Most news coverage of Israel focuses on the Palestinian conflict or complex geopolitical issues. But Israel exists independently of current events; it is also a country full of ordinary people living in an extraordinary place. It is this aspect of Israel that photographer Carole Glauber sought to capture in her exhibit of pictures from Haifa,…
Vancouver teen Mitchell Kaiser, a senior at the Vancouver School of Arts and Academics, was only 11 when he became aware of the issue of clean water. Dismayed at the pollution in local rivers and streams, he began volunteering with StreamTeam, an initiative that improves the health of the watershed. In the ninth grade Mitchell…
Karl and Iris Raschkes of Salem were part of a group of 10 Rotarians from the Salem, Beaverton, Portland and Vancouver Clubs hosted by Rotary Clubs in Israel. Our first impression of Israel was of the modern international Ben Gurion Airport. As we drove to Jerusalem we noticed the highway system was as modern as…
