podcast please go to Israelseen.com.



Artist Edna Miron Wapner works in Jerusalem. Her use of Japanese traditional brush painting techniques expresses itself by its unique use in her Hebrew calligraphy projects.



A large example of which hangs in the sanctuary of Jerusalem’s Reform synagogue , Kihilat Kol HaNishama (see gallery).



Appropriately Edna has studied and exhibited in Japan as well as California and… Continue

For the podcast please go to Israelseen.com.



Artist Edna Miron Wapner works in Jerusalem. Her use of Japanese traditional brush painting techniques expresses itself by its unique use in her Hebrew calligraphy projects.



A large example of which hangs in the sanctuary of Jerusalem’s Reform synagogue , Kihilat Kol HaNishama (see gallery).



Appropriately Edna has studied and exhibited in Japan as well as California and… Continue