Erica Schachne

The Weisbergs offer Shabbat-like meals during the week for anyone interested in an immersive Jewish culinary spiritual experience.

At the Table: Shai, dean of Hebrew Union College, has worked in journalism, and in military, management, diplomatic, political, and educational positions over the years.

At the Table: Sarah Davidovich can walk into the offices of the president and the prime minister, and has been known to take famous dignitaries to meet one or the other – and vice versa.

At the Table: Because he is widely regarded as a figure of integrity, Meridor is frequently interviewed by local and international media on legal and ethical issues.

At the table: Maintaining the massive 12,000-square-foot compound amounts to many thousands of shekels a month, and the owners are eager for a return to normalcy.

Hersh Goldberg-Polin is returned to his family, but not in the way we so fervently hoped.

Much more than 'models': Check out Israel and the Jewish world’s new role models in the global fight for good against evil. 

While the battle before Dickson and generations to come is an uphill one, he has faith that Israel will come out of this more unified and optimistic than ever before.

The improbable road that led Holocaust survivor Mordechai Palzur from Siberia to Iran to the fledgling State of Israel, where he became a sharpshooter and paved the way for relations with Poland.

"Many born-and-raised Israelis struggle with understanding that to get through to other people, you have to adapt and tailor the way you deliver your message in a way they would accept."