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Grapevine: Ahad Ha’am is back

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Happy anniversary (illustrative).
PASTOR GREG LAURIE addresses attendees at the dedication of an armored ambulance at the Tower of David Museum

Grapevine, June 4, 2025: A serial revolutionary

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Holding the Torah that was carried by IDF chief rabbi Shlomo Goren in the 1967 Six Day War, during a ceremony with 75 Torah scrolls from around the world in memory of the soldiers killed in the 2014 Operation Protective Edge and in Israel’s wars, at the Western Wall, 2015.

Grapevine: True shofar blower

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
L-R) DANNA AZRIELI, Yeshayahu Menat, and Galit Gal

Grapevine, May 25, 2025: Resilience in the face of racism

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

Grapevine: Huckabee's here

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MAY 24, 2025
US Ambassador Mike Huckabee addresses the media outside the US Embassy in Jerusalem, May 9, 2025.

Grapevine, May 23, 2025: They also see

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MAY 23, 2025
AT THE ceremony celebrating the new Dahan Gate (L-R): Bar-Ilan U. President Prof. Arie Zaban, Dr. Zipora Schorr, Rabbi Mitchell Wohlberg, Shlomo Zohar, Bar-Ilan CEO and Senior Deputy President Zohar Yinon, and Rector Prof. Amnon Albeck.

Grapevine, May 18, 2025, Man of the moment

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MAY 18, 2025
RINA IDAN (from left), Miriam Druck, Dr. Ilana Kwartin, Rozita Pnini, Orly Carmon, Hagit Zehavi, Hila Frish.

Grapevine, May 16, 2025: Generous gift to the University of Haifa

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MAY 16, 2025
SHARON HESKIA and Avi Levi.

Wines of strength and grace

Shiloh Winery blossoms in a time of turmoil

MAY 15, 2025
ByBARNEA LEVI SELAVAN
Yossi Kransdorf, manager of the Visitors’ Center, attends to guests at the Shiloh Winery.

Grapevine, May 14, 2025: All in the family

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MAY 14, 2025
VAN JONES (center), a CNN political commentator, attends a conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, in 2022

Grapevine, May 11, 2025: It’s all academic

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MAY 11, 2025
FROM LEFT: Sam Halabi, Liora Ofer, and Yona Yahav.

Grapevine: Big deal

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MAY 10, 2025
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee receives the United Hatzalah Lifesaving Award, at the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem, May 1, 2025.

Grapevine, May 9, 2025: Bridges of hope

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MAY 9, 2025
BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY President Prof. Arie Zaban with Dr. Miriam Adelson.

Grapevine: Deputy mayor on a mission

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MAY 3, 2025
ADIR SCHWARTZ, new head of Hitorerut.

Grapevine: Remembrance

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

APRIL 26, 2025
Visitors seen at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem on May 2, 2024, ahead of Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day.