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While Israelis enjoy BBQs and the outdoors, around the world customs include kite flying, setting sea turtles free or climbing oiled poles to reach a prize

Yotam Polizer leads IsraAid volunteers to help in disaster-struck areas - such as Sierra Leone, Japan, Greece, Turkey, Nepal, Ukraine, and Sudan - and the Israeli organization is already being compared around the world to the International Red Cross

Despite a promising career and experience in the high-tech industry, Achi Kushnir decided to use his skills aboard one of the largest hospital ships in the world to make the world a better place

The courageous individuals who rush to disaster zones, the innovators who turn waste into drinking water, the discharged officer who renovates schools in Tanzania, the tech whizz who left a life of comfort for a floating hospital, and the billionaire who rescues animals: These are the stories of five incredible Israelis who are making the world a better place

President and CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America asks what would be the system of checks and balances? warns Israel wrong answer may harm ties with both Jewish and non Jewish, Americans

Emouna Cohen emerges as the first female contestant to win the annual competition in three years after beating stiff competition from 15 other participants from all over the Jewish world

Zionism, high cost of living, hi-tech, beaches, Israeli frankness, warmth and love, protests and demonstrations - all this chaos falls on the heads of immigrants who find themselves in a turbulent and heated Israel; How do they cope, what do they really think of us, and will they stay? New immigrants who have integrated into the hi-tech industry speak openly about their experiences

Whether in the form of technology like chargers and phones, or water desalination and solar power and generators, Shahar Zahavi's NGOs have a global reach; 'Nowadays, refugees require electricity and internet connectivity as well as food,' he says

He grew up in Ramat Gan, moved to Los Angeles, and made it big in the film industry; since then he has been using his personal fortune to improve the welfare of animals, from steering U.S. legislators to ban animal testing to freeing hundreds of monkeys and massive charity projects

Convicted pedophile convicted on 18 charges relating to the sexual abuse of sisters Dassi Erlich and Elly Sapper when they were students and student teachers at Adass Israel School in Melbourne